The Unheard Genre: Innovation, Gatekeeping, Resistance, and the Social Adoption of New Literary Architectures
Abstract
Accounts of literary history often imply that authentic genres arise accidentally, become real only through collective adoption, and receive legitimate names only from later critics. This study challenges that assumption through the Architectural Existence and Social Adoption Model (AESAM), which separates architectural formation, declaration, independent adoption, opinion-leader…
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