This document discusses genre codes and conventions for common genres such as sci-fi, romance, crime, and drama. Sci-fi genres typically involve time travel, robots, aliens, space themes, and spaceships. Romance genres focus on relationships, with themes of male-female interactions, smiles, laughter, and struggles. Crime genres feature car chases, robberies, murder, police, and investigators. Drama genres may include fights in pubs, family problems, and love problems.

1. Genre Codes and Conventions
Todorov divides genre into two sections, the historical genres and theoretical
genres.
Well known genres.
• Sci-fi
• Romance
• Action
• Comedy
• Thriller
• Horror
• Drama

2. Codes and conventions
Sci-fi
• Time traveling
• Robots
• Aliens
• Space
• Spaceships
Romance
• Relationships
• Male and female
• Smiles
• Laughter
• Struggles
Crime
• Car chase
• Robberies
• Murder
• Police
• Investigators
Drama
• Fight in the pub
• Family problems
• Love problems