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Genre vs Urtext - What's the difference?

genre | urtext |

As nouns the difference between genre and urtext

is that genre is a kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks while urtext is a primitive, seminal, or prototypical example of an artistic genre or the basis of an ideological movement.

genre

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.
    • The still-life has been a popular genre in painting since the 17th century.
    The computer game Half-Life redefined the first-person shooter genre .

    Synonyms

    * kind * type * class * See also

    Derived terms

    * subgenre * literary genre * film genre * dramatic genre * theatrical genre

    Related terms

    * genre fiction * gender * general * generate * genus

    Anagrams

    * * * ----

    urtext

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A primitive, seminal, or prototypical example of an artistic genre or the basis of an ideological movement.
  • (music) The original version of a piece of music, as created by the composer.