Originally, I understood genre to be a select group of novels that follow a particular theme. However, after these seven articles my definition of genre has shifted a little. Although the term genre relates to a giant group of texts that share similar themes, genre is not meant for a single text and genre does not have a set boundary. My texts can fall into multiple genres depending on the reader. One idea I took away from reading these texts is that as a text is written, it “circulates from one material and social situation to another.” This means that the audience is a great part in choosing the ‘genre’ of a text, as it will move around many times to find the particular people interested in it. A second idea I took from these reading is the idea that all text is multimodal. Meaning that there are many ways in which an author can make a text, Ball and Charlton listed this modes: linguistic, aural, visual, gestural, and spatial. A third idea I came across is the idea that specific features and details within a texts are composed to attract specific audiences, however this is not always 100% true. The idea that a text circulates to find its audience and genre is the most important for me as a writer. My view on “genre” and “writing” certainly has changed after reading these texts. Now I realize that now one form of text or specific text falls into a concrete genre and there are many ‘correct’ ways of writing. I did not disagree with any of these texts. What I read in these seven articles I do not have much previous information on, therefore, I have no opinion to disagree with. I’m not too sure how to like this book, but one of the books I would like to classify is “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”. (http://perks-of-being-a-wallflower.com) The other text I would like to link this to is an article from Discover (http://discovermagazine.com/2013/june/12-where-do-thoughts-occur) trying to give a scientific opinion of how “thoughts occur”. The reason I believe these belong in the same genre, scientific, is due to the fact that both make you question the brain. While “Perks of Being a Wallflower” also has some romantic scenes within it, its main focus and purpose is to inform a younger audience on mental illnesses. Comparing this to the scientific blogpost is a little difficult since they have two different audiences. However, I do believe that these to are connected.
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