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Popular generic texts, according to Annette Kuhn, “are reflections of social trends and attitudes of the time, mirroring the preoccupations of the historical moment” (1990). With reference to a genre of your choice, discuss the validity or otherwise o...
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Popular generic texts, according to Annette Kuhn, "are reflections of social trends and attitudes of the time, mirroring the preoccupations of the historical moment" (1990). With reference to a genre of your choice, discuss the validity or otherwise of Kuhn's statement. By its very definition Genre is made up of a collection of texts. A genre isn't just born out of one film it is developed by a collective number of texts, all which host a number of similar elements an audience can use to categorise a film. An audience will have certain expectations of a genre film and much of the films success will depend on how well these expectations are met, not just in respect of that single text but in comparison to other 'classic' texts considered within that group. Genre can be simplistically defined as a neat way to archive particular film texts, due to the themes, characters...
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