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Understanding Genre Membership in Texts

This brief glimpse into the significance of assessing texts' genre membership underscores the importance of discovering their genre-related traits. Explore why murders often occur on Sundays, the decline of short fiction, and the universal appeal of stories centered around mothers. Dive into genres like crime, mystery, and mother-child relationships in the context of Korean literature.

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Understanding Genre Membership in Texts

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  1. Genre-ly speaking Charles MontgomeryDongguk UniversityEnglish Interpretation & Translationwww.ktlit.com

  2. The “genre” filter serves as a brief and necessarily sketchy reminder of the vital importance of assessing the genre-membership of texts, and discovering their genre-related characteristics (Hervey et. al. p 217)

  3. Why do murders always seem to happen on Sundays? (Kim Young-ha, Photo Shop Murder)

  4. There’s no doubt that short fiction has disappeared from the zeitgeist. Today, stories are communicated to wide audiences only if they’re made into movies. Any publisher will attest that short story collections don’t sell well (Livings, Newsweek) (Livings, Newsweek)

  5. “Mom is universal material for a novel because everyone has a mom. And every one loses mom some how. That feeling of loss resonates with people not only in the U.S. but in other countries,” Lee told The Korea Herald. (Kim Yoon-mi)

  6. “LIBRARY” BOOKS

  7. Genre Fit Photo Shop Murder • Crime • Shinga • Mother/Child • Your Republic • Mystery

  8. Would Koreans Read This?

  9. Romanization

  10. Find Me • Email: charles@ktlit.com • Web: www.ktlit.com • Twitter: ktlit

  11. HISTORY HISTORY

  12. NATURE NATURE

  13. ANIMISM ANIMISM

  14. TOTEMISM

  15. SHAMANISM SHAMANISM

  16. CONFUCIUS CONFUCIUS

  17. BUDDHA BUDDHA

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