THE PROBLEM OF GENRE: TRANSFORMATION OF GENRES IN CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE
Keywords:
literary genre; genre transformation; contemporary literary processes; postmodernism; digital technologies; globalization; hybrid forms; autofiction; graphic novel; fanfiction; digital literature; rethinking of genre; 21st century; cultural, social and technological changes.Abstract
The article examines the problem of literary genre and its transformation in contemporary literature. It argues that traditional generic boundaries have become increasingly fluid under the influence of postmodernism, digital technologies, and globalization. Through the analysis of hybrid forms such as autofiction, graphic novels, fanfiction, and digital literature, the study demonstrates how the concept of genre is being redefined in the 21st century. The paper concludes that the genre remains a relevant but dynamic category that reflects cultural, social, and technological changes in the literary field.
References
1.Moretti, F. Graphs, Maps, Trees: Abstract Models for a Literary History. London: Verso, 2005.
2.Dimock, W. C. Through Other Continents: American Literature Across Deep Time. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006.
3.Hayles, N. K. Electronic Literature: New Horizons for the Literary. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2008.
4.Damrosch, D. (ed.). World Literature in Theory. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell, 2014.
5.Bouchardon, S. Digital Literature: A Critical Introduction. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2014.
6.Hutcheon, L. A Theory of Adaptation. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2013.
7.Driscoll, B., & Rehberg Sedo, D. The Reading Economy: Contemporary Book Cultures in Transition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019.
8.Thomas, B. Literature and Social Media. London: Routledge, 2020.
9.Murray, S. The Digital Literary Sphere: Reading, Writing, and Selling Books in the Internet Era. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.
10.Walkowitz, R. L. Born Translated: The Contemporary Novel in an Age of World Literature. New York: Columbia University Press, 2015.
