In this article we will try in a broad sense.describe what a genre is, where we can meet it and into which species it is divided. We also consider the history of the birth of this term, we will reveal its etymological essence and understand when its use is appropriate in both domestic and scientific-artificial cases.
Generalized concept
Говоря просто о том, что такое жанр, приходим к The following formulation: it is one of the varieties of any work in any branch of art. Genres are found in painting, literature, music, theater and cinema. They can also be found in speech, in relationships, in traditions and other branches of our life. Any of the selected genres is characterized by certain stylistic or plot features by which any work is identified. Simply put, we can say that this is an ordinary style. In each individual branch of art specialist can determine the stylistic identity of a particular work.
A short list of genres
In order to make it clearer, we will try to consider this concept in various forms of art. Mostly, genres are found in literature, and among them are the following:
- Comedy is a ridiculous piece that bears a mocking character.
- Drama - a story based on the conflict of the main characters.
- A story is a story in which a series of events is highlighted.
- The novel is a large form in which the fate of the heroes are closely intertwined.
- Tragedy is a product of a sad, often deadly nature.
- A poem can have any meaning, but is characterized by the presence of rhyme.
Это далеко не полный перечень литературных жанров.In past centuries, the division of literary forms was more strict, there were few stylistic orientations. It was also characteristic that each genre could be identified very easily, since all authors strictly adhered to the established framework.
Features of modern genres
Over time, such restrictions have become moreflexible, expanded, so to speak, artistic possibilities in every single style. Beginning around the 19th century, writers and poets began to combine two or more trends in one work. Nowadays, the main literary genres are closely intertwined with kostilistikoy, that is, with those categories that are more related to cinema. This is primarily due to the fact that in the first half of the 20th century, literary works began to be screened, and in later years this trend not only became an integral part of art, but also had a reverse course of events. That is, some of the books that can be bought and read today were written according to a script created for a film or a series.
What is the genre in cinema
Basis of styles related to this typeart, is enclosed in literature and in the theater. Among the films, the overwhelming majority are comedies and their opposite tragedies, dramas, epics, melodramas, detectives, musicals, and so on. However, due to the rapid development of world cinema, a fair amount of replenishment is observed in these ranks, and now it is possible to name three to four times more genres that are related to various pictures. Here are a few of these:
- Anime - drawn pictures, where consistentlymovements of each drawn hero are created. Among such “cartoons” there are quite meaningful works, the completeness of which even every adult can understand.
- Action - the collision of the protagonist most often with the world of crime, where issues are resolved with fists and shooting.
- Western and Eastern are two opposite genres,who have a lot in common with the fighter. It is characteristic that in the first event they are based on the traditions of the Wild West, and in the second - on the "concepts" of the East.
- Suspense - a kind of mixture of horror, detective and action movie, which does not release the viewer for a second from the screen.
- Fantasy is an ordinary story about heroes, which is accompanied by unreal events and characters.
Musical stylistics and directions
Speaking of what a genre is, you cannot miss out onmind music In this kind of art, stylistics are especially pronounced. Based on it, people define their musical tastes, change the music in their players, depending on their mood. In past centuries, the works were not divided as such into different genres, but in our day the situation is exactly the opposite. All ancient music belongs to the classics as the main category. All those works that were recorded in the second half of the 20th century and in recent years are divided into main genres, among which are pop, rock, jazz, blues, rap, indie, chanson, folk music, country music and electro. The latest musical style has many varieties (ambient, house, trance, EBM, synth-pop, drum-n-bass, techno, dubstep, etc.).
Genres in other art forms
Such a concept as a genre is found in painting, insculpture, even in everyday speech and in human behavior. Observe for yourself and what you say - and you will understand that this term must be used in the direct and figurative sense more than often.
