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English 289
University of Cincinnati
    C. LaVecchia
What is genre?
                   
The dictionary would tell you that genres are types, kinds, and forms.

   This presentation will give you an overview of genre theory in
                     rhetoric and composition.
Typically, when we
think of “genres,”
we think of things
like . . . .
The Old View: Forms,
     Containers
        
           Defined by formal
            characteristics
           Viewed as a
            classification system

           While genres do have
            formal patterns and
            characteristics, this
            doesn’t tell the full
            story…
From Product to Process: Changing Views on
                   Genre
Genre theory has moved “from genre as defined by literary critics
   or rhetoricians to genre as defined by its users” (Devitt 3).

We’re not just interested in how they look, but in how they’re used.
Genre as Social and
          Rhetorical Action
                            
 Genres shape our
  interactions with others
 They organize our ways
  of being in our societies
  and cultures.
 Genres organize us into
  roles and dictate what is
  possible in a given
  situation
 Genres are sites for action
More on Social Action
            
 Genre
  classifications/categori
  es are multiple and
  depend on the
  emphasis/purpose/beli
  efs of the classifier

 Genres are responses to
  recurring situations and
  contexts
Example: Greeting Cards
                           
 Recognizable response to
  situation.
 Sanction/make official
  holidays like “bosses
  day” and “secretaries
  day.”
 Multiple and
  overlapping subgenres.
 Dictate (and make
  possible) social relations
  possible (e.g., birthday
  card “from wife”).
More Examples
                
 Grocery list
 Forms at doctor’s office
 Syllabus

 All of these examples
  are typified responses
  to recurring situations
Major Thinkers
                
 Carolyn Miller: genre as    Anis Bawarshi: “Writing
  typified social action       takes place. It takes
  associated with a            place socially and
  recurring situation.         rhetorically. To write is
                               to position oneself
 Amy Devitt: Genres           within genres—to
  have reciprocal              assume and enact
  relationships with           certain situated
  context and betray           commitments,
  cultural patterns and        identities, relations, and
  values.                      practices” (14).
Conclusion
Genres are recognizable texts used in social contexts, which organize
   and shape our relationships with each other and to the world.

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289 genre review

  • 1. English 289 University of Cincinnati C. LaVecchia
  • 2. What is genre?  The dictionary would tell you that genres are types, kinds, and forms. This presentation will give you an overview of genre theory in rhetoric and composition.
  • 3. Typically, when we think of “genres,” we think of things like . . . .
  • 4. The Old View: Forms, Containers   Defined by formal characteristics  Viewed as a classification system  While genres do have formal patterns and characteristics, this doesn’t tell the full story…
  • 5. From Product to Process: Changing Views on Genre Genre theory has moved “from genre as defined by literary critics or rhetoricians to genre as defined by its users” (Devitt 3). We’re not just interested in how they look, but in how they’re used.
  • 6. Genre as Social and Rhetorical Action   Genres shape our interactions with others  They organize our ways of being in our societies and cultures.  Genres organize us into roles and dictate what is possible in a given situation  Genres are sites for action
  • 7. More on Social Action   Genre classifications/categori es are multiple and depend on the emphasis/purpose/beli efs of the classifier  Genres are responses to recurring situations and contexts
  • 8. Example: Greeting Cards   Recognizable response to situation.  Sanction/make official holidays like “bosses day” and “secretaries day.”  Multiple and overlapping subgenres.  Dictate (and make possible) social relations possible (e.g., birthday card “from wife”).
  • 9. More Examples   Grocery list  Forms at doctor’s office  Syllabus  All of these examples are typified responses to recurring situations
  • 10. Major Thinkers   Carolyn Miller: genre as  Anis Bawarshi: “Writing typified social action takes place. It takes associated with a place socially and recurring situation. rhetorically. To write is to position oneself  Amy Devitt: Genres within genres—to have reciprocal assume and enact relationships with certain situated context and betray commitments, cultural patterns and identities, relations, and values. practices” (14).
  • 11. Conclusion Genres are recognizable texts used in social contexts, which organize and shape our relationships with each other and to the world.