Natasha Artemeva, Carleton University, CanadaPeter Buse, Kingston University, London, UKBéatrice Damamme-Gilbert, University of Birmingham, UKKatya Krylova, University of Nottingham, UKDonald N. Myles, Carleton University, CanadaTimothy S. Murphy, Oklahoma State University, USASarah Parker, University of Stirling, UKAnne Smedegaard, University of Copenhagen, DenmarkErin K. Stapleton, University of Melbourne, AustraliaLesley Stevenson, Independent ScholarMichael Stewart, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UKMichael Volek, Athabasca University, Canada

• PART I: RE-ASSESSING THEORETICAL TRADITIONS: FROM ANCIENT GREECE TO BAKHTIN1. Philosophy ' 's Broken Mirror: Genre Theory and the Strange Place of Poetry from Plato to Badiou; Garin Dowd2. Remembering to Forget: the Role of Time, Space and Memory in Mikhail Bakhtin ' 's Treatment of Language; Michael Volek PART II: MEMORY, TESTIMONY, POLITICS 3. The Question of Genre in Holocaust Narrative: The Case of Patrick Modiano ' 's Dora Bruder (1997); Béatrice Damamme-Gilbert4. Genre and Memory in Margareta Heinrich ' 's and Eduard Erne ' 's Totschweigen (1994) and Elfriede Jelinek ' 's Rechnitz (Der Würgeengel) (2008); Katya KrylovaPART III: REVISITING LITERARY GENRES: WRITING BACK/WRITING FORWARD5. The Muse Writes Back: Lyric Poetry and Female Poetic Identity; Sarah Parker6. How (Not) to Translate an Unidentified Narrative Object or a New Italian Epic; Timothy S. MurphyPART IV: VISUAL CULTURES: TECHNOLOGIES, INSTITUTIONS AND GENRES 7. Seduced by Art: the Problem of Photography; Lesley Stevenson8. Vernacular Photographic Genres after the Camera Phone; Peter Buse PART V: FILM GENRES: ENDURANCE AND TRANSFORMATION9. The Enduring Reach of Melodrama in Contemporary Film and Culture; Michael Stewart10. Objects after Adolescence: Teen Film with Transition in Spring Breakers and The Bling Ring; Erin K. StapletonPART VI: PEDAGOGIES: APPLICATIONS IN EDUCATION11. Student and Teacher Constructions of the ' 'Generic Contract ' ' in High School Essays; Anne Smedegaard12. Perceptions of Prior Genre Knowledge: A Case of Incipient Biliterate Writers in the EAP Classroom; Natasha Artemeva and Donald N. Myles