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Understanding Genre: Origins, Analysis, and Collaboration

Explore the concept of genre, its origins, and its significance in literature. Analyze various genres, including science fiction, and engage in collaborative discussions. Develop critical thinking skills and effective communication strategies.

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Understanding Genre: Origins, Analysis, and Collaboration

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  1. guiding questions : week 2 • What is this new way of understanding genre? • Where do genres come from? • What are the genre origins of Shelley’s Frankenstein? • What makes it SF / how did it make SF?

  2. class plan Monday = structure (Wednesday = situation) • genre as readers • diagramming genre • intro to genre analysis • discuss reading notes • discussion board assignment

  3. genre in rhetorical genre theory Charles Bazerman: “Genre is only the visible realization of a complex of social and psychological dynamics.” Amy Devitt: “Genres develop [ . . . ] because they respond appropriately to situations that writers encounter repeatedly.”

  4. Frow’s structural dimensions of genre • formal features • thematic structure • situation of address • structure of implication • rhetorical function • physical setting

  5. diagramming genre • groups of 3-4 • Given Frow, Bazerman, and Devitt’s explanations of genre (so far) come up with a visual representation of genre on a single sheet of paper. • 30 min.

  6. Introductions group 1 (Hanes, Kevin) (Freed, Nissa) group 2 group 3 Brace-Wessel, Gil Leroy, Katherine Olsen, Abe Stone, Stephanie Turnell, Curtis Reading notes Heighton, James (Hanes, Kevin) (Brown-Ostler, Courtney) (Denney, Kelsey) (Heringer, Daniel) (Miller, Thomas) Brace-Wessel, Gil Leroy, Katherine (Pinkston, Delta) (Olsen, Abe) discussion board wall of shame

  7. discussion board Your Task • Advance the immediate discussion (and, by extension, the collaborative inquiry in which this class is engaged). Objectives Practiced • Describe thoughtfully and thoroughly the concept of genre as it is understood in current scholarship. • Engage in textual analysis of, and scholarly discussion about, the social functions and significance of genres, science fiction specifically. • Formulate questions and lines of inquiry that 1) synthesize or integrate different perspectives and approaches to constructing knowledge and 2) cultivate critical awareness of the ethical, cultural, and political dimensions of the ideas you encounter and explore • Employ skills and strategies for effective collaboration as a learner, researcher, and teacher • Address different audiences and contexts effectively, in speech and writing, both within and outside the classroom

  8. for Wednesday • review Frow and Shelley • read overview of effective collaboration • discussion board assignment: read passages, analyze for Frow’s structural dimensions, use analysis to address guiding questions. • On Wednesday we will address situation

  9. discussion groups

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