Genre memo

GENRE MEMO



To: Franny Howes
From: Suyang Tan
Date: 2-27-2009

Re: Genre Memo for [Novel, Music drama, photo]

Franny:

A novel is defined by a combination of its substance, its scope, its style, and that it can be located along a certain arc of the history of literature. A novel is always a description of a society the trying to reveal the negative parts in it. Different methods that author uses on novels to figure personae endow audience huge space to image the stories in his view and this is always the reason that novel is attractive. My text for genre novel is a brief description and introduction of a famous novel. I hope my text can help introduce novel to you.

The second genre I writing about is Music drama. Music drama is description of a story through a stage-performance form. One of most important characteristics is the use of music during the performance. Actors use their singing to express the emotion and feeling in the story. Watching music drama is considered to be an elegant behavior however music drama are still not that popular as other genres forms like film and novel. People who are interested at music should be likely to be audience to music drama. My text is a description of one of the most famous music drama which is “Phantom of the Opera”, however the best way to know the charm of music drama is to buy a ticket in a theater and enjoy a drama.

The last genre I wrote about is photo. By comparing with the other two genres I mentioned, photo is using a more visual way to express feelings and substances. By using a still and catch of picture, photographer are trying to record something beautiful and meaningful or remind and reveal something that may not easily be noticed in daily life. Photo is suitable for everyone so that it becomes the most common and convenient media in current life. In my text, I am describing a meaningful photo that reveals the poverty problem in the world. Through looking at the photo, we can perceive more than just on the picture, use your imagination to perceive the world.

Sincerely,



Suyang Tan