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genre memory: a standalone construct

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Genre theory

the idea, from Bakhtin, that a genre carries archaic elements of its origins forward, so each work reactivates the genre's past.

In genre theory, genre memory refers to the idea, from Bakhtin, that a genre carries archaic elements of its origins forward, so each work reactivates the genre's past. This meaning comes from Bakhtin (1984) in Problems of Dostoevsky's Poetics.[1]

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Bakhtin, M. (1984). Problems of Dostoevsky's Poetics. University of Minnesota Press. https://doi.org/10.5749/j.ctt22727z1

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