David Duff is Lecturer in English at the University of Aberdeen and previously taught at the universities of Gdańsk and Torun, Poland.

• Preface Key Concepts Introduction 1. Benedetto Croce Criticism of the Theory of Artistic and Literary Kinds 2. Yury Tynyanov The Literary Fact 3. Vladimir Propp Fairy Tale Transformations 4. Mikhail Bakhtin Epic and Novel : Toward a Methodology for the Study of the Novel 5. Mikhail Bakhtin The Problem of Speech Genres 6. Northrop Frye The Mythos of Summer : Romance 7. Ireneusz Opacki Royal Genres 8. Hans Robert Jauss Theory of Genres and Medieval Literature 9. Rosalie Colie Genre-Systems and the Functions of Literature 10. Fredric Jameson Magical Narratives : On the Dialectical Use of Genre Criticism 11. Tzvetan Todorov The Origin of Genres 12. Gerard Genette The Architext 13. Jacques Derrida The Law of Genre 14. Alastair Fowler Transformations of Genre 15. Mary Eagleton Genre and Gender Notes on Authors Further Reading Index

David Duff is Lecturer in English at the University of Aberdeen and previously taught at the universities of Gdańsk and Torun, Poland.

• Preface Key Concepts Introduction 1. Benedetto Croce Criticism of the Theory of Artistic and Literary Kinds 2. Yury Tynyanov The Literary Fact 3. Vladimir Propp Fairy Tale Transformations 4. Mikhail Bakhtin Epic and Novel : Toward a Methodology for the Study of the Novel 5. Mikhail Bakhtin The Problem of Speech Genres 6. Northrop Frye The Mythos of Summer : Romance 7. Ireneusz Opacki Royal Genres 8. Hans Robert Jauss Theory of Genres and Medieval Literature 9. Rosalie Colie Genre-Systems and the Functions of Literature 10. Fredric Jameson Magical Narratives : On the Dialectical Use of Genre Criticism 11. Tzvetan Todorov The Origin of Genres 12. Gerard Genette The Architext 13. Jacques Derrida The Law of Genre 14. Alastair Fowler Transformations of Genre 15. Mary Eagleton Genre and Gender Notes on Authors Further Reading Index

David Duff is Lecturer in English at the University of Aberdeen and previously taught at the universities of Gdańsk and Torun, Poland.

• Preface Key Concepts Introduction 1. Benedetto Croce Criticism of the Theory of Artistic and Literary Kinds 2. Yury Tynyanov The Literary Fact 3. Vladimir Propp Fairy Tale Transformations 4. Mikhail Bakhtin Epic and Novel : Toward a Methodology for the Study of the Novel 5. Mikhail Bakhtin The Problem of Speech Genres 6. Northrop Frye The Mythos of Summer : Romance 7. Ireneusz Opacki Royal Genres 8. Hans Robert Jauss Theory of Genres and Medieval Literature 9. Rosalie Colie Genre-Systems and the Functions of Literature 10. Fredric Jameson Magical Narratives : On the Dialectical Use of Genre Criticism 11. Tzvetan Todorov The Origin of Genres 12. Gerard Genette The Architext 13. Jacques Derrida The Law of Genre 14. Alastair Fowler Transformations of Genre 15. Mary Eagleton Genre and Gender Notes on Authors Further Reading Index