Variation Across Contexts
Learning Outcome #3: Students will be able to identify, analyze, and reflect on variation in rhetorical and linguistic patterns, including their own, from a range of contexts (e.g cultural, digital, workplace, and/or academic).
Artifact 1: Pre-Writing on Seventh Night Poems
The first artifact so to say, was my pre-writing on the Seventh Night Poems. I analyzed each line, word for word of these poems. To further my knowledge, I studied the Japanese culture and their traditions. A big one being that they celebrated Tanabata, also known as the Star Festival. It is a holiday that has been going on forever in which they tell the legends of these star-crossed lovers who are separated by the Milky Way (river) and are only to allowed to meet but once a year on the seventh night of the seventh lunar month. This is the start of where I began to have a better understanding in analyzing linguistic patterns of various cultures, in this case, Japanese usage of literature.
Analysis of Seventh Night Poems
The artifact is exhibited here is my essay on the Tanabata poems. To addressed this outcome based off of this piece, I analyzed the poems by breaking them down line by line and further examined the figurative language used. By examining it, allowed me to see how the poems reflect various themes of love which is a key piece in the tanabata festival. Understanding these poems have helped me appreciate how writing can encapsulate emotions like hope and yearning. Overall, by using these artifacts has helped me to understand the intricate relationship between writing and language with culture. It helps to further demonstrate how cultural traditions shape poetic expression and helps to deepen my understanding of the text.
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