What's the difference between theme and genre?

The difference between theme and genre: different meanings, different sources and different emphases.

First, the meaning is different.

1. theme: the material used by the author to express the theme and shape the image. It is selected, summarized, concentrated and refined on the basis of living materials.

This is a film with the theme of reform and opening up.

2. Genre: it can be classified according to various standards, such as rhyme and prose; According to the structure, it can be divided into poetry, novel, prose, drama and so on.

Prose is a literary genre with freedom, flexibility and rich literariness and emotion.

Second, the sources are different.

1. Theme: Qu Qiubai's "Random Bomb, Talking about Trilaterality": The theme of Trilaterality is originally the dregs of the old society, not the positive force of revolution. "

2. Genre: Tang Ming Shunzhi's Zhou Zhuan: "The public is both open-minded and informal, with a chic style."

Vernacular interpretation: He has always been steady and has a handsome official system.

Third, the emphasis is different.

1, theme: refers to the expression of literary and artistic works.

2. Genre: refers to the expression of literary works.