{"id":108,"date":"2017-05-15T03:42:35","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T03:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/cchen5\/?p=108"},"modified":"2017-05-15T03:42:35","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T03:42:35","slug":"back-to-reading-about-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/cchen5\/2017\/05\/15\/back-to-reading-about-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to Reading About Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now to Our Regularly Scheduled Program…<\/strong><\/p>\n

For this week’s blog, I was given the topic of comparing and contrasting my method of researching to that of author and professor Margaret Kantz. Getting a break from researching is actually the opposite of what I wanted to focus on since I feel as if it’s just gotten good. Yet, let’s indulge ourselves with a bit of reading on how to write on research.<\/p>\n

If my research is that clay man, I’m just getting started. So why stop? (Source: Tumblr).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kantz and Konversation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kantz begins her article with the idea that, “Although the researched essay as a topic has been much written about, it has been little studied” (Kantz). Obviously, she hasn’t read all the sources about research that I have (but that’s besides the point). Delving into her study, she creates a hypothetical student named Shirley based on the average and standard behaviors of students when it comes to researching. Kantz comes to the three conclusions: “1) Many students like Shirley misunderstand sources because they read them as stories. 2) Many students expect their sources to tell the truth; hence, they equate persuasive writing in this context with making things up. 3) Many students do not understand that facts are a kind of claim and are often used persuasively in so-called object writing to create an impression” (Kantz). Unlike the other articles I’ve read, Kantz has a slightly different observation of what students have been doing incorrectly in researching.<\/p>\n

Personally, I did not run into the same issues that Shirley encountered. Looking at different sources online and in the archives, I took the materials to be factual and representations of thoughts and opinions of their time. Yet, I had a difficult time grasping the second and third assumption Kantz make. To me, I saw the persuasion aspect of an article, or even my own writing, as a unique angle adopted by the writer. However, it is important to be able to recognize this and the importance of it.<\/p>\n

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Kantz’ Fixez<\/strong><\/p>\n

Providing solutions to her observations, Kantz analyzes the actions and difficulties of researching through several methods. For example, she uses a triangular diagram created by Kinneavy<\/a>. Giving it a new spin, she renames the parts as the following: “the Encoder is the writer of the text, the Decoder is the student reader, and Reality is the subject matter. Readers may consider only one point of the triangle at a time, asking such questions as ‘Who are you?’…Other questions would involve all three points of the triangle, e.g., ‘What are you saying to help me with the porblem you assume I have?'”(Kantz). With these questions, Kantz calls on students to thoroughly examine sources and analyze them with a grain of salt. In addition, these heuristic questions are meant to aid the writing process.<\/p>\n

Here’s a triangle for visual aid. (Source: Photobucket)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Drawing on my personal experiences, I find that the triangular method is something that I do subconsciously when analyzing materials for research. Yet for those who struggle with understanding sources this process can be very useful. Overall, I did not necessarily agree with or experience many of the phenomenons that Kantz was discussing. Frankly, I’m a little tired of reading about research, but that’s just my opinion.<\/p>\n

Thanks for reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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