genrefication
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5ADJ.
great, pretty
VERB + GENREFICATION
gets
GENREFICATION + NOUN
treatment
PREP.
with
ADV.
already
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noun
Shelving of library books or similar works based on genre.
Genrefication is pretty great. It allows users to find books they're interested in much more easily.
Under the Dewey Decimal System that revolutionized and standardized book shelving starting in 1876, nonfiction essentially already gets the genrefication treatment with, for example, Music located in the 780s and Paleontology in the 560s.
Softening of boundaries between literary fiction and genre fiction.
For reasons that aren’t fully explicable (Netflix? Tumblr? Kindles? Postmodernism?), it’s no longer taken for granted that important novels must be, in some sense, above, beyond, or “meta” about their genre. A process of genrefication is occurring.
The so-called ‘genrefication’ or ‘genre debate’ relates to the relationship between popular fiction and literary fiction, and has been of particular significance in US literary circles in recent years.
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3Genrefication is pretty great. It allows users to find books they're interested in much more easily.
WiktionaryUnder the Dewey Decimal System that revolutionized and standardized book shelving starting in 1876, nonfiction essentially already gets the genrefication treatment with, for example, Music located in
WiktionaryFor reasons that aren’t fully explicable (Netflix? Tumblr? Kindles? Postmodernism?), it’s no longer taken for granted that important novels must be, in some sense, above, beyond, or “meta” about their
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