Category:Genres: Difference between revisions

The main article for this category is Genre.

See also Category:Media and formats, which reflects more of the media and format ("film", "book"; "short", "long"; "serial"; "graphic novel"); "genre" by contrast is more about the subject of the work.

Categorization notes:

Classes of fictional works characterized by particular conventions or criteria particular to that class. (Fairly circular, I know.) For this wiki, SF includes all manner of sf-related genres and subgenres. Reference information about non-SFnal genres will also be included as relevant.

Here, include articles on particular genres. Within subcategories by genre name, include (a) the article that defines and discusses the genre; (b) articles on panels or other discussions about the genre; and (c) a subcategory of "Works of X genre", e.g., "Category:Works of horror".

Do not diffuse articles and subcategories into subcategories, but redundantly categorize them. Category:Genres should be an alphabetical index of all genres and genre subcategories. Genres should also be categorized within the genre category tree:

• Category:SF
  • Category:Science fiction
  • Category:Fantasy
• Category:Non-SF fiction

A genre-work typically includes a number of themes and tropes, characterization tropes, worldbuilding tropes, and plot devices that are specific to that genre. The entire concept of genrefication has been criticized for a number of reasons, and described as a marketing technique.