Genre fiction

between Divergent and theories such as the Feminism Theory, Marxism, and Structuralism etc. The first topic that I will be looking at is the genre of the film. Divergent can be linked to many genres due to the narrative but the main genres that it is categorised under are Action and Adventure. There are many ways in which we can relate Divergent to these genres by looking at different aspects of the film which matches the stereotypical values of an Action and/or Adventure film. The first clear…

Academic discourse differs from popular discourse in terms of having separate vast discourse communities. A discourse community is a group of people who share a set of discourses, understood as basic values and assumptions, and ways of communicating about those goals. John Swales defined discourse communities as "groups that have goals or purposes, and use communication to achieve these goals." Academic discourse refers to the ways of thinking and using language which exist Popular discourse…

The sitcom genre is a familiar genre that majority are familiar with and is a growing genre in the media industry. Sitcoms generate millions of dollars every year with new popular TV sitcoms coming out every year along with the traditional sitcoms producing new seasons. The conventions of a sitcom separate this genre from others, like limited locations, stereo typical characters and circular narrative. The sitcom producers modified these conventions as the genre has grown and gained more ratings…

The Perfect Example of a Folktale Now, one may wonder to his or herself, how exactly is “The Devil and Tom Walker” a folktale. To begin, the story is composed by a writer by the name of Washington Irving. The story contains the three necessities of a folktale. The first of the three criteria is the inclusion of stereotypes within the text; which one can evidently spot out whilst reading through the folktale. Following the inclusion of stereotypes, the use of unlikely events further…

With documentaries, there are usually 100% true to the audience. But if you think about it, it’s not really true. If you think about any other genre that is in the film industry, why would you accept them to be genuine? There is always a dilemma when it comes down to documentaries to be considered not truthful or not due to parts from documentaries to be actual documentaries. This is why now a day that Nanook of the North has a lot of criticism that can be harsh. Sometimes we believe that…

movie that was hard to fit into a specific category. While it weighed heavy on the dramatic side, there were elements of comedy and thriller that made the film very different from any normal film about two people. The film drifted between various sub-genres, but the movie felt more like a mix between a road movie, an odd buddy film, and a complex relationship study. If we focus mostly on the setting on the film, the film feels a lot like your standard road movie. We have a rambunctious couple…

A poem exhibits the poet’s art of words. The unique integration of words make us feel and see things from a peculiar perspective. Similarly, dancers communicate different emotions of human life such as love and anger to the audience through dance performances. Interestingly, different forms of art such as poetry, dance and music all have a way of creating a connection between the audience and the presenters. Poet William Carlos Williams creates this sense of unification with the readers through…

Mockumentaries ultimately exist to parody serious subject matters that are addressed in documentaries. Conventions and techniques are utilised by the composers and directors of mockumentaries in order to do this. In particular, the mockumentaries 'Babakuieria' (1986) directed by Don Featherstone and 'The Majestic Plastic Bag' (2010) directed by Jeremy Konner both attempt to mock prominent issues that exist in society. Despite the different purpose of both mockumentaries, many similarities also…

Poetry can help change the overall view on the way people think, and help make aware the reality of a certain situation. Poetry can leave an influential impression and for the poem, “The Slave Mother,” Frances Ellen Watkins Harper did just that. She writes heart-wrenching lines about an African American mother and her son. This poem is informative and insightful because, the author used many forms of imagery to embody many different feelings for Americans in the nineteenth century. This paper…

There are numerous reasons that poetry is currently not ranked the foremost crucial subject in high schools. The noteworthiness of poetry is largely subjective to personal opinion due to its open nature, the environment in which it is taught environment, and its implications. “I am a literature teacher who barely teaches it”(Simmons 1). The author of “Why Teaching Poetry Is So Important” Andrew Simmons contradicts his position on the importance by in his first sentence stating that he barely…