The genre effect

Abstract

Some purport that literary fiction is determined by high inference demands. The subgenre of science fiction is often defined by story-world tropes that may reduce inferential demands. However, science fiction with high inference demands may also constitute literary fiction. Instead of inferential demands, it may be readers’ responses to setting that distinguishes science fiction and narrative realism. In two experiments, a story was manipulated for contemporary and science-fiction settings. Also, a version of each text with and without explanatory statements manipulated inference demand. Readers perceived the science-fiction text as lower in literary quality. For science fiction, readers also exerted less inference effort for theory of mind, but more for understanding the world. Regardless of inference effort, participants who read the story in the science-fiction world performed more poorly on comprehension. Readers’ expectations triggered by setting tropes seem to be particularly potent determinants of literary quality perceptions, inference effort, and comprehension.

Genre Problematik Cinta Tak Pernah Tua Karya Benny Arnas

“…Genre tidak lagi menjadi persoalan eksklusif bidang sastra, tetapi juga digunakan sebagai kerangka dasar konseptual bagi pemahaman berbagai produk akademis dan profesional. Genre digunakan dalam sistem pengelolaan buku bacaan perpustakaan (Rosenberg, 1982), pengaruh genre terhadap telaah kritis sastra (Rosmarin, 1986;Gavaler & Johnson, 2017), sumbangan teori genre terhadap pendidikan literasi (Derewianka, 2015), genre penulisan proposal dan disertasi Ph.D. (Bunton, 2005;Halleck & Connor, 2006), produk hukum (Hafner, 2010), iklan rekruitmen perusahaan (Gillaerts, 2012), hingga genre surat banding ke universitas (Sadeghi & Samuel, 2013). Studi tersebut memperlihatkan pentingnya studi genre sebagai piranti dasar dalam proses pengklasifikasian teks serta dampaknya terhadap penggunanya.…”