March 26
W2D1: 03.26.12
- Opening Assignment
- Review: Homework readings - Bullock & Goggin, pp. 9-11; Discourse Community Memo
- Class: Discussion on Genre
- Read: Anis Bawarshi, "The Genre Function"
- Working in a small group, summarize and determine the main point(s) of your section.
- Groups:
- 1: p. 335, "The past fifteen years..."
- 2: p. 336, "In arguing that genres..."
- 3: p. 338, "As a broader concept..."
- 4: p. 340, "We witness a remarkable example..."
- 5: p. 342, "Genre and Literary Studies..."
- 6: p. 344, "Even poststructuralist critiques..."
- 7: p. 346, "Genres thus endow..."
- 8: p. 348, "Beyond Literary Studies..."
- 9: p. 349, "Language is functional..."
- 10: p. 352, "Genre and the Constitution..."
- 11: p. 354, "We all function..."
- 12: p. 357, "Conclusion"
- Compose a visual that represents your section - and be creative!
- Copy or post your visual to the board in order to create a single image summarizing the entire article.
- Be prepared to explain your visual.
- Compose: Genre Analysis