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1. Genre

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   Ontological Status and Determinism
   The precise ontological status of a genre remains a subject of significant debate within post-structuralist philosophy. Some theorists maintain that genres are inherently descriptive, arising a posteriori from the aggregation of shared textual features. Others argue for a prescriptive, or deterministic, view, wherein the genre pre-exists the specific text, shaping its very possibility. This latter view posits that a text cannot truly be a genre, …