Look over assignment two: the genre analysis. Then, think about all the work we’ve done this unit and the first unit. Then, write up a first-person free write where you make connections about reading scenes from a movie and the concept of discourse communities, the theory of discourse, and the theory of multiliteracies. Specifically, I’d like you to comment on how those concepts made it possible for Griffith to compose the scenes you watched and feel reasonably confident that this intended, white supremacist message would get across to you, the viewer.
Movies can display a lot of things for the intended watchers. All of the above mentioned concepts were things that meant something to Griffith. He based his logic and credibility upon the theory of discourse and the theory of multiiteracies. A discourse community has a broadly agreed set of common public goals. In Griffith’s writing he wanted his readers to really think outside the box and relate their emotions to what he was trying to get his point across.
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