As promised, here’s some clarification on the different types of genres.

By now you should have posted one source entry, which was due on Thursday, October 15th.  As a reminder, each of these sources will need to be a different genre.  At least one of the sources needs to be a written non-fiction document (like an article or report) and at least one of these needs to be a non-print source, like a video, song, or interview.  So, for the other two source entries, you need to pick a different genre.

We discussed the standard literary genres – The novel, short stories, poetry, drama and the academic essay.  Of course, you can use these genres for your research.  You can research these sources online in the library.  I have posted our virtual library visit, which is very informative and gives you links to the sources you need from the library.

In looking for other genres, it is essential that you read “Navigating Genres” by Kerry Dirk as she clarifies the definition of other genres.  As an example of what she is alluding to, remember your education narrative.  The education narrative is an example of a non-literary genre (because it doesn’t fit into one of the five literary genres) that we created here in class.

Possible non-literary text types are: newspaper or magazine articles, letters to the editor, brochures, advertisements, reports, and editorials. Normally it is not difficult to decide which type of text we are analyzing; we have to look at the kind of information conveyed and the format in which it is presented.

To help you find other non-literary genres, please click on the following link:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_writing_genres

I hope this helps.  If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.