Possible Genre Topics

Topic #1-Book Genre's

1)Example: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Fantasy

2)Setting: You can find books online, but most commonly you would read a book in print, actually in your hands.

3)Subject: The subject(s) of books are numerous. There is no limitation to the subject possible in a book.

4)Participants:
a) Writers: Anyone can write a book, it just takes an inspiration and dedication.
b) Audience: People in general. Anyone can read a book, you just need to be able to read!

5)Motives:
a) The writer would be motivated to write for a number of reasons. It could be that the writer has something important to convey through his writing, or perhaps to give inspiration to possible readers to do something, and of course, writers write to make money.

b) The audience would read to pass the time, enjoyment, or perhaps the book was recommended by a friend. Entertainment is the usual reason for reading. People also read for information.

6)Patterns in the genre:
I would have to pick one specific genre within the entirety of possible genre found in books in order to describe a specific pattern. So, for an example, Murder/Mystery novels. In a Murder/Mystery novel: there is a criminal, usually someone introduced early in the book but unidentified as the murderer; there is the murdered; and there is the person(s) who finds out who done it! That is a vague description of a pattern found in a Murder/Mystery novel.

7)Analyzing Patterns in Genre:
I will diffidently analyze the genre of my chosen genre found in books, but to do that I would need to have a specific genre to analyze. I would break it down as you have it outlined. I have some questions about how to go about doing that.

Topic #2-Poetry
1)Example: Haiku, Ballad, Sonnet, The Ode, Stream of Consciousness

2)Setting: You read poems in books, magazines, the Newspapers, and online.

3)Subject: There is not a specific subject that all poems follow or that is even really attributable to poetry in a broad manner. However, poetry such as love poems, the subject would be about love.

4)Participants:
a) Writers: Anyone can write a poem.
b) Audience: Everyone is included within the audience. There are sometimes specific audiences that a specific poem may be targeting, but there is not a specific audience for every kind of poem, other than humans.

5)Motives:
a) The writer would be motivated to write for many reasons. To write about love, what he/she sees in a painting or a scene in a restaurant. Inspiration for writing poetry comes from any and all sources. The writer may want to convey an emotion or bring the reader into a scene or to a place only found within the writers mind.

b) The audience reads poetry for enjoyment. It makes the reader feel a certain way, makes them happy or sad, angry, elated, etc. Or perhaps the reader appreciates art, and sees poetry as art, and wishes only to witness human creativity and finds satisfaction from that.

6)Patterns in Genre:
There are patterns attributed to every form of poetry, in fact, that is how poetry is defined, by analyzing the patter in the way it is written.

7)Analyzing Patterns in Genre:
Every poem can be analyzed categorically. You would analyze the poem based on what kind of pattern was associated to each category of poetry. Haiku's would be categorized because of the syllables in each sentence of the Haiku. I would then analyze the Haiku based on the content of the poem, the ordering of the words, the kinds of language used, etc.