Genre
The genre of Joe Turner's Come and Gone is a drama. According to David Rush a drama is "a serious play in which the universe is reduced in size (173)". He also describes it as a "private struggle, family situation, or a character grappling with some form of social injustice or another". Joe Turner lives in the small world of the Holly's boardinghouse and examines the struggles of its residents. Rush also mentions that
"characters in drama don’t fall into easy categories; nor are there recurring plot patterns that we can identify… The plays are always hybrids therefore, the best way to approach them is to apply the criteria of the and see what conclusions we can draw."
Again, Joe Turner does not seem to fall into one singular genre, but is a collaborative of already existing ones.
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