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Genre Theory Revision »
Categories: Key Concepts, Genre, Revision, A2 Revision, Theory, Genre Theory
Background
David Buckingham studied 8-12 year olds undertaking this experiment. He found that:
“genre was being used as an unspoken rationale for moving from one topic to the next. Thus, discussion of one comedy programme was more likely to be followed by discussion of another comedy programme, rather than of news or soap opera.” (Buckingham 1993: 139)
Genre is a French word that means type or kind. Genre is a way of classifying a media...
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Categories: Courses, A Level, AQA A Level, Key Concepts, Genre, Theory, Genre Theory
Practical ways to study the concept of genre.
The new specifications for A-level (AQA) doesn’t require the study of genre explicitly at A/S Level. However, at A2 the Specification suggests that candidates could consider Genre Theories as part of their understanding of why and how texts are created as they are.
For the research element of the MEST 4 study, it may well be that students wish to study a particular genre.
For example, a...
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