Who's Laughing Now? A Short History of Chick Lit and the Perversion of a Genre

Ferriss, Suzanne; Young, Mallory

doi:10.4324/9780203036211-7

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The concept of paratextuality in literary genre Chick-lit

Sikora

2021

Forum Filologiczne Ateneum

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This text is an analysis of the concept of paratext based on contemporary literature. In addition to the theoretical part concentrating on the idea of Gérard Genette, some information on the Chick-Lit genre appeared in the article. Among other things, genre characteristics, historical backgrounds and biographical notes of the authors of the analysed novels were described. Genette's theory clearly shows that an inseparable part of the book as a final product is its cover and what the reader finds on it. These are, among others, the title, abstract, of significance is also the colouring or even the location of the author's name. All these elements have been described in detail and analysed according Gérard Genette's concepts.

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