Multigenre Reflection

             If I was given the opportunity to choose the feature I have enjoyed the most of the course’s curriculum, I would pick the multi genre project. Like the blog activity, the multi genre project endorses student creativity, but unlike the blog, it requires students to think outside the box, and explore their potential in other artistic fields, whether that includes poetry, art, comics or music. With this activity, I learned to challenge myself, face different methods of communication, and appreciate literature in an exciting, new perspective. 

            As I look back at my academic years prior to college, I realize that despite being proud and grateful for my education, my knowledge relies on the foundation of a system prone to stigmatize. Numbers, theories and equations are restricted to the sciences, just as poetry, grammar, and literature are only deemed meaningful in English courses. Nonetheless, if there is something I learned from this experience is that literature cannot be bounded to a specific subject or adopt a definite shape; literature is a method of expression, and it is intrinsically free, free to be manipulated and interpreted in countless ways.

            Upon accepting the boundless nature of literature, I figured I owed myself the same liberty to explore the multiple ways I could grasp what I had learned in class and transfigure the message in the form of drawings, poetry, or modernize the topic asserting its relevance in present-day situations. Although I cannot say that I excelled or gratefully executed all ten multi-genre entries, I feel a deep sense of fulfillment just knowing that I tested my creativity, and I was determined to find exciting ways of communicating the topics discussed in class. Furthermore, I realized that although poetry is still not one of my strong suits, drawing/painting does provide a genuine delight.

            In conclusion, I would love hearing that similar activities are being incorporated in curriculums, especially those of English courses. Proceeding with such initiative would not only help estrange English courses from the stereotype we have grown to accept, where class activities are limited to discussing grammar guidelines or classic literature, but would also enhance student learning by providing mediums where students can defy their knowledge and explore other methods of expression. 

Work Cited 

Multigenre. Cynthia Pittmann. Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. 23 May 2017. Class Discussion.