Genre Definition | What is Genre? - PoetrySoup
Definition
[n] a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique
[n] a kind of literary or artistic work
[n] an expressive style of music
[n] a style of expressing yourself in writing
Kind or style of literary output e.g. poem, novel, play, short story etc.
Synonyms
literary genre, music genre, musical genre, musical style, writing style
See Also...
abstract art, abstractionism, African-American music, art, black music, chinoiserie, church music, classical music, drama, expressive style, fine art, folk art, form, form, genre painting, kind, landscape, landscape painting, magic realism, march, marching music, modernism, music, poesy, poetry, pointilism, popular music, popular music genre, postmodernism, primitivism, prose, religious music, serious music, sort, style, synthetism, variety, verse
Related Terms
aesthetic form, archetype, art form, blood, brand, breed, build, cast, category, character, clan, class, color, configuration, conformation, cut, denomination, description, designation, fashion, feather, figuration, figure, form, format, formation, frame,
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