Bean’s description of how to be successful in changing someone's mind, specifically among writers to their audience, includes having a credible background. A critical question to ask yourself when examining a writer's credibility, as Bean states is “Do I find this author believable and trustworthy? Why or why not?” Through examination of the writer's background, we can find information that may lean the author's stance one way or the other. In this case, I will be going over Randall Bass pieces of work and looking into his background to find how credible he is and what may influence him on his perspective.
Randall Bass is a provost for education and an english professor at georgetown university. Bass also attains multiple degrees and is an author of many books, articles, and digital projects. He is also the leader of designing the Future(s) initiative and the Red House incubator for
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In my case, he is speaking about students and what strategies and the effectiveness of curriculums in education. At first his use of the Red House and history behind it was not so appealing, but he did get to the point and keep my attention. He goes over the high impacts and pressures mix together. This directly makes us question, does what I do outside of the classroom that relates to my studies have a bigger and more efficient experience than that of inside the classroom. This strategy may sway are our beliefs by just that question. We start to question other things, how much time used inside the classroom could I be spending doing something that I will be more successful in retaining? And so forth. He also uses another technique of uses his own experience with students and what they say about where most of their deepest learning has taken place, they will point towards co-curricular activities. Bean mentions this technique as identifying the reader with a certain group of fellow
Schilb, John , and John Clifford. "Orientation ." Making Literature Matter An Anthology for Reading and Writing. 5th ed. Boston, New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2012. . Print
Literary works are always affected by the times and places in which they are written. Those crafted in Western America often reflect conflicts that occurred between advancing civilization and the free spirited individual. The 1970’s was a particularly popular time for authors to introduce new ideas for living in the modern world. There are few authors who captured the essence and feeling of culture quite like Tom Robbins. Robbins comments on the differences and similarities between Western civilization and Eastern philosophies. His text offers philosophical and cultural meaning that is completely original. Certain beliefs are threaded through out the content of the story. He includes significant content reflecting the laws of physics; how motion and force affect the life process. Through the dialogue and action of his characters, Robbins illustrates how two very different ideals can coexist. Robbins intentions are to expand cultural perspectives and awareness through his novels. His use of metaphors and stylistic diction emphasizes further how thoughtful and awesome his work is. Tom Robbins writing offers an insightful perspective into cultural themes of our modern world.
Updike, John. "A&P." Thinking and Writing About Literature. Ed. Michael Meyer. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2001. 981-86. Print.
For example, when trying to talk to a typical student about a test, he or she might say “I do not care, forget about it.” However, as the years went by, I realized that I was overestimating myself. The issue was that I completely focused on the academic discourse. As a result, I rarely had the opportunity to experience a social discourse in my community, which meant I lacked the ability to mingle with my friends. In “Home and Away: The Tensions of community, literacy, and identity,” Bronwyn T. Williams writes to researchers and teachers so that they understand that various backgrounds cause students to learn distinctly. Specifically, the family background tends to affect this academic discourse. In order to achieve this aim, he uses three moves: referencing other work, comparing and contrasting, and proposing a policy. After reading his work, I question how my former peers managed to succeed in class while balancing the academic and social
Pike, Gerald. “Excerpts from Criticism of the Works of Short Fiction Writers.” Short Story Criticism. Ed. Thomas Votteler. Vol. 6. Detroit: Gale Research International Limited, 1990. 90. Print.
Schilb, John, and John Clifford. Sonny Blues. Making Literature Matter: An Antology for Readers and Writers. 5th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2009. 337-60. Print.
His wording, themes, realistic views, symbolism and writing overall continue to attract and interest more readers to his writing.
...s that you develop a way of regarding the information that you receive to the society that you are living in. He also believes that a quality education develops a students moral views and ability to think. And that these qualities are best developed in the traditional classroom setting by interaction between the student and their professors, and the student’s social life on campus, that is, their interaction with fellow students.
Meyer, Michael, ed. Thinking and Writing About Literature. Second Edition. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2001.
As every well-read person knows, the background in which you grow up plays a huge role in how you write and your opinions. Fuller grew up with a very strict education, learning multiple classic languages before she was eight years old. Fern grew up with writers all throughout her family and had a traditional education and saw first hand the iniquities of what hard-working had to contend with. Through close analysis of their work, a reader can quickly find the connections between their tone, style, content, and purpose and their history of their lives and their educational upbringing.
John B. Updike is a novelist, poet, short story author, playwright, children’s book author, literary critic, art critic, and essayist. Updike is one of the world’s most versatile, serious, and prolific writers. Though his writing style and subjects vary greatly, he is committed to addressing the moral, social, and cultural conditions of his generation. Updike was born on March 18, 1932 and raised in a small town by the name of Shillington, Pennsylvania, right outside of Reading. He lived there as an only child, until the age of thirteen. As he grew older, he attended Harvard University, where he majored in English and contributed to and later edited the Harvard Lampoon. In 1955 he married his first wife Mary Pennington, with whom he had his four children. After the first marriage was dissolved, he married Martha Bernhard in 1977. They were happily married and lived in Beverly Farms, Massachusetts, until his death on January 27, 2009, from lung cancer. Throughout his life he wrote more than 50 books and short stories, one being “Trust Me.” “Trust Me” was written in 1987 and was one of John Updike’s primary works.
and Other Greats : Lessons from the All-star Writer's Workshop. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006. Print.
The difference between creative nonfiction and fiction is unassuming: fiction is derived from the fabrications of an author’s imagination, whereas creative nonfiction is contingent on facts. A novelist has the freedom to create scenes which never existed, whereas an author of creative nonfiction must convey a truthful story. However, the line between creative nonfiction and fiction, fact and falsehood, has become ever so thin as “writers of memoir [have been] revealed to be frauds and fiction writers masquerade as memoirists in order to sell books” (Bradley 203). Recent events have revealed authors such as James Frey and Tim Barrus to have combined elements of fiction and nonfiction within their creative nonfiction books (Buck 56), further blurring this line. Overlooked embellishments and whole fabrications were found to exist within their alleged creative nonfiction works – stirring angst within the nonfiction community (Bradley 208). Allegations arose and investigations ensued, all revolving around the question: who is to blame? As a result, the entire creative nonfiction genre received negative publicity and harsh criticism (Bradley 203). For creative nonfiction to restore its legitimacy and veracity as a genre, authors, and not publishers, are to be held responsible for ensuring their creative nonfiction books are truthful.
...d the way for others to follow in his footsteps and lead the charges for political content in literature. What once was a field that was seen in a negative context, Spender has provided the means to blend the two opposing forces of politics and creative literature. Stephen Spender will remain noted for his high profile lifestyle and his highly recognized political theories and ideals.
Madden, Frank. "The Proposal." Exploring Literature: Writing and Arguing about Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and the Essay. Fifth ed. Boston: Pearson, 2012. 759-69. Print.