Faigley reading--
the nurse blurb:
1) the nurse assumes that the text is being read by someone who understands what the nurse has written. A member of the medical profession is most likely the desired audience. The nurse photocopied a template of sorts in order to communicate to others in his profession.
2) this perspective is trying to discover what the patient is suffering from, and what might be something to use to help him in the process of recovery.
3)why study this? to be able to help others understand the text, in order for everyone to be on the same field
Textual/individual/social perspectives:
Textual perspective--study the text to see how people approach the text, and then how the text itself explains things
Individual perspective--removed from the rest of the world; focuses on how one person makes sense of a writing prompt
Social perspective--cultural values, appeal to a certain type of readers, how it (the text) applies to society; try to find out what people want to know more about, thinks about the purpose of the document, who will be reading, and what you want them to do with it
Faigley--states that the document is part of a continuum, not a starting point; as opposed to the statement in the previous blog post.
What happens before? the people need to know what led up to that point, like the patient coming to the hospital, the hospital needs to know what led up to that point; the environmental-impact statement writer used a template made up by someone years ago; need to know the purpose of the document, who it will reach, and what the document needs to say.
People prefer facts over opinions. The scientific facts, rather than the opinions, are favored. There is a lot more to learn than just "x, y, and z".
Audience/Discourse Community:
Au: rhetorical triangle, English 101
Writer/Speaker
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Audience--Topic
What does the audience know about the topic, what is their attitude toward the topic, and such. This is seeing it too narrowly--need to see social roles, community organization, worldview (What does company one believe about this topic as opposed to company two?)
three types of criteria in thinking of a proposal, for example
DC: restricted traits that define them as a group (literate in the same language, e.g. terminology/concepts)
DC: particular usages of certain languages (Spanish/English speakers) (culture!)
There is a lot we can do to understand than what Faigley suggests. Rhetoric can help us with this.
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