As I read through the journal, there seemed to be three different genres in the journal. They varied in length, content, and tone.
Significant Differences
Once genre that came up, I'll call it reporting, was very lengthy and heavy in content. This is where authors would report things such as research or new findings. There were long paragraphs, including a lot of context and backstory. Another similar genre was like a quick report. Here, there were small, sometimes two to three, paragraphs about the brain that are meant to provide interesting facts. This content was written with a more appealing voice, hoping to entertain the reader. The last genre was like a biography, where different scientist would talk about their work and personal life. Obviously, the tone of these pieces were more personal. It served as a nice break between the heavy, research focused text.
Labeling the Genres
My reporting genre is meant to report on some neuroscience related topic. This ranged from theoretical topics to hard research. It is very lengthy and heavily detailed. Basically providing all the information to fully understand the topic.
The quick report was mainly used to give the audience an interesting fact about the brain. This is the kind of information someone could quote but not be able to explain. I would compare it to articles in pop culture magazines that give short little stories about celebrities that don't really evoke any emotion, but rather aim to just entertain.
The biography genre is pretty straight forward. This is used mainly to provide information about the authors. The audience would benefit a lot from these kinds of articles because it would help understand the "report" genre better. Knowing more about the author helps the reader with the context of any given publication.
| Vilayanur Ramachandran. February 26, 2016. Public Domain |
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