happy first week of February - Julia Zaucha
First of all: happy February and I hope it will be a kickin' month.
In class, we were talking about "Intertextuality and Discourse" and I read something that really stuck out for me. The quote read "Intertextuality suggests that our goal should be to help students learn to write for the discourse communities they choose to join" (page 42 of the Rhetoric Review). I really like this quote because it basically implies that there is space to explore and inquire into the type of writing - or anything for that matter - to either write about or do what you want to do. I hope I am interpreting this the correct way but it generally states the endless opportunities one has for discourse or interaction with one's community in which they choose to partake. It is almost like a guideline in life that is seen as a common theme among the readings that we have just said that the possibilities are endless. For example, one connection is to one of the readings which referenced how if one person should do college they should do it the way they want to do it. Almost inspirational really.
Then you could also ask, how can I apply this to my life. At least that's what I came up with while writing this. And from what that quote told me, it means I could write about anything as I choose to respond to this post. A.k.a., I'm really thinking outside the box here, because that was inception. But understanding the discourse of this community, I choose to write in a certain way that helps me interact within this community and its respective boundaries. However, I just started to question this quote because it says "to help students write for the discourse communities", and I would really like to stress the for. So I wonder if the for implies that one should learn to write for the community and not for/from themself. Thinking about it (and maybe I am thinking too deeply into it), it is saying one should learn to write for the audience and not for the lone self, and it takes away the freedom in writing. It just kind of makes a target audience, and then the author must create something that appeals to the audience in order for it to be successful. Though that might be someone's creativity and happiness, someone else might suffer from trying to satisfy the community rather than themselves. And personally, if that is the case, then it takes away the fun part of writing. It takes away the individuality of the piece. So essentially, should people be writing for the community or themselves? Although it is definitely good to do both, which results in the happiness of the writer? That was kinda deep, but, happy February!
In class, we were talking about "Intertextuality and Discourse" and I read something that really stuck out for me. The quote read "Intertextuality suggests that our goal should be to help students learn to write for the discourse communities they choose to join" (page 42 of the Rhetoric Review). I really like this quote because it basically implies that there is space to explore and inquire into the type of writing - or anything for that matter - to either write about or do what you want to do. I hope I am interpreting this the correct way but it generally states the endless opportunities one has for discourse or interaction with one's community in which they choose to partake. It is almost like a guideline in life that is seen as a common theme among the readings that we have just said that the possibilities are endless. For example, one connection is to one of the readings which referenced how if one person should do college they should do it the way they want to do it. Almost inspirational really.
Then you could also ask, how can I apply this to my life. At least that's what I came up with while writing this. And from what that quote told me, it means I could write about anything as I choose to respond to this post. A.k.a., I'm really thinking outside the box here, because that was inception. But understanding the discourse of this community, I choose to write in a certain way that helps me interact within this community and its respective boundaries. However, I just started to question this quote because it says "to help students write for the discourse communities", and I would really like to stress the for. So I wonder if the for implies that one should learn to write for the community and not for/from themself. Thinking about it (and maybe I am thinking too deeply into it), it is saying one should learn to write for the audience and not for the lone self, and it takes away the freedom in writing. It just kind of makes a target audience, and then the author must create something that appeals to the audience in order for it to be successful. Though that might be someone's creativity and happiness, someone else might suffer from trying to satisfy the community rather than themselves. And personally, if that is the case, then it takes away the fun part of writing. It takes away the individuality of the piece. So essentially, should people be writing for the community or themselves? Although it is definitely good to do both, which results in the happiness of the writer? That was kinda deep, but, happy February!
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