Thursday, February 5, 2009
Envision (Alfano & O'Brien)
Hi ENT 442 bloggers. As discussed in class today, our blog is beginning to feel a bit unwieldy and some of us are having trouble effectively navigating through the various texts, questions, and responses posted. Our experiment is for all of us to post under the heading of a text--Envision in this case. Let's see how it goes and we can re-evaluate in a few days. At some point maybe we can move our conversations to a wiki...So, ENVISION, (photocopies handed out 2/3)--what does it have your agreeing/arguing/aspiring to? Comments, questions, connections--go!
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I enjoyed the encouragement that Alfano and O'Brien presented for the visual presentation. I like the way they gave a examples of how to incorporate visual in a variety of mediums. I have always wanted to design a website. Now I’m just a touch closer to realizing that goal. I like the different things they ask me to think about such as audience and point of view. It is a nice overview of the possibilities of constructing an argument with visual ads. I’m curious, how come I haven’t encountered visual presentations for thesis arguments in other English classes such as creative writing or literature? What would my thesis look like if I added pictures? Would it still be considered “grand style?” I’m also wondering how adding photos could have enhanced an argument of the meaning of a poem. Is it possible that for some academic papers photos do not add to the argument? I’m thinking that photos in my thesis would be more appropriate if I was to re-design the paper for a wider audience, more for entertainment value than for persuasion.
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