WorksheetsGenre and Sherlock Holmes
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 10mins
The word "genre" is often understood as ...
A text that contains aliens, the distant future, or advanced technology might be in which genre?
A text can only be in one genre, and genres are static and unchanging.
What is a subgenre?
The categorization of narrative texts by the stories they tell and the ways they tell them.
A subcategory within a particular main genre defined by theme or origin.
The cinematic or literary movement from which a genre has emerged.
'Genre fiction' refers to works that tend to _________ the audience's expectations. Genre fiction is often seen as ________ to literary fiction.
inferior
superior
challenge
conform to
Why are genre films attractive to many audiences?
It's like pizza: most people like it, have liked it and will continue to like it.
We get a certain pleasure from seeing how different filmmakers and performers and performers have rearranged and interpreted familiar elements.
Viewers value predictability over novelty
Genre films and books continue to be popular because they have deep roots in our society. Genre films give a narrative voice or gate for us to explore our fears, hopes, interests or desires. Which of the following statements exemplify this?
Horror films exist because of our collective fear of death or physical pain.
The film industry needs successful genres in order to operate a billion dollar industry.
Westerns explore what it means to be "American"
This is an example of what convention?
"Romantic-comedy films are structured around characters in love as they couple, break up, and reconnect. They fall in love, then must overcome obstacles to their relationship but finally are reunited."
Themes
Stars
Story Formula
Iconography
What convention does this definition describe: "Many genres feature elements of cinematic language (symbols, sound, visuals, camera use etc.) that communicate tone and atmosphere that viewers associate with those genres more than others."
Setting
Themes
Stars
Iconography
Which of the following statements is an example of setting?
Science Fiction films are speculative and, therefore, look forward rather than backward: sometimes in space, sometimes in the future
Most classic westerns take place in the 1880s and 1890s, an era of western settlement when a people went west in pursuit of land and gold.
Sports movies are never just sports movies — they’re tales of the human spirit triumphing over adversity, or metaphors for the little guy taking on the corporate Goliaths.
Crime films are often set in large, crowded cities, to provide a view of the secret world of the criminal: dark alleyways, hidden corners or seedy living quarters.
Who is the author of Sherlock Holmes?
William Shakespeare
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
F R Leavis
Charles Dickens
Where was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle born?
England
Scotland
Wales
Ireland
Where did Sherlock Holmes usually solve mysteries?
London, England
New York, USA
Edinburgh, Scotland
Paris, France
Pride and Prejudice
A Study in Scarlet
