Genre #34 - Period

Jim Van Dore

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Feb 2, 2012, 6:45:36 PM2/2/12

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We've got three left to consider. Before writing up an entry for each
of these, I thought we would see if there is any support for them.

Period

This is a current genre.

In general it is applied to stories set in a time prior to the time of
the stories writing/publishing.

It has been objected that this is not a genre as there is no narrative
element that unites these stories.

Jim

James Ludwig

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Feb 2, 2012, 7:48:13 PM2/2/12

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I think period is a temporary fix since we do not have keywords. I
have had to use it but would rather it go away

tonyr...@comcast.net

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Feb 2, 2012, 8:35:08 PM2/2/12

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The use to which this one has been put will be better served by keywords.

tony

tonyr...@comcast.net

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Feb 2, 2012, 8:39:04 PM2/2/12

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Keywords have been approved and they're now on the list of things for
tech to get to when they get a chance or a hankering.

tony

Mark

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Feb 3, 2012, 3:10:48 AM2/3/12

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I'll back the removal of "period"

Bob Hughes

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Feb 3, 2012, 5:31:47 AM2/3/12

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At 03:10 AM 2/3/2012, you wrote:

I'll back the removal of "period"

If we remove period, we have to replace it with something. there are a lot of features labeled period.

Bob Hughes

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Lionel English

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Feb 3, 2012, 1:13:51 PM2/3/12

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I don't think the other two are genres. I'm not wild about the name "period" (I'd prefer "historical"), but I *do* think it represents a valid genre--though, admitedly, most often it requires an additional genre to be meaningful. I guess I'm kind of on the fence about this one.

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