Hello everyone!
1. Kerry Dirk's intended audience is actually for students, and they make use of several entertaining examples of how genre is impacted by context, audience, and location (among other examples of influences). Would you consider assigning this reading for your class?
2. Additionally, I found the discussion questions at the end of the article, as well as the ransom note quiz/activity to be useful. How do you plan to teach genre in your class? Will you use similar activities?
Hi Liz,
ReplyDeleteIn regards to question #2, my plan for understanding genre would be explaining it through film. Easy ones would be the western of course or the action pick, but then you can dive a little deeper with film such as Pulp Fiction, people say a film is Tarantino-eque, would that be a genre now? Can certain films be part of two different genres? I feel like there is a lot that can be taught via film in regards to genre.
Hi Liz,
ReplyDeleteI loved Dirk's essay, and will certainly use it at some point. I particularly like how she encourages students to build an awareness of how genre works in their everyday lives. I always give preference to authors whose work is maximally accessible and applicable, and Dirk's piece is both of these things.