- 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?
Prior to reading this article, I defined genre as a topic category that separated types of literature. It was an organization key to allow readers to catch a taste of what a piece was about without reading a word of it if the genre was explicitly known previously. Following the reading, I have taken away a new sense of appreciation for the term genre. A genre is a broad aspect that has no boundary. It assists a reader "recognize the kinds of messages a document may contain, the kind of situation it is part of and it might migrate to, the kinds of roles and relations of writers and readers, and the kinds of actions realized in the document which are crucial factors in writing." (36)
- 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?
I have found that the three most important ideas were that genre is always changing with the times in order to incorporate all kinds of literature. It is such a progressive world that we live in, and genre has been keeping up with it to assimilate all pieces. I also find it interesting that genre is created over time, and not one work can create a genre. "Creating a genre is not something an individual writer does, but rather is the result of a series of socially mediated actions that accumulate over time, genres are only relatively stable," (40) which is similar to the previous idea of literature genres changing constantly. It is fascinating that not one genre can incapsulate a single piece. All works can be placed into several different genre categories.
- 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?
Yes, I was under the impression that there were only a few genres of literature, such as romance or science-fiction, but there is so much more than categories to genres. Writers have to take into consideration all that a genre is and what they contribute to writing.
- Are there any concepts or claims in the text that you disagree with? What is it, and why?
I didn't disagree with any ideas or concepts in the reading. I particularly agreed with the idea that genre is so much larger than we realize and these seven concepts capture how complex genre is.
- Find two examples of texts that you would classify as being part of the same genre and link to them in your post. Then, provide a brief description of how you see these two texts adhering or not to the seven concepts outlined above. (e.g., I might include two links to Buzzfeed listicles and then explain how the "listicle" is a recognizable form that uses conventions like a title, gifs, captions, etc; how it represents the world/events/feelings by the language and images that are used; how it is multimodal because it uses language, image, moving image, color, layout, etc.)
Both of these Buzzfeed articles contain lists of makeup reliable products, one being makeup in general and the other narrowed down to waterproof eyeliner only. These are a part of the same genre being articles about makeup and being lists.
- Lastly: what questions do you have about the reading? what more do you need or want to know? what confuses you?
I want more details on the claim that one piece of work cannot be captured in a single genre. To claim such a definite statement is bold and I want to find a piece of literature that is part of only one genre.
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