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CONFERENCES

2010:

The Horror, the Humour: Satire and Dark Comedy in a Postmodern World, Lincoln School of Humanities and Performing Arts, October 9

2009:

Genre and Interpretation, Finnish Literary Society and Finnish Graduate School of Literary Studies, Helsinki, June 10–12

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The Locus of Tragedy, Centrum voor filosofie van de kunst en literatuur, Universiteit Antwerp, November 23-25

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Imagining the Future: Utopia, Dystopia and Science Fiction, Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, Monash University, December 6-7

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2003:

Genre(s), le 43ème congrès de la SAES, l'Université Stendhal, Grenoble 3, May 9-11

2002:

Poetics of the Text, University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra, Slovakia, June 7-8
Defining Genres, Annual Conference, Canadian Semiotic Association, Toronto May 26-28

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Université Laval: Theory of Genres

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Genre: Forms of Discourse and Culture (University of Oklahoma)
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Anthologies:
- Form:
- Genre:
  - Duff, David, ed. Modern Genre Theory. London: Longman, 1999.
  - Freedman, Aviva, and Peter Medway, eds. Genre and the New Rhetoric. London: Routledge, 1994.
  - Freedman, Aviva, and Peter Medway, eds. Learning and Teaching Genre. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 1994.
  - Lewalski, Barbara Kiefer, ed. Renaissance Genres: Essays on Theory, History and Interpretation. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 1986.
  - Perloff, Marjorie, ed. Postmodern Genres. Norman: U of Oklahoma P, 1988.
  - Strelka, Joseph, ed. Theories of Literary Genre. University Park: Pennsylvania State UP, 1978.
- Mode:
  - Allegory:
  - Comedy:
  - Fantastic:
  - Pastoral:
  - Romance:
  - Satire:
    - Allen, Charles Albert, ed. Satire: Theory and Practice. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1962.
    - Connery, Brian, and Kirk Combe, eds. Theorizing Satire: Essays in Literary Criticism. London: Palgrave-Macmillan, 1994.
  - Tragedy:
    - Felski, Rita, ed. Rethinking Tragedy. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 2008.
Selected Individual Works:
- Form:
- Genre:
  - Beebee, Thomas O. The Ideology of Genre: a Comparative Study of Generic Instability. University Park: Pennsylvania State UP, 1994.
  - Brunetière, Ferdinand. L'Evolution des genres dans l'histoire de la littérature. Paris: Hachette, 1914.
  - Cohen, Ralph. "History and Genre." New Literary History 17 (1986): 203-218.
  - Cohen, Ralph. "Genre Theory, Literary History, and Historical Change." Theoretical Issues in Literary History. Ed. David Perkins. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1991.
  - Colie, Rosalie. The Resources of Kind: Genre Theory in the Renaissance. Berkeley: U of California P, 1973.
  - Davis, Todd F., and Kenneth Womack. Formalist Criticism and Reader-Response Theory. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.
  - Derrida, Jacques. "The Law of Genre."
  - Fishelov, David. Metaphors of Genre: the Role of Analogies in Genre Theory. University Park: Pennsylvania State UP, 1989.
  - Fletcher, Angus. Allegory: the Theory of a Symbolic Mode. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 1964.
  - Fowler, Alastair. "The Formation of Genres in the Renaissance and After."
    New Literary History 34.2 (2003): 185-200.
  - Fowler, Alastair. "Genre and Tradition." Cambridge Companion to English Poetry, Donne to Marvell. Ed. Thomas H. Corns. Cambridge: CUP, 1993.
  - Fowler, Alastair. "The Future of Genre Theory: Functions and Constructional Types." The Future of Literary Theory. Ed. Ralph Cohen. London: Routledge, 1989. 291-303.
  - Fowler, Alastair. "Genre." International Encyclopedia of Communications. Vol. 2. Ed. Ed. Erik Barnouw. Oxford: OUP, 1989. 215-217.
  - Fowler, Alastair. Kinds of Literature: an Introduction to the Theory of Genres and Modes. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 1982.
  - Fowler, Alastair. "Genre and the Literary Canon." New Literary History 11.1 (1979): 97-119. [see ch. 12 in his Kinds of Literature]
  - Fowler, Alastair. "The Life and Death of Literary Forms." New Directions in Literary History. Ed. Ralph Cohen. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1974. 77-94.
  - Gombrich, E. H. Art and Illusion: a Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation. New York: Pantheon, 1960.
  - Guillen, Claudio. Literature as System: Essays Toward the Theory of Literary History. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1971.
    - "On the Uses of Literary Genre." 107-134.
      - Theory of the Novel: a Historical Approach. Ed. Michael McKeon. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 2000. 34-50.
  - Hernadi, Paul. Beyond Genre: New Directions in Literary Classification. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 1972.
  - Hernadi, Paul. "Order Without Borders: Recent Genre Theory in the English-Speaking World." Theories of Literary Genre. Ed. Joseph Strelka. University Park: Pennsylvania State UP, 1978.
  - Hobbes, Thomas. "Answer to Davenant's Preface to Gondibert." 1650.
  - Reichert, John. "More than Kin and Less than Kind: the Limits of Genre Theory." Theories of Literary Genre. Ed. Joseph Strelka. University Park: Pennsylvania State UP, 1978. 57-9.
  - Rosmarin, Adena. Rereading Allegory: a Narrative Approach to Genre. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 1994.
  - Rosmarin, Adena. The Power of Genre. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, 1985.
  - Schaeffer, Jean-Marie. "Literary Genres and Textual Genericity." The Future of Literary Theory. Ed. Ralph Cohen. London: Routledge, 1989. 167-187.
  - Todorov, Tzvetan. Genres in Discourse. Trans. Catherine Porter. Cambridge: CUP, 1990.
  - Todorov, Tzvetan. "The Origin of Genres." New Literary History 8 (1976-77): 159-70.
  - Todorov, Tzvetan. Introduction à la littérature fantastique. Paris: Seuil, 1970.
    - The Fantastic: a Structural Approach to a Literary Genre. Trans. Richard Howard, Cleveland: Case Western Reserve UP, 1973.
      - "Literary Genres." Twentieth Century Literary Theory: an Introductory Anthology. Ed. Vassilis Lambropoulos and David Neal Miller. Albany: SUNY Press, 1986. 191-204.
  - Wellek, René. "Genre Theory, the Lyric, and Erlebnis." Discriminations: Further Concepts of Criticism. New Have: Yale UP, 1970.
  - Wellek, René. "Literary Genres." Theory of Literature. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1942. 226-237.
  - Wimsatt, William, and Cleanth Brooks. "Art for Art's Sake." Literary Criticism: a Short History. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. 475-498.
- Mode:
  - Allegory:
  - Comedy:
    - Bergson, Henri. Le Rire: Essai sur la signification du comique. Paris: , 1900.
      - Laughter: an Essay on the Meaning of the Comic. Trans. Cloudesley Brereton and Fred Rothwell. Green Integer, 1911. Rpt. 1999.
    - Critchley, Simon. On Humour. London: Routledge, 2002.
    - Hösle, Vittorio. Woody Allen: an Essay on the Nature of the Comical. Notre Dame: U of Notre Dame P, 2007. [review]
    - Marteinson, Peter. On the Problem of the Comic: a Philosophical Study on the Origins of Laughter. Ottawa: Legas Press, 2006.
  - Fantastic:
    - Todorov, Tzvetan. Introduction à la littérature fantastique. Paris: Seuil, 1970.
      - The Fantastic: a Structural Approach to a Literary Genre. Trans. Richard Howard, Cleveland: Case Western Reserve UP, 1973.
        
        "Literary Genres." Twentieth Century Literary Theory: an Introductory Anthology. Ed. Vassilis Lambropoulos and David Neal Miller. Albany: SUNY Press, 1986. 191-204.
  - Pastoral:
    - Alpers, Paul J. What is Pastoral? Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1997.
  - Romance:
  - Satire:
    - Griffin, Dustin. Satire: a Critical Reintroduction. Lexington: U of Kentucky P, 1994.
    - Scott, James. Satire: from Horace to Yesterday's Comic Strips. Prestwick House, 2005.
  - Tragedy:
    - Benjamin, Walter. The Origins of German Tragic Drama. Trans. John Osborne. Intro. George Steiner. London, Verso, 1977.
    - Nuttall, A. D. Why Does Tragedy Give Pleasure?. Oxford: Clarendon, 1996.
    - Williams, Raymond. Modern Tragedy. London: Chatto and Windus, 1966.

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Anthologies:
- Form:
- Genre:
- Mode:
  - Allegory:
  - Comedy:
  - Fantastic:
  - Pastoral:
  - Romance:
  - Satire:
  - Tragedy:
Selected Individual Works:
- Form:
  - Harris, Wendell V. "Formalism." Dictionary of Concepts in Literary Criticism and Theory. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1992. 108-114.
  - Harris, Wendell V. "Organic Unity." Dictionary of Concepts in Literary Criticism and Theory. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1992. 275-281.
- Genre:
  - Casey, Bernadette. "Genre." Key Ideas in Human Thought. Ed. Kenneth McLeish. London: Bloomsbury, 1993.
  - Dubrow, Heather. Genre. London: Methuen, 1982.
  - Harris, Wendell V. "Genre." Dictionary of Concepts in Literary Criticism and Theory. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1992. 115-120.
  - Harris, Wendell V. "Genre Theory, Twentieth Century." Dictionary of Concepts in Literary Criticism and Theory. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1992. 120-127.
- Mode:
  - Allegory:
  - Comedy:
  - Fantastic:
  - Pastoral:
  - Romance:
  - Satire:
  - Tragedy: