Devitt et al – “Materiality and Genre in the Study
of Discourse Communities”
Summary
In
their articles, “Materiality and Genre in the Study of Discourse Communities,”
the authors attempt to redefine genre as it applies to the discourse community.
They argue that genre is what defines the differences between each discourse
community
Synthesis
This
being the first compilation article, it is obviously different from the rest of
the articles we’ve read. However, it does go along with the Swales piece
nicely, taking what he had stated on discourse communities and adding their own
spin to it.
Thoughts
This
piece was if-y, if that’s a word. While it had some good points, there wasn’t
much to talk about, as seen by my short parts above. The whole third article
was quotations by people who use even bigger words than the authors do, which
was slightly aggravating. All in all a very modest piece.
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