Genre as a way of being can mean
different things, thinking about it in the context of how things come to be and
extending the ideas in Paul Heilker’s “On
Genres as Ways of Being” and Nancy Sommers’s “Here I Stand Writing” this essay questions whether it is the genre
something is put under or the process of how it came to be that is more
important to the reader. By bringing together both genetic characteristics and
experiences, a person is molded to be who they are or the genre they are at
every moment of their lives. Exploring how this shapes both how they perceive
things and also how others view them. Also this paper brings in the idea of
uncertainty and how embracing it might be necessary when experiencing or trying
anything new, whether reading, meeting other people or simply venturing into
life itself to know oneself. (149)
Tags: Genre, Paul Heliker, Nancy Sommers, Andrew Sullivan, Uncertainty,
Genre as a way of being, Life, Views, First Impressions, Experiences
Learning how to write an abstract was a very helpful part of this class and a skill I will take away and use in the future. I think writing a short summery about the essay also helped in my deeper understanding and simple form of my essay.
ReplyDeleteThis piece of writing was a nice contrast to the more abstract writing we did for the majority of the year. Although getting to write less structured papers was nice I think a balance between formal and less formal is good.