Understand the Contemporary Concept of Genre, as Defined Through Rhetorical Genre Studies

Genres Introduction—a broad, general introduction with video explanation (Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial, No Derivatives Works)
“Navigating Genres” pp. 249-262—a brief textbook chapter (written for students) that has fun country music example, summarizes academic conversation on genre (Bitzer, Miller, Reiff, etc.), provides fun examples from The Onion, provides fun “ransom letter” example, and frames COMP assignment (Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.)
Genre in a Changing World—an academic ebook with a variety of chapters detailing genre and providing case studies on genres such as legal booklets, closing arguments, engineering, dissertations, etc. (Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0)
Worlds of Genre—Metaphors of Genre—Swales’ framing of genre significance through examples of personal statements and Art History descriptions (Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0)
Rhetorical Genre Studies
- Explanation—foundational (academic) chapter by Bawarshi and Reiff explaining metagenre and activity systems (Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0)
- Assignments: Bawarshi and Reiff’s article (included in JTC) that explains the genre analysis assignment (Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0)