April 25

These articles have opened my mind up to genre. When I used to think of genre I used to think of a style or the way to write. Dirk has really opened my mind up to genre with the rules of country. This has made me think of how I would write a country song if I only had the rules displayed and would it be country. According to Dirk “think of genres as tools to help people get things done.” This is so true because genre provides structure and guidance to what ever it is you may do, not only for writing but also for dance. There are differences genres of dance for example you have contemporary or you have hip hop dance. There are certain styles and rules that need to be followed within each genre that makes the genre a genre. A rhetorically sound definition has to be centered…. On the action it is used to accomplish.” Genre also provides structure for the action. Back to writing country, the genre gives rules for what entails country music. So yes after hearing the rules for the genre of country I could write a country song. I like thinking of genre as tools.

Tools is a good word to describe genre because the tools help construct the meaning that the genre is trying to achieve. Without have the proper tools to explain to you what something is or how it can be achieved, if you do not know how to achieve it you will be lost and genre gives you direction. If I had to define genre in my own words I would describe genre as guidance and structure to a style. It does not have to be a style of writing it can be any style, from style of dress to style of writing or style of dance.