Genres and the new genres

Defining genre --

• literary v. nonliterary?
• generally, in literary terms?
• specifically, for the various genres of writing (listed chronologically?):
  • the poem
    • types?
  • the play
    • types?
  • prose genres
    • nonfiction
    • fiction
• what types of conventional writing do these categories exclude?
• How do you define the genres that thrive in cyberspace?
  • generally
• how does electronic writing represent or reconfigure conventional genres?
• how does it make possible new genres, or reconfigure old ones so that the are essentially new ways of writing?
  • specifically
    • email
    • chat
    • web page
    • instant message
    • blog
    • social network sites
    • text message
    • other?
• what is the impact of electronic writing on
  • writers?
  • readers?
• what are the major problems or issues that arise with electronic writing?
  • access (who’s in, who’s out?)
  • learning curve
  • trust (not to mention error and fraud)
  • censorship (and freedom of expression)