Sunday, November 18, 2012

     In David L Wallace and Jonathan Alexander's article, "Queer Rhetorical Agency: Questioning Narratives of Heteronormativity" they explain how some English teachers may not be prepared to teach about the LGBT community.  They also talk about how homosexuals are placed into a discourse community, and that it may be different from other communities.  They can be ridiculed by the public, and it might be harder to understand their kinds of writing.  In their article they help the reader to understand how writings may be different from a homosexual's point of view.  It may be harder for a teacher to explain and teach this to a class, because it is not as widely studied as other compositions in English.  They use different scholars and their articles that we have read from in the past to help explain their reasoning. 

     I would compare this Malinowitz article, "Queer Texts, Queer Contexts," because she also talks about the lesbian, gay, bisexual community.  She talks about how they were also treated differently by other discourse communities. 

     I found this article to be interesting, because not many people talk about the LGBT community.  Some people may find this a little awkward to talk about in a matter of if someone else were to get offended.  This reading felt a little longer than usual, but it had a good point of reading.  I agree that teachers should make a little more of an effort to help students learn more about this type of discourse community.  It would make classrooms a little more easy going with the subject, and this way children could learn about this at a younger age.  It is everywhere in today's society, and keeps growing as the years go on.  Children might as well become more educated at a younger age, because it is something they will see no matter what as they grow older.  It could also help a child who might have mixed feelings to realize that it is alright to feel certain ways, and they are not alone.

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