A '''genre''' ʒã:rə, French: "kind" or "sort" is a loose set of criteria for a category of literary composition; the term is also used for any other [[Art#Art forms|form of art]] or [[utterance]]. | A '''genre''' ʒã:rə, French: "kind" or "sort" is a loose set of criteria for a category of literary composition; the term is also used for any other [[Art#Art forms|form of art]] or [[utterance]]. |