Journal 2
After the reading my original definition of genre, the category of the work, was altered. Genre covers much more than just the category of the work it covers: the situation, the purpose, the style of writing, the audience, and more.
A major idea about genre and/or writing I can take away from my reading of this text is the fluidity of genre; genre is forever evolving along with writing. Charles Bazerman described genre as much more. Another major idea I found to be important was that Bazerman feels that people take "school-based assumptions" with them meaning that some of the lack of understanding of how encompassing genre truly is partially comes from the way we were taught what genre was originally.
My understanding of genre and/or writing has changed to be more inclusive than my understanding of it prior to reading the texts. At first, I felt that genre was something that you could list types of – horror, romance, mystery, -- I now have a better grasp on the idea that genre is a much more diverse concept than that.
I do not disagree with any of the texts. I like how Bazerman related writing to familiar situations, and his insight on what genre can include.
"It" and "Carrie" by Stephen King are two pieces I would consider to be in the horror genre. The two novels share the same audience and were both eventually adapted into films (and remakes).
I would want to know which characteristics take priority when labeling text's genre; the text was understandable and I have a basic understanding of the ideas within it. I also would like to be able to fully describe a pieces genre based off this more complex definition of it.
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