Sunday, December 7, 2014
Check-In 3
Truthfully, when Mikayla announced our course material was going to revolve around the aesthetics of hip-hop culture I squirmed inside. My writing experience prior to entering ENC 1101 was comprised of analyzing literary works from the Medieval Period to the Seventeenth Century. I was unsure how well my writing I was going to progress this semester because Hip-Hop is, for the most part, an unfamiliar realm of music to me. Assignments based on current issues were very difficult for me to write about because I was so accustomed to writing about literature created 200 years prior. Initially, I struggled with class assignments. However, the diversification of the theme has allowed me to gain the quintessential knowledge I will need to adapt to unfamiliar topics in future classes.
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Ahhh, interesting, Alexis. I actually hadn't thought about the struggles associated with adapting to different times of writing. I always focus on contemporary issues in my own writing because I like being in the current -- the present moment is easier for me to analyze because I've already got an awareness/opinion about what is going on. But, I suppose that in the same realm, trying to analyze a text would be much more difficult. For instance, I analyze a lot of contemporary rap narratives. I'm not sure how I feel about analyzing 70s or 80s rap narratives. It would definitely be a significant challenge.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I am glad that, overall, you had a successful experience in this class. Hopefully, you were willing to be disturbed with the class theme. I think that being open to new ideas (especially with our writing) only makes us better writers. Now, you've had the experience to learn new styles of writing and writing for different audiences, especially contemporary issues.