Neale - Genre Theory

Question 1

What did Neale study?

Answer 1

The way genres are constructed and contained.

Question 2

What is Genre Theory?

Answer 2

How we can identify different genres through key factors - Narrative similarities, Character-driven motifs and audience targeting.

Question 3

What does Genre Theory mean?

Answer 3

• Genres dominated by repetition/convention.
• The idea that genres change, develop, and vary as they borrow from and overlap with others. For example, rom-com, horror comedy pair the conventions of both genres. E.g. ‘Scream’ uses the horror conventions of large knives and a killer, but also comedic conventions of ironic and sarcastic humour to cross over the genres.