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megatext: a standalone construct

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Genre theory

the shared body of images, conventions and ideas built up across many science fiction works, which each new text draws on.

In genre theory, megatext refers to the shared body of images, conventions and ideas built up across many science fiction works, which each new text draws on. This meaning comes from Broderick (1994) in Reading by Starlight.[1]

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body2 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, two constructsgenre3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructsreading2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs

References

  1. Broderick, D. (1994). Reading by Starlight. Routledge. ISBN 9781134860012

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