Talk:Literary genre
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[edit] Literary Genres
What is your favorite kind of Literary Genre? After all, with so many kinds, there has to be at least one that suits your fancy. Alexa Bellstrom
[edit] Magical Realism
I noticed that for the Literary Genre page, there is no link for Magical Realism. I'll have to fix that...Every single genre present herein is some kind of a perfect representation of yourself...
[edit] Non-poetic Epic?
In the context of literary genres, does "epic" always imply poetry? I'm working on links to the Epic disambiguation page and this is coming up qutie often. John (Jwy) 00:07, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Comment on 55 Fiction
Please go through 55 Fiction and suggest changes/improvements, if any. Also, please suggest how it can be suitably linked with with other articles (if it deserves to be). -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 11:39, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] That is very bad
It is a scholarly article. The whole article needs cleanup and references:
- Todorov, M.MBakhin, etc... --Escalda 03:20, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Category genres
Should there be mention of the "hack" division of romance and sci fi, generally referred to as "category romance" or "category sci-fi" ? This refers to things like the Silhouette line of romances, or the D&D line of science fiction. Generally of lower quality, though not infrequently a good author may begin there and then move on to the "single-title" romance (i.e. where the author's name is more important than the series name). The publishing houses definitely recognize this class of books... --Bookgrrl holler/lookee here 00:07, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
I'm not sure what to call the 'branded' Romance lines. In F&SF, the proper term is "media tie-in" novels. The ongoing flood of Star Trek books is an obvious example.
I haven't made any changes to the Wikipedia article. In case it proves helpful, my writers group has compiled a long list of literary fiction genres and subgenres.
http://www.cuebon.com/ewriters/genres.html
71.131.26.109 06:20, 6 October 2007 (UTC) -Paul C
[edit] Literary genre is clearly distinct from Genre Fiction
Literary genre is clearly distinct from Genre Fiction. Please do not confuse the two. Also please do not use the article as a promotion tool for SF and Fantasy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.63.150.78 (talk) 12:53, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
'Unsigned,' perhaps you could be more specific in your remarks? I know that most writers and publishers will distinguish between 'genre' and 'literary' fiction. In the USA it's almost a class-warfare thing!
As for 'promoting' F&SF literature, what gave you that idea? Guess I missed the ads.
In fact, in compiling a thorough list of subgenres, we learned that science fiction has more than 80 -- twice that of any other publishing genre. Fantasy and Romance come in second, while all others have just a few. Thus, in an article such as this one, SF is going to dominate the text.
http://www.cuebon.com/ewriters/genres.html
(Anyone is welcome to expand other sections of this Wikipedia article, and speaking of shameless promotions, to suggest additions to my web-based list.)
