Tropes are recurring elements. These are repeated over time and form a common convention. Tropes are closely related to memes. They are the building blocks of texts. Tropes are subject to revisionism, the rewriting of tropes.
A meme identifies ideas or beliefs that are transmitted from one person or group of people to another. The concept comes from an analogy: as genes transmit biological information, memes can be said to transmit idea and belief information.
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