This video now includes Spanish as well as English subtitles. For a full list of dual-language videos in our series, please see the following site: liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/wlf/oregon-state-guide-english-literary-terms
@irrelvvant4 жыл бұрын
You explain so clearly, anyone could understand what you are trying to explain, thanks alot.
@SWLF4 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, Irrelevance! We hope you enjoy the other videos in our series as well!
@katebee7296 Жыл бұрын
This is awesome. You are a great presenter and I love how you explained genre. I actually came to the site looking for Metalepsis but ended up just enjoying watching the videos. One tiny little thought might be that the music is just a tiny bit too loud, especially around 4:22 minutes into the video. If you or the person who mixes your sound takes it down just a notch or two it would be much easier to concentrate on what you are saying. Thanks so much for doing such a great job otherwise creating this and for posting it! It is so kind people offer these these sorts of things to the community.
@SWLF Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for your thoughtful comment, Kate! We're so happy to hear you enjoyed the lesson--Professor Pflugfelder is such a great teacher--and we'll keep the music down in future videos. We went a little wild with the noise early on in our recording history...
@anedasilva1552 жыл бұрын
I’m a brazilian student of Languages and Literature in Portuguese and English and my teacher asked us to see this video, it’s very great and clarifying thank you :)
@SWLF2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for your kind words, ane. We're delighted to hear that you found the video clarifying (and that our videos have made it to Brazil--wow!) Good luck with your studies.
@ethereal_74 жыл бұрын
Simple, Easy and Actually understanding!
@SWLF4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Zaynab! We hope you enjoy the other videos in our series as well.
@AdrianHereToHelp3 жыл бұрын
This was a really interesting watch. I came here because I'm thinking about how like Tolkien essentially created a genre , and I've been wondering if I would be able to do something like that or really just what that is. You didn't say anything super surprising or that I felt I didn't know, but you explained everything so clearly that it still somehow helped a lot and cleared things up. You helped organize things for me, kind of. Thanks.
@SWLF3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, Adrian. We hope you enjoy the other videos in our series as well. Good luck with your writing!
@gilbertopereira762410 ай бұрын
Some genre theorists disagree and argue that medium shapes the genre. For instance, an email is a genre bounded by the technological context and its feature are not the same as a letter or a poem for instance, such as adding a subject line, greetings, signature, etc. The medium shapes the rhetorical moves and basically creates another genre. For instance, letters and emails are separate genres because they respond to quite distinct rhetorical situations because. From a functional and sociorhetorical approach, genres are tools used to "get things done" and medium is just another aspect of the genre and not just a way to produce a genre. In this case, letters and emails don't "do" similar things or resolve the same problems. Despite the theoretical differences, the video is quite useful. Thanks for sharing!
@SWLF10 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for the comment, @gilbertopereira7624 ! We agree that there is certainly much more to say about genre than we were able to cover in this short video. The medium, as McLuhan writes, is the message, and a given medium certainly shapes our understanding of what genres are and how they might be understood. Thanks for keeping the conversation going!
@Khatoon170Ай бұрын
Genre is category of literature. Genres maybe determined by literary techniques, tone , content, length especially in fiction. There are four main genres in literature poetry, fiction, non fiction, drama . Each genre share certain characteristics that place them in same category, furthermore categories of literature can be divided into subgenres . For reader genres help to organize information so that they can make easily make sense of what they are about to read . Genre structure indicates to reader who or what change of story will be effect . Thank you for your wonderful educational literary channel.
@SWLFАй бұрын
Excellent paraphrase, Khatoon! We're so thankful for all of your thoughtful comments!
@Zuljann4 жыл бұрын
These video's are incredibly helpful, Thank you for your efforts!
@SWLF4 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for supporting the series, Zuljann! Stay healthy!
@hemalakshmi42503 жыл бұрын
Wow wow wow, super sir, our professors never taught these basic terms and went on to teach loads and loads of stuff 😑 now after everything I feel like I'm learning every single word again...
@SWLF3 жыл бұрын
Wow! Thanks so much, Hema!
@declicked3 жыл бұрын
1:48 - Did the colorist for the video just show ungraded log for 2 seconds here?
@SWLF3 жыл бұрын
Ha! We wanted something to demonstrate the rule-breaking that Dr. Pflugfelder was discussing at that precise moment. Or we screwed up. Good catch!
@Justme-od8lk4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video this helped me a lot! But I do have one last question. How does the genre influence the character’s role of a book or film?
@SWLF4 жыл бұрын
Many thanks, Autumn. Genres often extert a great deal of pressure on what a character can and cannot do in a given text. In a tragedy, a "great" person must be brought low or die. In a comedy (in the classic sense), a couple must get married at the end. In a Western, the hero must resolve a conflict violently. These generic structures enable some amount of wiggle room for characters, but certainly steer their actions (and therefore their roles( in a book or film.
@Justme-od8lk4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your explanation and also the video. This was really helpful.
@user-hl8yk6ey5kАй бұрын
I got a lot of good information from this video. Though I love the oboe, I found, "The Music needed, to accompany genre," distracting. Thank you for the subtitles.
@SWLFАй бұрын
Thanks for the comment, Glenna! We'll keep the music down in future video lessons...
@Adex__3 жыл бұрын
Apparently I attend two Universities now. Thank you!
@SWLF3 жыл бұрын
Ha! Welcome to Beaver Nation, Adex!
@nakaylasobers84913 жыл бұрын
You explained this so clearly, thanks so much. It really helped.
@SWLF3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for supporting the series, Nakayla!
@Riven20073 жыл бұрын
Thank You for the video it was understanding
@SWLF3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, Kendra! We hope you enjoy the other videos in our series as well!
@k1ngzyt2954 жыл бұрын
I love the way you explain
@SWLF4 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, Cynx YT! We hope you enjoy the other videos in our series as well (and we'll try to get Prof. Pflugfelder to record another video when the quarantine lifts).
@JAx02113 жыл бұрын
Love the video. I wish could find worksheets for students with this Univ.
@SWLF3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, J.A.! If you want more info on the term, check out the dedicated page on our website: liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/wlf/what-genre
@zakirhussainkhokhar51274 жыл бұрын
Sir, We, the literary enthusiasts have been captivated by the way this channel explains literary terms. We extend our full suppot to this channel and we also understand its worth. Dreams remain dream because of one or the other reason. Talented are struggling hard to eliminate and overcome the hindrances coming in their way. I was mesmerized the way the entire teaching fraternity explains. It is an honour for me to be your pupil. I am pursuing my M.A. in English language and literature. Will the Oregon State University honour the millions of aspirants throughout the globe through online lectures on english literature ? From INDIA
@SWLF4 жыл бұрын
Wow, thanks so much Zakir! We are delighted to hear that the videos are reaching a wide audience, and we are certainly interested in expanding this project to include different kinds of lessons when the COVID-19 pandemic subsides. In the meantime, we'll continue to try to put out as many short literary terms videos as we can to help everyone who is learning (or teaching) remotely during this challenging time. You can also check out Oregon State's E-Campus opportunities in English Literature here: ecampus.oregonstate.edu/soc/ecatalog/ecourselist.htm?termcode=202003&subject=ENG
@juliettemoreno51093 жыл бұрын
Who’s here to cheat ur gogle slides in school 👀
@SWLF3 жыл бұрын
Hmm, we certainly hope the videos aren't used as an opportunity to cheat on school assignments, Juliette. They should serve as a supplement to what you're doing in class, not a substitute.
@Kayy_693 жыл бұрын
Me Bc I forget ALOTTT
@robinpressley3563 жыл бұрын
Me
@sowkhadijetou87199 ай бұрын
Here😂
@ericbursey69502 жыл бұрын
nothing personal, but it all sounded like what it looks like when a dog chases his tail ... I guess I should be thankful you responded...and that you have a tail to chase. Thanks for your very human pingback. Hope you have a great night sorting the genres. So, now I proved I can blah blah blah, too ! Cheers, friend.
@SWLF2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment, Eric. Genre theory can be a confusing but fascinating rabbit hole to fall through. Good luck to you in your reading!
@ericbursey69502 жыл бұрын
@@SWLF Do you have a book recommendation for a 16 year old guy who is homeschooled ? I realize that may be an impossible request, because you know nothing about my grandson. He is partial to history and biography and he's listened to many hours of audio books, and reads only occasionally (even though he is an excellent high school level reader). I'd be interested in any of your recommendations.
@jecelyarayan80533 жыл бұрын
This is so good thanks for this video
@SWLF3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, Jecely! We hope you enjoy the other videos in our series as well!
@danielgareth42053 жыл бұрын
Great summary and introduction!
@SWLF3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, Sir Gareth (and great name)! We hope you enjoy the other videos in our series as well.
@narcogenic3 жыл бұрын
Great video! I'll be adding this to my useful videos list that my students use. I enjoyed your explanation.
@SWLF3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for your kind words, Devon. We hope your students like the video!
@Remyarsenic2 жыл бұрын
This was really helpful but i have a small question.How can you find out a genre in a book without knowing what may happen next?
@SWLF2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, Jasman! An easy way to find out the genre it to look up in the book in a library database. They usually sort books by genre types (so do bookstores). If in the process of reading, you can identify a few elements of a genre, you can then start to anticipate what will happen next. It gets easier the more books of a given genre you read--trust us. Thanks for the comment and the question!
@bingzhang90193 жыл бұрын
Wow you helped me!
@SWLF3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, Bing! We hope you enjoy the other videos in our series as well!
@selvianasarabia3472 Жыл бұрын
What is the material all about?
@johnmartindeguzman16283 жыл бұрын
Sir your explanation is excellent❤️👌
@SWLF3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, Johnmartin! We hope you enjoy the other videos in our series as well!
@sarahchairouf736010 ай бұрын
Sir, thank you and What do you mean by events that repeat themselves? I do not understand this point
@SWLF10 ай бұрын
Good question, Sarah! We meant recurring actions in the plot (some might call them tropes) like the kiss at the end of rom-com movies. These actions / events clue readers and watchers in to the fact that the story they are being told operates within a decipherable genre.
@Wicky-kq4qx8 ай бұрын
Me : "How stupid can you be?" Him/Her : "Is E-mail a genre?"
@PraveenKumar-kj8rq2 жыл бұрын
Oh god! This is videos are so good and informative for a English student like me. Thanks for it. The sad part is that it ends soon. Do you have any idea about creating long videos?
@SWLF2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, Praveen! As of right now, we plan to keep the videos in this series (and in our grammar series) fairly short, but we're certainly open to suggestions for longer video topics!
@PraveenKumar-kj8rq2 жыл бұрын
@@SWLF I agree. For grammar, it will be tasty only when it's tiny.
@PraveenKumar-kj8rq2 жыл бұрын
@@SWLF Here are my few topics that I find more captivating : 1) The role of Exophonic authors in English literature 2) What makes some works controversial? 3) What's your prediction about future of English literature? Do you think still there are any rules unbroken? Does it have the potential to expand from the current margins? 4) And lastly, what is literature? What is it's use, purpose and applications?
@SWLF2 жыл бұрын
@@PraveenKumar-kj8rq Thanks so much for these thoughtful suggestions, Praveen! We'll certainly give these ideas and the prospect of longer videos some thought as we plan out the next year of our channel. And we will be rolling out a video pretty soon that directly addresses #4, so stay tuned...
@SWLF2 жыл бұрын
@@PraveenKumar-kj8rq Ha! We agree.
@user-ef5pw4fu2y Жыл бұрын
And your explination is so truific👌👌👌💕
@SWLF Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! We hope you enjoy the other videos in our series as well!
@selvianasarabia3472 Жыл бұрын
What is the genre used in the material viewed?
@SWLF Жыл бұрын
Hmm, we're a little unclear on the question, Selviana. Are you asking what genre the video itself is? If so, we'd probably call it an educational video (that is what KZfaq would call it).
@bohuslavlojkasek4877 Жыл бұрын
Quirk as a separate genre? What do you know about this theme?
@SWLF Жыл бұрын
Hmm, could you give us a bit more context, Bohuslav? We're not sure we understand the question.
@bohuslavlojkasek4877 Жыл бұрын
@@SWLF Genre in general is a codified set of rules and characteristics of individual works of art, or groups of works of art ('detective fiction'/'gothic novel'), right? In this sense, is quirk (see, for example, the works of Wes Anderson) a genre? And if not, under what conditions might it be?
@SWLF Жыл бұрын
@@bohuslavlojkasek4877 Interesting! We're not as familiar with this term, but we do love Wes Anderson. We would say that in order for "quirk" (or any other term) to become legible as a genre designation, other directors in other films would need to adopt or repurpose those same conventions / characteristics, and that repurposing would need to take place over a longer period than might be available at present. Culture moves much faster now than in earlier periods, of course, but even so, genres require some time to solidify enough in a reader's (or viewer's) mind to set up the expectations that a given work would either fulfill or subvert.
@bohuslavlojkasek4877 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the clear statement! @@SWLF
@bohuslavlojkasek4877 Жыл бұрын
What about the romantic comedy genre? That has been established for less than 10 years. Even judged by itself - see the film ROMANTIC COMEDY 101. Wasn't this speed due to the amount of audience popularity, expressed in billions of viewers. The interest of the theorists here was initially more or less as small as the quirk I proposed...@@SWLF
@arkman81095 ай бұрын
I am disguised by people who use this word. Style or category allows discussions to take place or not. What style of music do you like? Blues, what kind of blues? New Orleans blues. That's cool, so do I. Some words are much simpler and less snobby sounding , at the same time allowing interactions with one another, which is desperately needed in this day and time. I have band the word genre from being used in my home . It's like many words today that were never heard because they were archaic . Then a word snob came along and wanted to make others feel inferior, so they drag a dead word back from the grave. Then, others who were subjected to the snobbery use it in a Chan reaction of wanting to be viewed as intelligent. I would go so far as to call it a lawyer word. Lawyer words"my own term" are used to keep other laye people from clearly following what is being said.the jest of it all is called "double talk". Just how I see things and my two cents.
@SWLF5 ай бұрын
Thanks for the comment, @arkman8109. We certainly don't want to make anyone feel inferior in these lessons. A major goal of this series is to demystify certain literary concepts for our viewers so that they can join the conversation! Genre is a term that has proven to be quite useful in conversations about different kinds of writing, and learning this term will, we hope, enable you to see different aspects of the literature (or music) you love.
@arkman81095 ай бұрын
@SWLF as a life long music lover in my late 60s and audiophile, I have never had a deficiency using the terms style or type when referring to music. On the contrary , descusions revolved around the music rather than another's catch phrases. Some of the greatest music in history was written and played by ordinary people with little to no education. So , no, I do not feel uncomfortable about the discussion. My opinions speak for themselves, as always, education should not be one sided. Just remember , life is lived n the real world, not the classroom.
@druantiajane3 жыл бұрын
Could you produce a video on the Pastoral genre please?
@SWLF3 жыл бұрын
That is on our list!
@TroubadourChannel3 жыл бұрын
How do you decide what literary features various works share? For instance, is a western simply a movie that has horses and wagons and is set in the west? Or is there something more fundamental. Was an O. Henry story from The Heart of the West really a "Western?" For me, a movie is not a Western if it doesn't deal with the theme of life on the frontier, that is, life on the cusp of civilization. For me the most confusing genre is Science Fiction. Is Stars Wars science fiction? It doesn't really deal with science directly. Can a science fiction story just have some cool tech and be called science fiction or what is required to categorize something as sci-fi. Professor Rabkin of University of Chicago defines "Science fiction [as] the branch of fantastic literature that seeks plausibility against a background of science. " This would seem to eliminate stories like Star Wars which has technology but doesn't really claim any kind of plausibility. It's set more in a fantasy world "In a Galaxy Far Far Away," being its "Once upon a time."
@SWLF3 жыл бұрын
Great question, Kirk! The answer to this one has been debated for quite some time, and one way to answer it is to begin with the observation that genres are socially constructed. Like other socially constructed things, their meaning is made, not uncovered. What this means is that authors (and to a certain extent readers and critics) actively choose to define (and therefore make) the features of a given genre based upon what they identify as central properties of a given group of texts. This is what Prof. Pflugfelder means when he says that genres are constantly changing based upon what a given culture agrees upon at a given time period. In the 1930s through the 1960s, many authors and filmmakers saw the frontier to be a powerful symbol of American identity, and therefore they might be thought to have created (rather than discovered) the genre of the Western. Many critics would say that that genre evolved in the 70s and 80s into forms of science fiction that drew heavily upon Western themes (e.g. Star Wars, with its many Western tropes). At the same time, a separate group of writers were attempting to construct a new kind of fiction based upon the ideas that Rabkin defines in your quote, which was , unfortunately, given the same name. The important thing to remember is that Rabkin (and the authors he addresses) are trying to will a new structure into being, and they are often doing so in competition with other groups of authors with other notions of what constitutes the same genre. All this means that (to our mind) we should spend less time trying to figure out a universal, absolute definition of sci-fi or any other genre and more time trying to determine why certain repeated themes or structures emerge and dissipate at certain moments in history. That is a far murkier definition of genre than one that attempts to fit a text of any period into an absolute genre category, but it is one that leads to more productive discussion and debate. That's our two cents! What does everyone else think?
@TroubadourChannel3 жыл бұрын
@@SWLF *btw I said Rabkin was University of Chicago, he's a professor at University of Michigan. Thank you for your response. That was very helpful! Would you say there is a category "higher" than genre? Something more universal? For instance, in the horror genre there may be certain images that recur across various works of literary art, but the more universal for a horror story is "dealing with a sordid past." Obviously that's not a great definition. But I think it captures something that goes across time and across all types of horror. Most horror films, especially ones that are more literary, seem to to deal with some kind of horrific past, often one that has been forgotten or ignored: Trespassing on sacred or Indian ground, a religious transgression, slavery, spousal abuse, child abuse, murder, incense etc. So genre deals with specifics like "kitchen knives, flickering lights, creepy figures in the woods," whereas this "higher" universal category deals with something else. I just don't know what specifically. I suppose psychology would be a simple answer.
@marwanalshater6654 жыл бұрын
Thanks alot... ✌️👏👍
@SWLF4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Marwan! We hope you enjoy the other videos in our series as well!
@michaelshvidler3657 Жыл бұрын
BANGING VID BRO! COMPLETE HEAT❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥
@SWLF Жыл бұрын
Ha! Thanks so much, michael! We hope you like the other videos in our series as well!
@lucaswereg53383 жыл бұрын
very nice explaining sire, funny but also educational
@SWLF3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, Lucas! We hope you enjoy the other videos in our series as well!
@adamburr61092 жыл бұрын
I have a question in a musical or when your listening to music what genre is it
@SWLF2 жыл бұрын
Interesting! Music also has a number of different genres (rock, rap, classical) and sub-genres within those genres. So it depends...
@wynnebailey433 жыл бұрын
What are some gothic novel suggestions?
@SWLF3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the question, Wynne! The first Gothic novel is Horace Walpole's Castle of Otranto, but we recommend starting with Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. If you don't have time for a novel, Edgar Allan Poe's short stories are chock full of Gothic conventions. If you're looking for a contemporary novel that draws heavily upon the Gothic, you can't go wrong with Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves. If you're looking for a funnier contemporary take on the Gothic, check out Karen Russell's dazzling short story collection, Vampires in the Lemon Grove. That'll get you started, we hope!
@butorka13 жыл бұрын
Thx
@SWLF3 жыл бұрын
You're welcome, Anastasia! We hope you like the other videos in our series as well!
@liticiarabia67683 жыл бұрын
Love from Algeria ❤️🇩🇿
@SWLF3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for supporting the series, Liticia! We're excited to have made it to Algeria!
@user-ef5pw4fu2y Жыл бұрын
Have you guys have read Rikki Tikki Tavi by Rudyard Klipling in story there is a genre in the story and it's not that hard to read and you can find the genre very easily. Am I 👍
@SWLF Жыл бұрын
Interesting! What genre do you think this story fits into, @user-ef5pw4fu2y @user-ef5pw4fu2y? We could see it being placed in different ways depending upon what is emphasized--amimal fable, coming-of-age-story, allegory, and so on.
@slammerjm3 жыл бұрын
Thx bro it really helped
@SWLF3 жыл бұрын
Ha! Thank, bro.
@ethanangeloalumbro11373 жыл бұрын
Sana all genre
@nicholasbiddle78933 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't call Ant-Man a parody of the Superhero genre. If it's a parody at all, it's a parody of the Heist movie genre.
@SWLF3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment, Nicholas! We'd say as a parody, it casts a pretty wide net. What elements of the heist movie do you see it parodying?
@elishafaithespanto4966 Жыл бұрын
I don't understand 😭
@jacobday16814 жыл бұрын
Excellent work!
@SWLF4 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, Jacob! We hope you like the other videos in our series as well!
@longlive88502 жыл бұрын
The reason why ant man is funny is because Gregg Turkington plays a fantastically hilarious role as the boss of Baskin and Robbins.
@hareeniramesh94972 жыл бұрын
I am coming here because of my assignment
@SWLF2 жыл бұрын
Well, we hope you found it useful, Hareeni!
@alexng85683 жыл бұрын
Love it. Liked 555.
@SWLF3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Alex! We hope you enjoy the other videos in our series as well!
@luanbatera Жыл бұрын
Wow
@SWLF Жыл бұрын
We hope that means you liked it, Irmãos!
@soulWWWw3 жыл бұрын
Anyone watching this at school not knowing what it meant
@SWLF3 жыл бұрын
Well, we hope you know now, Daniel! Good luck with your studies.
@Heatracers2 жыл бұрын
I lot it
@Heatracers2 жыл бұрын
Sorry I love it
@SWLF2 жыл бұрын
@@Heatracers Ha! No worries, Seema! Thanks so much. We're happy to hear you enjoyed the video!
@andrewurquilla17762 жыл бұрын
🤓 nerd but actually thank you
@SWLF2 жыл бұрын
Ha! What's wrong with being a nerd?
@thatspikeything68444 жыл бұрын
E
@SWLF4 жыл бұрын
E did a good job with this video.
@shoshoalmadani5913 жыл бұрын
I think he wrote it by mestake?
@notfunny9794 жыл бұрын
sscchhooll cant say school whith out saying cool
@SWLF3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, itzDilly! We hope you enjoy the other videos in our series as well.
@tetzlaffjo4 жыл бұрын
I'll take French Pretension for $800 please, Alex.
@SWLF4 жыл бұрын
1820's Melmoth the Wanderer by a great-uncle of Oscar Wilde was in this spooky genre of the Romantic novel.
@tetzlaffjo4 жыл бұрын
@@SWLF Dude, I don't know! I come here to learn stuff, not because I know stuff.
@SWLF4 жыл бұрын
@@tetzlaffjo Ohhh, sorry, Jodi. That'll cost you. Let's see how much Jodi risked... $6500. That takes her score down to $12,450, and that takes us to Final Jeopardy. But first a short commercial break.