Several theoretical models have been proposed for genre, such as the Aristotelian scholastic taxonomy, the family resemblance and the prototype theory. However, these models lack of empirical applications to real examples of genres. This proposal is the culmination of a series of analysis, presenting a theoretical, computational and visual…[Read more]

This MA thesis discusses the uses of paratexts (Gerard Genette, /Seuils/) in 18th-c. prose fiction and novels by Swift (A Tale of a Tub), Fielding (Tom Jones), and Sterne (Tristram Shandy).