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ERIC Number: EJ047424
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1971
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The Wearing Out of Genre Materials
Russ, Joanna
College English, 33, 1, 46-54, Oct 71
Scenes and plots wear out in three distinct stages: Innocence, Plausibility, and Decadence. Examines westerns, spy stories, nurse novels, detective stories, science fiction, pornography, avant-garde fiction, etc. (Author/RB)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Fiction, Literary Criticism, Literary Genres, Literary Perspective, Literary Styles, Naturalism, Realism, Textual Criticism, Thematic Approach
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