Genre is essay / academic writing and the text is based on the plagiarism-article from the chronicles.
The Art of Ctrl + C'ing
"In 2007 Jonathan Lethem published
a pro-plagiarism, plagiarized essay
in Harper's titled, "The Ecstasy of Influence: A
Plagiarism."" "His essay is an example of
"patchwriting," a way of weaving together various shards of
other people's words into a tonally cohesive whole." "It's the way in which he
conceptualized and executed his writing machine—surgically choosing
what to borrow, arranging those words in a skillful way—that wins
us over".
"today's writer resembles more a
programmer than a tortured genius, brilliantly conceptualizing,
constructing, executing, and maintaining a writing machine." "When cutting and pasting are
integral to the writing process, it would be mad to imagine that
writers wouldn't exploit these functions in extreme ways that weren't
intended by their creators."
"Even when we do something as
seemingly "uncreative" as retyping a few pages, we express
ourselves in a variety of ways. The act of choosing and reframing
tells us as much about ourselves as our story about our mother's cancer operation." "books about how to be a creative
writer have relied on clichéd notions of what it means to be
"creative.""
"If it's a matter of simply cutting and pasting the entire Internet into a Microsoft Word document, then what becomes important is what you—the author—decide to choose."
(Goldsmith,
2011)!!!!!
Literature:
Goldsmith, Kenneth. 2009. It's Not Plagiarism. In the Digital Age, It's 'Repurposing.'
Retreived
04/10/2011 from: www.chronicle.com
It was inevitable that someone would do this, of course. It'll be interesting to read your reflections on the (un)creativity of this piece in your portfolio...
ReplyDeleteSelection and remix are important academic AND creative skille. The title is also nice!