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kisműfaj

English translation: minor genre

15:55 Jan 15, 2010
Hungarian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Hungarian term or phrase: kisműfaj
"Azaz, olyan „kisműfajok” és technikák, amelyek a művészettörténet-írás esztétikailag normatív érdeklődésére csak korlátozott mértékben tarthatnak számot."

pl. zsánerfestészet, képi elbeszélések, stb.
Ilona Roberts
Norway
Local time: 00:34
English translation:minor genre
Explanation:
" English literature's remarkable body of travel writings constitutes another counterthrust to the charge of insularity; in autobiography, biography, and historical writing, English literature compares with the best of any culture; and children's literature, fantasy, essays, and journals, which tend to be considered minor genres, are all fields of exceptional achievement as regards English literature."

http://www.britannica.com/shakespeare/article-9106051

más:

http://www.helsinki.fi/varieng/CoRD/corpora/COERP/genres.htm...
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kyanzes
Hungary
Local time: 00:34
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4minor genre
kyanzes
5 +1sub-genre
Ildiko Santana
4mini-genre, niche genre
Katalin Horváth McClure


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
minor genre


Explanation:
" English literature's remarkable body of travel writings constitutes another counterthrust to the charge of insularity; in autobiography, biography, and historical writing, English literature compares with the best of any culture; and children's literature, fantasy, essays, and journals, which tend to be considered minor genres, are all fields of exceptional achievement as regards English literature."

http://www.britannica.com/shakespeare/article-9106051

más:

http://www.helsinki.fi/varieng/CoRD/corpora/COERP/genres.htm...

kyanzes
Hungary
Local time: 00:34
Native speaker of: Hungarian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jim Tucker (X): was just going to post this. "Graffiti, macrame, female artists and other minor genres have all played their part in the past." http://www.metamute.org/en/In-the-Name-of-Art-Ewan-Morrison-...
2 mins
agree  hollowman2
3 mins
agree  John Detre
35 mins
agree  Iosif JUHASZ
2 hrs
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
mini-genre, niche genre


Explanation:
"The ultimate niche genre

One thing that fascinates me is discovering that what seems like a simple plot idea has been turned into an entire mini-genre of its own. I’m still agog at the wealth of Scottish Highlands time travel romances out there—who knew authors could come up with book after book from the idea?"

http://www.errantdreams.com/epiphanies/2008/06/09/the-ultima...


    Reference: http://www.errantdreams.com/epiphanies/2008/06/09/the-ultima...
Katalin Horváth McClure
United States
Local time: 18:34
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
PRO pts in category: 8
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56 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
sub-genre


Explanation:
A részlet alapján feltételezem, hogy festészeti kisműfajról van szó, így a sub-genre megoldást javaslom. Példák:

"For instance, the sub-genre of 'kitchen paintings' often include scenes of the
butcher's trade, but also evoke the biblical story of the prodigal son. ..."

"... mention of guardroom pictures indicates his familiarity with the sub-genre"

"However, he is outstanding as a painter of architectures, to the extent that his work represented the peak of this sub-genre"

"As a sub-genre of history painting, it was hailed as the one living branch of high art, or artists were urged to adapt it to the exacting demands..."

Ildiko Santana
United States
Local time: 15:34
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jim Tucker (X): Agree that this could work in the right context. Note that not every minor genre is a subgenre of something (cf. graffiti), and also that Hungarian already has the term "alműfaj "
34 mins
  -> Thank you Jim. As you can see, I am a little hesitant myself as to what exactly is the context, but I relied on the two examples given by the asker: "pl. zsánerfestészet, képi elbeszélések, stb." which are not (sub)genres of literature but of fine arts.
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