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Mr.Thesaxman · **on:** Aug 11, 2018

Film scholars classify genre movies into four main cycles, the first of which is termed primitive. Define primitive, and then list and define the other three.

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Question 2

Narrational strategies are rarely determined by genre.

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

hanadaa · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 11, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Film critics and scholars classify genre movies into four main cycles:
1. Primitive. This phase is usually naive, though powerful in its emotional impact, in part
because of the novelty of the form. Many of the conventions of the genre are established
in this phase.
2. Classical. This intermediate stage embodies such classical ideals as balance, richness,
and poise. The genre's values are assured and widely shared by the audience.
3. Revisionist. The genre is generally more symbolic, ambiguous, less certain in its
values. This phase tends to be stylistically complex, appealing more to the intellect than
to the emotions. Often, the genre's preestablished conventions are exploited as ironic
foils to question or undermine popular beliefs.
4. Parodic. This phase of a genre's development is an outright mockery of its
conventions, reducing them to howling clichs and presenting them in a comic manner.

Answer to Question 2

F