Genres
- pointillism
- a genre of painting characterized by the application of paint in dots and small strokes; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers in late 19th century France
- Twilight of the Gods
- myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil
- stream of consciousness
- a literary genre that reveals a character's thoughts and feeling as they develop by means of a long soliloquy
- grand opera
- opera in which all the text is sung
- hip-hop
- genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged
- macumba
- popular dance music of Brazil; derived from the practices of the macumba religious cult
- processional
- religious music used in a procession
- bebop
- an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940)
- short story
- a prose narrative shorter than a novel
- seriocomedy
- a comedy with serious elements or overtones
- feature
- the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater
- chamber music
- serious music performed by a small group of musicians
- magic realism
- a literary or artistic genre in which realistic narrative or meticulously realistic painting are combined with surreal elements of fantasy or dreams
- collage film
- a movie that juxtaposes different kinds of footage
- talking picture
- a movie with synchronized speech and singing
- reggae
- popular music originating in the West Indies; repetitive bass riffs and regular chords played on the off beat by a guitar
- jazz
- a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles
- bouffe
- opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken
- African-American music
- music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses
- disco music
- popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques
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