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Letter to the Reader ......................................................................................................................... 1

Genre Discussion ............................................................................................................................ 3

Genre: Art and history ................................................................................................................. 3

Science Fiction and Canterbury Tales ............................................................................................ 4

Fantasy ........................................................................................................................................ 5

Canterbury Traveller Thrillers ........................................................................................................ 6

Memoir of Geoffrey Chaucer ...................................................................................................... 6

Westerns ...................................................................................................................................... 8

Musical In Canterbury Tales Of Medieval England ................................................................... 9

Romance in Canterbury tales ...................................................................................................... 9

Self-Assessment ............................................................................................................................ 10

Work Cited .................................................................................................................................... 12

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Letter To The Reader

The paper is based on the research of various literary genres to meet the requirements of the

semester. Before reading this assignment, you should know that it is based on the work of

Geoffrey Chaucer, the Canterbury Tales, which covers 20 tales advanced during medieval

England. The work that contributed significantly towards the growth of literature using the

original middle English language. The genres of literature help to capture, and communicate

different types of information about a society, its culture, lifestyle, and the way they behave in

their daily endeavors of the travelers and the people of England. The main literature genres

selected for this assignment include musical, fantasy, westerns, romance, mystery, thriller among

others. In the modern world, these genres have gained access into the theatre and are richly

filmed as a way to store, and communicate vital advancement in literature.

I selected my genres to examine in this paper based on the influence they have on the modern

generation and the inspiration drawn from Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. The most

informative and relevant to the society and culture of the modern age genres are among the ones

I elected to include, and they will intrigue you probably. Since the genres included in the paper

are major genres, they are self-contained and makes a vital contribution to the literature of the

modern era and expand the understanding of different cultures in society.

The explanation for each piece and resource, both cited and stated, digs deeper into the

understanding of literature classification and the illumination of the society in the modern age. I

tremendously enjoyed putting this project together, and I hope you will find enjoyment and

knowledge upon further examination of my work.

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Genre Discussion

Genre: Art and history

Facts: the best way to start this project is to shade light about the author of the stories that

inspired the project and the timeline. Geoffrey Chaucer wrote the Canterbury Tales based on a

collection of outstanding tales encompassing sacred, profane, fiction, romance among others of

the travelers in medieval England. The work that inspired the project is one of the greatest and

ambitious works in English literature developed during the middle age using the original meddle

the English language. Geoffrey Chaucer advanced over 20 stories covering different categories

of literature genres. The painting illuminates the middle age period when the Canterbury Tales

were written in England revolving about travelers and the hundred years of war.

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Science Fiction and Canterbury Tales

The first genre is science fiction which is defined as imaginative content of literature that is

based on science. The Canterbury Tales stories are based on imaginative content literature, some

that can be scientifically proven, the means to travell efficiently for instance.

Facts: The science fiction heavily relies on scientific facts, theories, principles, assumptions, and

ideas to support its setting, themes, characters, plot lines, a style which makes its unique and

distinct from other genres. Most Science fiction works take the series format of Canterbury Tales

as illustrated in the Hyperion. The storyline and elements of science fiction stories are imaginary

and are believed to be proved scientifically. When exploring science fiction, there are aspects

that you perceive impossible; however, according to this genre, the facts and elements of their

stories are usually possible according to science. Science fiction has been around for as long as

the 18th century. However, the actualization of the content of science fiction literature was

enhanced with the advancement in technology and science where aspects of space exploration,

electricity, medical advances increased across the world (Luckhurst, 80). As science and

technology grows and expands; science fiction also gains roots to advance to new levels. Further,

there are two types of science fiction: hard science fiction which strictly follows scientific

principles and facts; and soft science fiction focused on social science such as anthropology

among others. Example of science fiction literature novel is the work of H. G. Wells (1898) The

Wars of the World.

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Fantasy

Fantasy is a form of literature in which the plot and setting are based in a virtual world.

Facts: the plot of fantasy stories and literature typically entails magic and witchcraft which

happens on an unknown world or undiscovered planet. The primary themes and setting in fantasy

encompass a combination of architecture, language, and technology which some times may

resemble the medieval age literature and culture. Interestingly, fantasy literature storylines

involve things that do not happen in the real world such as sorcerers, witches, mythical creatures,

humans, and animals among others. The main types of fantasy encompass animal fantasy stories

where they behave and act like humans an example is Charlotte's Web, by E. B. White; modern

folktale, for instance, the Nightingale; toy fantasy example Winnie the Pooh, by A. A. Milne;

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magical fantasy with narrators with magical powers like in Charlie and Chocolate Factory, by

Roald Dahl among other types (Manlove, 31).

Canterbury Traveller Thrillers

Facts: the genre of literature that encompasses literary stories, television, or film that elicit

intense emotions. It is a genre of literature that thrills the audience: reader or viewers. Thriller

films, stories, or poetry induces strong excitement, suspense, fear, anxiety, tension among other

emotions in the reader or viewer of thriller literature (Kelly, 98). The thriller genre of literature is

essential in society because they exist to induce excitement among the members of society. The

types of thriller genres encompass psychological thrillers such as the Bate motels film; Crime

Thriller as evidenced in the TV series Breaking Bad; and the Mystical thriller which revolves

around strange unsolved issues in the society.

Memoir of Geoffrey Chaucer

Facts: The genre was derived from the term memory. The memoir is a factual narration or story

that is based on the relationship between the writer and a place, person, object or thing that may

come in the form of short story or novel. The author focuses on the advancement and

development of their memories dating back to their childhood experiences and encounters. The

memoirs are majorly written by famous and celebrity members of the society such as famous

actors, musicians, artists, world leaders, pro athletes, pro footballers among others. The memoirs

can be authored by any other person though and could be a rich source of cultural literature of a

group of people. The memoir genre literature revolves around the span of activities and events

that happens in the writer's life. However, some times the memoirs can be based on the writer's

important aspects and events in their lives in their content coverage. Further, memoirs tend to

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serve critical functions in a society like telling a good story. The memoir-like a good life could

be inspiring, fun, deeply relatable, sad, absurd with the purpose of telling and rendering the

understanding of how one made vital stretches in their life (Karr, & Karr, 349). Secondly,

memoirs serve to support a particular view in the society such as political, social, economic,

cultural, and psychological views and may serve to inspire the society to change the view and

perspective of the life. The other importance is for the authors to stay in the eyes of the public

and to correct the negative public view of the individual as the writing the memoir enables one to

defend themselves. An example of a memoir in literature is the Commentaries on the Gallic

Wars, by Julius Caesar.

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Westerns

The western genre of literature of various arts developed primarily during the latter half of the

19th century in American old West revolving around the life of nomadic gunfighter or a cowboy

riding on a horse. The genre can come in the form of novels, short stories, motion pictures, static

art, radio and television shows with plots and setting painting the picture of the American West

in the last period of the 19th century. Western genre is dominantly American creation with their

counterparts in Gaucho literature found in Argentina and the stories of the Australian outback

settlement. The popularity of the western genre was in the early and middle decades of the 20th

century and declined tragically after that because of the aspects of cultural change (Worsham, &

Kalita, 29). The typical plots in western genres encompass the construction of railways and

telephone lines on wild frontiers; ranchers protecting their families, revenge stories; Calvary

stories fighting the Native Americans among others.

The 1866 musical hit: Black Crook.

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Musical in Canterbury Tales of Medieval England

The genre that combines songs, musical beats, spoken dialogue, acting, the dancing format of

literature. It is the most common form of cultural literature communication and preservation in

any society across the globe. The emotional and story content of music such as pathos, humor,

love, pain, fear, anger among others are communicated through music, words, movements, and

the technical entertainment neatly weaved together (Chen, & Wang, 39). Musical elements have

been around for a long time intertwingled in other literary forms such as drama, poetry among

others. The musical genre serves the function of providing entertainment, communicating an

important message in the society, cultural presentation and preservation among others. The

musical genre is a critical element of culture that the society enjoys, and music can be presented

in a theater, large venues among others. Many other forms of literature copy a lot from music,

and this explains why literature such as comedy, drama, acting use music in their backgrounds.

Romance in Canterbury Tales

Romance in literature is a narration genre entailing spiritual, mysterious, or adventurous storyline

that focuses on aspects and quests illustrating bravery, moral values, and may not always

advocate for love. The modern generation romance genre of literature resonates around the

stories of relationship issues, love affairs, and family issues as the main focus. The main

character in the romance piece of literature is a hero who must overcome the challenges as part

of the quest where each challenge represents an independent story that could be taken out of the

bigger story without harming the plot of the story (Whetter, 21). The modern romance narrative

may involve the main character meeting the wrong type of people which cause problems to the

character. The romance genre may adopt a sad, funny, serious, mixed, somber mood and the

resolution is found when the character meets the right person for the relationship. Types of

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romance encompass Gothic set in distinct regions with the dark, compelling character, for

example, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley; Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer historical

romance, and contemporary/ modern romance.

Self-Assessment

What surprised you during this project?

The things that surprised me during this project was the depth of the project. The instruction

appears to simplify the project to sound simple, however, along the way I realized how multi-

genre research is too detailed and intertwined that one has to go through different layers to

uncover the desired content. The uniqueness of the project rests in resource and information

collection to build the multi-genre project as evidenced in the resources I incorporated into this

project above. The 20 stories in Canterbury Tales on travelers and medieval England forms the

multiple genre literature covers various literature, art, music, narratives, drama, cultures from

around the globe. Secondly, I enjoyed working on this assignment project. The start with

instruction was not that enjoyable until I started reading the multi-genre resources in light of

contribution to society and culture and developing the factual materials around the different

genres.

What did you learn about writing in different genres as a way of inquiring into this topic

and communicating what you know?

I learned that the thorough research around diverse literature the reader gains more

understanding of various literal facts in the society. the nature of this project is multi-

dimensional and in-depth providing knowledgeable insights and informative information about

literature

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What is the strongest and weakest parts of your project; explaining why/what (etc.) for

each

I think the weakest part of this project is the thriller source because the materials are limited. It is

intertwined in science fiction, and fantasy diluting its weight. I also have limited access to top

thriller materials and including was challenging for me, but I decided to include it anyway. The

primal reason is the value of having a challenge and challenging oneself while working on

literature materials.

The strongest sections are memoir and science fiction genres of literature. The memoir is critical

because3 they are based on the perception of oneself and the way one depicts oneself is more

relevant and truer than what others say about you. Science fiction incorporates the modern aspect

technology, and scientific facts make it very valid and relevant in this digital era where there is a

lot of science fiction literature in the form of movies such as Avengers among other.

What grade do you feel you deserve on this project and why?

Based on the intensity of work I have done in this project; I believe I deserve an ‘A.' a significant

amount of time reaching the assignment since it was posted in the Canvas which enabled me to

have sufficient time to draft and prepare the assignment. I have read around each genre included

in this project to gain sufficient personal understanding and knowledge of the resources and

material that I have conveyed to my readers. I am confident of my project because I have spent

many hours, drafting and revising this assignment so that it would be acceptable and ready to

submit by its due date.

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Work Cited

Chen, Jun, and Chaokun Wang. "Investigating the role of the musical genre in human perception

of music stretching resistance." International Conference on Big Data Applications and

Services. Springer, Singapore, 2017.

Karr, Mary, and Mary Karr. The art of memoir. Harper Collins Publishers, 2015.

Kelly, Aaron. The thriller and Northern Ireland since 1969: utterly resigned terror. Routledge,

2017.

Luckhurst, Roger. "Science fiction." The Encyclopedia of Literary and Cultural Theory (2010).

Manlove, Colin. The fantasy literature of England. Springer, 2016.

Whetter, Kevin Sean. Understanding genre and medieval romance. Routledge, 2017.

Worsham, Joseph, and Jugal Kalita. "Genre Identification and the Compositional Effect of Genre

in Literature." Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Computational

Linguistics. 2018.

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