Thlog #1
Prior to this week’s learning, I had never put much thought into genres. When I heard the word genre I would think of different categories. Romance, action, science-fiction- I could give you a one word descriptive word about them and their differences. The differences that made them unique helped me categorize different pieces into different genres. After the readings and discussions in class this past week, I was interested to see that anything can be put into a genre depending on the way you look at it. I thought that genres could only be attributed to movies or books. In Dirk’s piece, “Navigating Genres”, I was shocked by the abstract way in which I thought he referred to different platforms as genres. For example, he would consider a joke, an email, or a facebook status as a genre. At first as I evaluated what he was saying, I didn’t’ want to agree with how he viewed these platforms as different genres. I was being narrow-minded about wanting to relate genres to only books and movies because that was how I had viewed them in the past. When further examining his argument, I came to understand where he was coming from. A genre can be determined by the conventions that make up that material, and by evaluating how many conventions that material meets, one can determine if the material fits into that genre. While I like to think critically and abstractly, I also have great piece of mind when I can see black or white what an answer is. I liked how this week we were able to make a list of conventions per each genre and determine if something fit into the category. This week’s material helped me explore more about genres and I enjoyed the process we took to understand the material.
Prior to this week’s learning, I had never put much thought into genres. When I heard the word genre I would think of different categories. Romance, action, science-fiction- I could give you a one word descriptive word about them and their differences. The differences that made them unique helped me categorize different pieces into different genres. After the readings and discussions in class this past week, I was interested to see that anything can be put into a genre depending on the way you look at it. I thought that genres could only be attributed to movies or books. In Dirk’s piece, “Navigating Genres”, I was shocked by the abstract way in which I thought he referred to different platforms as genres. For example, he would consider a joke, an email, or a facebook status as a genre. At first as I evaluated what he was saying, I didn’t’ want to agree with how he viewed these platforms as different genres. I was being narrow-minded about wanting to relate genres to only books and movies because that was how I had viewed them in the past. When further examining his argument, I came to understand where he was coming from. A genre can be determined by the conventions that make up that material, and by evaluating how many conventions that material meets, one can determine if the material fits into that genre. While I like to think critically and abstractly, I also have great piece of mind when I can see black or white what an answer is. I liked how this week we were able to make a list of conventions per each genre and determine if something fit into the category. This week’s material helped me explore more about genres and I enjoyed the process we took to understand the material.
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