When we think of genre, what
do we initially think of? Or in other words, what do people define genre as? A
literal meaning of genre from
dictionary.com, there are many meanings of genre, but two definitions will help
me define the purpose of genre for this post. The first one is “a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular
form, content, technique, or the like”. There are other
definitions of genre, but the definition that pertains to this blog is the “
genus, kind, sort, and style”. For most part, people tend to say words that
they seem to take for granted. Ideally, I do not necessarily mean people taking
advantage of words, but I feel that when someone has a conversation with
someone, they seem to have the wrong word choices or seem to truly understand
the meaning of a word. Genre seems to be a great example of genre. With the
definition of “genus, kind, sort, and style”, I say that this can explain what
the broader meaning of genre.
The
way someone chooses to express him or her, I feel that the first definition of
genre seems to fit well with the purpose of this blog. With our new movement
with technology, blogging is a new way of expressing ourselves. The idea of blogging
is a way of expressing yourself based on your personal interest.
The
idea of a genre is a still a bit vague the way I explained it. If you think
about genres being a “style” of expressing yourself, then it would it would
make sense that a genre is something that portrays to your personal interest.
Blogging is a way for many individuals to express him or herself, and it also
is a choice for people to express how one feels about a certain topic. When a
person defines a genre of a blog, what can a person say? Putting the idea of a
genre and a blog, there is no true definition of this. We can come up with many
definitions of a genre of a blog. Some people may define blogging as its own
genre; while others may see blogging as a way of expressing one’s feelings
through the World Wide Web based on their personal interests. For me, I believe
is a combination of both.
When browsing on the internet just for
leisure or writing research papers, looking at other people’s opinions about
something truly helps a person expand on ideas that either had no idea about or
did not know much about. A great example for how genre of a blog can be seen is
if someone was interested in how to put on make up, they can simply look up
blogs from people who are experts on putting on make-up in order to get tips of
what products to use and how to put the make-up on. For the most part, you can
say that blogging can be personal, but let’s say that person wants to look up
what certain make-up products are made out of. Then, that person can look up blogs
from doctors and see reviews about how certain ingredients in make-up can
affect his or her skin.
As you can see, genre of
a blog can be looked at two ways, but of course, other people may see it
another way or possibly many ways. However, the way you choose to see it, the
idea of genre of blogs can be interpreted any way you perceive it to be.
