@article {734,
	title = {Genre Theory and Family Resemblance{\textemdash}Revisited},
	journal = {Poetics},
	volume = {20},
	year = {1991},
	note = {not available from library subscription online?},
	month = {1991},
	pages = {123{\textendash}138},
	abstract = {In the following discussion I will examine the application of Wittgenstein{\textquoteright}s concept of family resemblance to genre theory. Despite its popularity among literary theorists, there is sometimes a discrepancy between the loose concept of family resemblance, at least in its negative-radical version, and the practical assumptions made about genres. In order to overcome the inadequacies of existing applications of the concept, I will propose two ways in which Wittgenstein{\textquoteright}s concept can be fruitfully applied to genre theory. First, by using certain working hypotheses in cognitive psychology, based on the concept of family resemblance, I will argue that literary genres are perceived as structured categories, with a {\textquoteleft}hard core{\textquoteright} consisting of prototypical members. These prototypical members are characterized by the fact that they bear a relatively high degree of resemblance to each other. Second, by focusing on the analogy between the internal structure of literary genres and that of families one can establish a {\textquoteleft}genealogical{\textquoteright} line of literary genres, i.e., the series of writers who have participated in shaping, reshaping and transmitting the textual heritage established by the {\textquoteleft}founding father{\textquoteright} of the genre, including the dialectical relationship of {\textquoteleft}parents{\textquoteright} and {\textquoteleft}children{\textquoteright} in genre history.},
	keywords = {family resemblance, genre, literary, prototype, Wittgenstein},
	author = {Fishelov, David}
}
@book {735,
	title = {Metaphors of Genre},
	year = {1993},
	note = {+},
	month = {1993},
	publisher = {Penn State University Press},
	organization = {Penn State University Press},
	address = {University Park, PA},
	keywords = {biology, family, institutions, literary genre, speech act},
	isbn = {0-271-00886-5},
	author = {Fishelov, David}
}
