Summary
In her article "Tllili Tlapalli: The Path of the Red and Black Ink" the Gloria Andzaldua talks about what writing means to her. She says that her writing is her "blood sacrifice" (225) and that writing heals her and "brings her great joy" (222)
Synthesis
This article is similar to the other articles that we have recently read about identity. Cixous and Alexander write about what influence gender has on writing, while Smitherman and Delpit discuss the differences between "white and colored rhetorics" and how race influences writing styles. So, all of these articles talk about identity in some way, and how all these different identities make each author's writing original.
My Response
I really liked this article, mostly because it was easy to read and I could relate to it more than I could most of the others that we have read. I could really see who she is coming through in the piece, so she really practices what she writes about in this piece.
AE
1. Anzaldua explains western art to be viewed, while she describes tribal art as being more personal. I think that current literacy and art culture is becoming more communal, particularly in the media because in today's world everyone is connected somehow, so art that is put out there today is seen by large masses of people, even though the artist and the art still have their personal connection despite this.
2. No I do not think that it would have been more effective if it were in a academic format, at least for me anyway. I felt like I could actually understand this piece, and like I actually got something out of it, rather than when I read those articles that are in an academic format, I often think to myself, "what did I just read?"
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Reading response #23
Summary
In her article " Viewpoint The Laugh of Medusa", Helene Cixous says that women need to use their own voice in their writing, not the voice of others. Cixous says that if women do this it will help them discover who they truly are without men holding them back, and that men dominate the writing industry, making it hard for women to write with their own voice.
Synthesis
This article relates to Flynn because the both discuss the lines that are present between men and women in the literary community, While Alexander also discusses the subject of gender by describing transgender rhetorics, which relates to when Cixous talked about bisexuality.
My Thoughts
I thought that this article was a bit long, and a little confusing sometimes as well. I thought that it was somewhat interesting, but I can't really say that I agree with her in the fact that men are completely to blame for the women's style of writing.
QD
1.Yes, this did make me a little uncomfortable, because she blamed everything on the male population, and it's not their fault. No I really don't think that she was trying to make her reader uncomfortable, she just spoke her mind and that was her only mission.
2. When Cixous says "write yourself", she means that writing can help you discover who you are and that women should not be afraid to write, and should not feel like they are being held back by men.
In her article " Viewpoint The Laugh of Medusa", Helene Cixous says that women need to use their own voice in their writing, not the voice of others. Cixous says that if women do this it will help them discover who they truly are without men holding them back, and that men dominate the writing industry, making it hard for women to write with their own voice.
Synthesis
This article relates to Flynn because the both discuss the lines that are present between men and women in the literary community, While Alexander also discusses the subject of gender by describing transgender rhetorics, which relates to when Cixous talked about bisexuality.
My Thoughts
I thought that this article was a bit long, and a little confusing sometimes as well. I thought that it was somewhat interesting, but I can't really say that I agree with her in the fact that men are completely to blame for the women's style of writing.
QD
1.Yes, this did make me a little uncomfortable, because she blamed everything on the male population, and it's not their fault. No I really don't think that she was trying to make her reader uncomfortable, she just spoke her mind and that was her only mission.
2. When Cixous says "write yourself", she means that writing can help you discover who you are and that women should not be afraid to write, and should not feel like they are being held back by men.
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Response #22
Summary
In his article " Transgender Rhetorics: (Re)Composing Narratives of the Gendered Body" Jonathan Alexander attempts to tell his audience describes the concept of transgender theories. He does this by referencing different essays about transgender theories to show gender as a social construct.
Synthesis
The first thing that I thought about were the Smitherman and Delpit articles that we just read about the racial minorities, and how that relates to the gender minorities present in this article and how minority cultures in general can influence writing.
My Thoughts
I thought this article was okay, I mean it was an interesting topic to think about I suppose. However, it did seem really long and drawn out, which made me lose some interest in it while I was reading it.
AE#3
According to Alexander, normally gendered students can gain exposure to a new perspective on gender roles and the social norms that come with them, as well as how gender influences politics. Yes I do think that this could possibly hold true for the other minorities that we have discussed in class.
AE#4
When Alexander calls gender a construct he means that gender is an obstacle that is often misinterpreted in our society and that is a matter that is very personal to some, but affects politics for all. This is why it needs to be addressed in classrooms because it is a subject that is relevant in today's society and people need to know about it to understand the issues that are present in relation to it, as well as understand the writing styles that are used in that community.
In his article " Transgender Rhetorics: (Re)Composing Narratives of the Gendered Body" Jonathan Alexander attempts to tell his audience describes the concept of transgender theories. He does this by referencing different essays about transgender theories to show gender as a social construct.
Synthesis
The first thing that I thought about were the Smitherman and Delpit articles that we just read about the racial minorities, and how that relates to the gender minorities present in this article and how minority cultures in general can influence writing.
My Thoughts
I thought this article was okay, I mean it was an interesting topic to think about I suppose. However, it did seem really long and drawn out, which made me lose some interest in it while I was reading it.
AE#3
According to Alexander, normally gendered students can gain exposure to a new perspective on gender roles and the social norms that come with them, as well as how gender influences politics. Yes I do think that this could possibly hold true for the other minorities that we have discussed in class.
AE#4
When Alexander calls gender a construct he means that gender is an obstacle that is often misinterpreted in our society and that is a matter that is very personal to some, but affects politics for all. This is why it needs to be addressed in classrooms because it is a subject that is relevant in today's society and people need to know about it to understand the issues that are present in relation to it, as well as understand the writing styles that are used in that community.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Response #21
Summary
In her article "God Don't Never Change", Geneva Smitherman attempts to explain to her audience that Black English and White English are simply different styles, and they should not be compared to each other to define grammatical correctness. She explains this by giving examples of writing by black students who received bad grades due to their grammar usage. She believes that trying to teach those used to black English white English is oppressive and racist, as well as destructive to their identity.
Synthesis
This article deals a lot with identity, a lot like Flynn and Delpit. It connects with Delpit especially because both Delpit and Smitherman are both discussing the black vs. white English issue. This connects with Gee because black and white English could both be considered as different Discourses.
My Thoughts
I thought these articles were somewhat interesting. I never really had thought about the grammar differences in this way before, and it was interesting to see how the differences in culture can affect written English.
QD
1. Smitherman is using Black Idiom rhetorically because she uses this language in her article, thus supporting her point that it is a style that can be used in academic writing.
2. Language promotes power for specific races and classes because throughout history, the white people have been the dominant race in the American culture, thus it has become standard to use white English, which is oppressive to other cultures, including black culture.
In her article "God Don't Never Change", Geneva Smitherman attempts to explain to her audience that Black English and White English are simply different styles, and they should not be compared to each other to define grammatical correctness. She explains this by giving examples of writing by black students who received bad grades due to their grammar usage. She believes that trying to teach those used to black English white English is oppressive and racist, as well as destructive to their identity.
Synthesis
This article deals a lot with identity, a lot like Flynn and Delpit. It connects with Delpit especially because both Delpit and Smitherman are both discussing the black vs. white English issue. This connects with Gee because black and white English could both be considered as different Discourses.
My Thoughts
I thought these articles were somewhat interesting. I never really had thought about the grammar differences in this way before, and it was interesting to see how the differences in culture can affect written English.
QD
1. Smitherman is using Black Idiom rhetorically because she uses this language in her article, thus supporting her point that it is a style that can be used in academic writing.
2. Language promotes power for specific races and classes because throughout history, the white people have been the dominant race in the American culture, thus it has become standard to use white English, which is oppressive to other cultures, including black culture.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Response #20
Pre Reading
Personally, I haven't really paid too much attention to whether or not teachers treated students differently based on gender, so I honestly haven't noticed. I suppose it depends on the teacher, because now that I think about it, sometimes the teacher tends to sympathize a bit more with those of the same gender as them, but other than that I really don't notice where there is too much discrimination.
Summary
In her article "Composing as a Woman" , Elizabeth Flynn attempts to explain to her audience her argument that in our society most writing has been from the male perspective over the years, and that a women's perspective needs to be included as well.
Synthesis
This article was quite different from the others that we have read, however, it does still connect with he others in the area that identity shapes a person's writing. The difference is while the others were talking about how identity works within a discourse community alone, this one was focused more on the identity of being a woman.
QD
I think that this means that throughout history, society has seen men as being the "authoritative" gender based on stereotypes. This relates to the marginalization of other minorities because in today's society, uniformity is what is valued, especially in the professional world.
My Thoughts
I thought this article was okay, it was an interesting topic to think about. However, the problem with it was that other than the identity thing, I really don't see how it connects to the other articles we have read.
Personally, I haven't really paid too much attention to whether or not teachers treated students differently based on gender, so I honestly haven't noticed. I suppose it depends on the teacher, because now that I think about it, sometimes the teacher tends to sympathize a bit more with those of the same gender as them, but other than that I really don't notice where there is too much discrimination.
Summary
In her article "Composing as a Woman" , Elizabeth Flynn attempts to explain to her audience her argument that in our society most writing has been from the male perspective over the years, and that a women's perspective needs to be included as well.
Synthesis
This article was quite different from the others that we have read, however, it does still connect with he others in the area that identity shapes a person's writing. The difference is while the others were talking about how identity works within a discourse community alone, this one was focused more on the identity of being a woman.
QD
I think that this means that throughout history, society has seen men as being the "authoritative" gender based on stereotypes. This relates to the marginalization of other minorities because in today's society, uniformity is what is valued, especially in the professional world.
My Thoughts
I thought this article was okay, it was an interesting topic to think about. However, the problem with it was that other than the identity thing, I really don't see how it connects to the other articles we have read.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Response #19
Summary
In his article "Memoria Is a Friend of Ours: On the Discourses of Color" Victor Villanueva attempts to explain to the reader the concept of memoria, based on the Greek "pathos, logos, and ethos" to describe an author's background and thus their identity as well. He does this by explaining colonial discourse, which describes the differences between race and the difficulties that are associated with it.
Synthesis
This article definitely relates to the discourse community articles that we have been reading. However, it seems like this one goes a little deeper into the subject by pulling the aspect of race into the discourse community as an issue, rather than just explaining what a discourse community is.
Personal Response
I thought this article was interesting in the way that discourse community was applied to a real life situation and not just something that is only spoken about and relevant in a college classroom setting.
QD#7
Villanueva's primary discourse was his personal home life while his second discourse was his professional career life. I think that this makes it seem much more complex than Gee accounted for because Villanueva's discourse had more to do with memories, race and his personal experiences than the concepts set by Gee.
In his article "Memoria Is a Friend of Ours: On the Discourses of Color" Victor Villanueva attempts to explain to the reader the concept of memoria, based on the Greek "pathos, logos, and ethos" to describe an author's background and thus their identity as well. He does this by explaining colonial discourse, which describes the differences between race and the difficulties that are associated with it.
Synthesis
This article definitely relates to the discourse community articles that we have been reading. However, it seems like this one goes a little deeper into the subject by pulling the aspect of race into the discourse community as an issue, rather than just explaining what a discourse community is.
Personal Response
I thought this article was interesting in the way that discourse community was applied to a real life situation and not just something that is only spoken about and relevant in a college classroom setting.
QD#7
Villanueva's primary discourse was his personal home life while his second discourse was his professional career life. I think that this makes it seem much more complex than Gee accounted for because Villanueva's discourse had more to do with memories, race and his personal experiences than the concepts set by Gee.
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Response #18
Summary
In their article " Autism and Rhetoric" Paul Heilker and Melanie Yergeau explain to the reader the concept of autism being a rhetoric. They argue this by explaining how autism is a rhetoric because it is a "focus on communication in social interaction" (262), and thus define it as a "rhetorical phenomenon" (262)
Synthesis
I could't really relate this to too much because it is a completely different topic than anything else that we have read lately because the topic was so different, however it can definitely be related to the discourse community because from the way the authors talk in this article, autism is a discourse community.
My Thoughts
I thought this article was pretty interesting, mostly because I had never thought about autism in this way of it being a community within itself.
In their article " Autism and Rhetoric" Paul Heilker and Melanie Yergeau explain to the reader the concept of autism being a rhetoric. They argue this by explaining how autism is a rhetoric because it is a "focus on communication in social interaction" (262), and thus define it as a "rhetorical phenomenon" (262)
Synthesis
I could't really relate this to too much because it is a completely different topic than anything else that we have read lately because the topic was so different, however it can definitely be related to the discourse community because from the way the authors talk in this article, autism is a discourse community.
My Thoughts
I thought this article was pretty interesting, mostly because I had never thought about autism in this way of it being a community within itself.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Intro/Conversation draft
The discourse community is a concept today that can be defined in many ways. Some, like Swales, explain this by describing the criteria that the discourse community must follow, while others, like Gee, may describe Discourse as being more of an identity based concept. No matter what the explanation, discourse communities are an example of how writing is not just words on paper but rather how it is a crucial contributor to the social world. Discourse communities show us this because they are groups of people in different groups that are not always just writers or writing scholars, but any group that has a set of rules for communication and methods and has a common set of goals. Some scholars that explain this to us are John Swales, James Paul Gee, Elizabeth Wardle, and Devitt et al. (Amy Devitt, Anis Bawarshi, and Mary Jo Reiff).
Swales approaches the subject of discourse community by explaining the criteria that discourse communities must follow, which he breaks down into six points. These six points are a common set of goals, intercommunication, provide information and feedback, genres, lexis, and various levels of expertise among its members.
Gee approaches discourse community first by giving it a completely different title, by simply calling it a "Discourse" instead. He claims that Discourse is identity based, and that a person can become part of a Discourse by enculturation or apprenticeship. He sums up his claim by stating "You are either in it or you're not" (487), so therefore someone is either fully fluent in the Discourse or they are not, there is no in between.
Wardle takes an identity based approach to discourse communities much like Gee does, however she explains it through the three modes. These three modes of belonging are engagement, imagination, and alignment. Wardle also approaches the subject by discussing the concept of tools and their use in the discourse community.
Devitt et al. takes the approach to discourse community by means of genre analysis. Devitt claims that no matter what the type of community, the genre in which they write is very important in order to understand how that discourse community functions.
In this ethnography I am going to focus on the discourse community of theatre, and how all of these approaches listed above apply to this in order to classify it as a discourse community. In order to do this, I will apply different texts used by those in the theatre community and analyze how they fit into these characteristics, as well as interview individuals involved in various levels of theatre about how they intercommunicate with others in their field, as well as their strategies for doing so.
Mr. Vetter, I feel like this is a bit choppy sounding and that I could maybe go into a little more detail, but I'm not sure where to expand and where to keep it short because I don't really want to sound like I'm rambling or anything. Any suggestions?
Swales approaches the subject of discourse community by explaining the criteria that discourse communities must follow, which he breaks down into six points. These six points are a common set of goals, intercommunication, provide information and feedback, genres, lexis, and various levels of expertise among its members.
Gee approaches discourse community first by giving it a completely different title, by simply calling it a "Discourse" instead. He claims that Discourse is identity based, and that a person can become part of a Discourse by enculturation or apprenticeship. He sums up his claim by stating "You are either in it or you're not" (487), so therefore someone is either fully fluent in the Discourse or they are not, there is no in between.
Wardle takes an identity based approach to discourse communities much like Gee does, however she explains it through the three modes. These three modes of belonging are engagement, imagination, and alignment. Wardle also approaches the subject by discussing the concept of tools and their use in the discourse community.
Devitt et al. takes the approach to discourse community by means of genre analysis. Devitt claims that no matter what the type of community, the genre in which they write is very important in order to understand how that discourse community functions.
In this ethnography I am going to focus on the discourse community of theatre, and how all of these approaches listed above apply to this in order to classify it as a discourse community. In order to do this, I will apply different texts used by those in the theatre community and analyze how they fit into these characteristics, as well as interview individuals involved in various levels of theatre about how they intercommunicate with others in their field, as well as their strategies for doing so.
Mr. Vetter, I feel like this is a bit choppy sounding and that I could maybe go into a little more detail, but I'm not sure where to expand and where to keep it short because I don't really want to sound like I'm rambling or anything. Any suggestions?
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