Based on your reading of all seven concepts, how do you
define "genre"? Is this definition of genre different from how you've
understood genre previously?
Before
reading this, I understood genre to be a category of writing that has
similarities in the text’s words, layout, composition, etc. After reading and
understanding the seven concepts, genre has more complex effects on text than
simply being categorized. Genre enables readers to understand the theme and
message the writing displays. It sets the tone for a unique and consistent
pattern of writing within the text.
What are three major ideas about genre and/or writing that
you can take away from your reading of this text? In other words, what three
ideas seem most important for you as a writer?
One of the
three ideas I can take away from this article is that without genre, a text
cannot be understood by the reader. When the author describes experiences,
relationships, or emotions for example, the genre should fit into each category
in order for the reader to experience a futuristic car in a sci-fi novel or
maybe the loving relationship between husband and wife in a romantic novel. The
genre should depict these feelings, leaving the reader with a lasting effect
and creating successful writing. Another major idea about genre the authors
mention is that “creating genre is not something an individual does,” (40).
This means that genre is constantly changing and evolving to include every type
of literary piece. An author will not feel constrained to writing text that has
to fit in a certain genre. This allows for a multitude of perspectives and
ideas to flood into the piece an author is writing and produce the best content
the author has to offer. The final major idea of genre is that it informs
readers which novel to read if they are looking for a non-fiction book or a
romantic novel. Without genre, there would be no classification to assigning
books and well written sci-fi books can
be lost if they are grouped together with the genre of science articles.
Has your understanding of "genre" and/or
"writing" changed as a result of reading this text? If so, how and
why? If not, why not?
Before, I thought
that a book was just simple placed into a genre after it was written in order
for the people on amazon to select a novel they’d like to read. Now, my
understanding of genre spreads across this idea; the idea that genres are constantly
changing and adapting in order to interpret a piece of writing correctly
contrasts my original understanding. Genres are the way authors can express
their perspectives which can create personable pieces of work.
Are there any
concepts or claims in the text that you disagree with? What is it, and
why?
There is
specifically one idea in this text that I don’t necessarily disagree with but I
don’t understand it: “In writing studies, though, the stabilization of formal
elements by which we recognize genres is seen as the visible effects of human
action, routinized to the point of habit in specific cultural conditions,”
(39). I agree that humans have specific habits and boundaries we like, but if
the text is saying that genres are only visible effects of action, I do not
agree. This is because humans cannot act in any sci-fi experiences in the world
yet there is a genre to include these types of writings.
Find two examples of texts that you would classify as being
part of the same genre and link to them in your post.
These two
pieces of text adhere to the seven concepts because their genre would fall
under a scientific article about the benefits of a certain food. These articles
include raw data, images, captions, headings, a title, and subtitiles. The images
act as an attention grab for the reader which keeps the reader scrolling until
the end of the article, absorbing the information as they keep looking at the
pictures. The layout is very simple to follow as it lists the benefits of food,
very easy to read.
Lastly: what questions
do you have about the reading? what more do you need or want to know? what
confuses you?
One particular
question I have about the reading comes from this line, “Conscious thought is
warranted only if we have reason to believe things are not as they appear to
be, if confusions arise within the situation, or we want to suppress our first
impulse and pursue a less obvious strategic -laughing to appear congenial though
we find the joke offensive,” (35). What does this line have to do with the key
term genre? I want to know how all of these concepts relate to Wikipedia’s definition
that genre is a category of writing composition. If the term is described so
simply, where is the research that they analyzed to explore this key term more
in depth.
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