How would you use 'genre' in the context of describing which genre a novel is? Can you say 'a thriller novel' OR 'the genre of the novel is a thriller' OR '...?'.
OK, that's clear. Now what if it is a gothic genre? How would you formulate it then? I guess you cannot say 'it is a gothic'. Could you then say 'it is a gothic novel' or a 'drama novel' or a 'romance novel', etc.?
Am afraid I am still confused. When talking about types of genres/describing novels, is it ok to say:
-a thriller novel
-a tragic novel - isn't it a tragedy?
-a romantic novel - or is only a romance novel correct?
-a fiction novel -aren't novela always fiction?
-a scientific fiction novel - isn't is the science fiction novel?
Should each of the words be capitalised?
Another point that confuses me: can you say that 'a novel has themes' or that 'a novel has a first person point of view'? Is the verb to have correct in this context?