English Literature A-Level
Genre as an interpretive framework rather than a label
What Genre as an interpretive framework rather than a label means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Treating genre as a way to examine which generic elements are present, how prominent they are and how they interact, rather than assuming a text must exemplify a genre completely.
Topics that use Genre as an interpretive framework rather than a label
- Subject content – A-level (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Authorial choice and textual effects
- Authorial shaping of meaning
- Comparative connections
- Context of production
- Convention, adaptation and subversion
- Critical evaluation and argument
- Form, structure and language
- Genre as a dynamic system of conventions
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