Le genre comme fait de discours : pour une définition molle de la science-fiction

In this article we propose to offer a general reflection on media genres based on the case of science fiction. We will try to show that it is as a collective practice, the result of the sedimentation of serial practices and uses, that we can think of a genre. Elaborated collectively in the course of...

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Main Author: Matthieu Letourneux
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Language:fra
Published: Université de Limoges 2022-12-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/resf/11405
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description In this article we propose to offer a general reflection on media genres based on the case of science fiction. We will try to show that it is as a collective practice, the result of the sedimentation of serial practices and uses, that we can think of a genre. Elaborated collectively in the course of discursive exchanges in the public sphere, resulting in a superimposition of slightly different definitions, the genre must be thought of at the level of the practices of producers and receivers. By unfolding the superimposed definitions of gender, we can thus understand the set of cultural meanings that constitute it. Therefore, it makes little sense to try to impose a universal definition of a genre, since it is nothing more than the result of fragmentary definitions that are sedimented and evolve with new updates. For it is in the gaps between definitions that the individual and collective meaning of science fiction is played out in context.
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spelling doaj-art-296ab1edf4184fd5837edf5aafd163862025-01-06T10:42:47ZfraUniversité de LimogesReS Futurae2264-69492022-12-012010.4000/resf.11405Le genre comme fait de discours : pour une définition molle de la science-fictionMatthieu LetourneuxIn this article we propose to offer a general reflection on media genres based on the case of science fiction. We will try to show that it is as a collective practice, the result of the sedimentation of serial practices and uses, that we can think of a genre. Elaborated collectively in the course of discursive exchanges in the public sphere, resulting in a superimposition of slightly different definitions, the genre must be thought of at the level of the practices of producers and receivers. By unfolding the superimposed definitions of gender, we can thus understand the set of cultural meanings that constitute it. Therefore, it makes little sense to try to impose a universal definition of a genre, since it is nothing more than the result of fragmentary definitions that are sedimented and evolve with new updates. For it is in the gaps between definitions that the individual and collective meaning of science fiction is played out in context.https://journals.openedition.org/resf/11405genrescritical theory of science fictiongenericitymedia studiesserial fiction
spellingShingle Matthieu Letourneux
Le genre comme fait de discours : pour une définition molle de la science-fiction
ReS Futurae
genres
critical theory of science fiction
genericity
media studies
serial fiction
title Le genre comme fait de discours : pour une définition molle de la science-fiction
title_full Le genre comme fait de discours : pour une définition molle de la science-fiction
title_fullStr Le genre comme fait de discours : pour une définition molle de la science-fiction
title_full_unstemmed Le genre comme fait de discours : pour une définition molle de la science-fiction
title_short Le genre comme fait de discours : pour une définition molle de la science-fiction
title_sort le genre comme fait de discours pour une definition molle de la science fiction
topic genres
critical theory of science fiction
genericity
media studies
serial fiction
url https://journals.openedition.org/resf/11405
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