I.e. the "novel" is the process of negotiation and conflict between competing ideologies, rather than a definable and fixed set of thematic or generic conventions.

Man of Violence offers not only rare glimpses of a world gone by but also some twists on generic convention.

The interspersing of shaky, pixilated video sequences with talking-head reminiscences has become the generic convention of 9/11 documentaries.

From the writer's perspective, the generic convention is a model to follow but also a challenge to overcome.

The best kids films immerse you in a world, there's no postmodern nods to generic convention which shatter the illusion.

Deary uses many generic literary conventions to make his books more accessible to his readers.

The claim to originality is a generic convention, but it's obvious Milton wants us to take it seriously.

The plot perhaps cleaves too closely to the generic conventions of the team sports movie, right down to the climactic scene where everything depends on one moment's play.

As in the first modern novels of the eighteenth century, technical experimentation in Verbivore is closely linked to generic conventions specific to the written text.

Its Victorian tone was never adopted as generic convention.