A text which is categorised through the identification of key elements or its media term 'paradigms' which occur in the text or in other texts of the same genus.
Genre can be seperated into 6 different fundamentals or 'paradigms' -
- Narrative - Similar structure, predictable,
- Theme - Issues it concerns
- Iconography - Main signs and symbols you see/hear
- Identity - Similar types of characteristers and behaviour
- Structure - The way it is organized and arranged
- Setting - Geographical and settings
