The subsumption of the media as category in genre analysis by means of the notion of interaction

Abstract

How the elements that compose the media, as a category, can be used in the analysis of genres and how the concept of interaction subsumes the notion of media? Such unrest guides the discussion in this essay. The tentative answer to the problem of how the media, as a category, can be used in the analysis of genres is based on the material constitution and on the formal settings, as in Tavora (2008). There, the author treats the material constitution and formal constitution as subcategories, which compose the media and help to explain the relationship media/genre in several possibilities of research. The second part of the question is based on the theoretical and methodological orientation put by Bakhtin/Voloshinov (2006). The conclusion makes an assessment of the theoretical topics approached in this essay.