%0 Book Section %B International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences %D 2001 %T Television: Genres %A D'Acci, J. %E Smelser, N.J. %E Baltes, P.B. %B International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences %I Elsevier %C New York %P 15574–78 %G eng %& Television: Genres %0 Journal Article %J The Seneca Review %D 0 %T The Lyric Essay %A John D'Agata %A Deborah Tall %K creative nonfiction %K creative writing %K essay %B The Seneca Review %I Seneca Review %G eng %U http://www.hws.edu/academics/senecareview/lyricessay.aspx %9 Web %0 Generic %D 2007 %T The Seneca Review Special Issue on the Lyric Essay %A John D'Agata %K creative nonfiction %K creative writing %K essay %G eng %0 Journal Article %J College Composition and Communication %D 2008 %T Personal Genres, Public Voices %A Danielewicz, Jane %K agency %K authority %K autobiography %K composition %K genre %K pedagogy %X Writing in personal genres, like autobiography, leads writers to public voices. Publicvoice is a discursive quality of a text that conveys the writer’s authority and position relative to others. To show how voice and authority depend on genre, I analyze the autobiographies of two writers who take opposing positions on the same topic. By producing texts in genres with recognizable social functions, student writers gain agency. %B College Composition and Communication %V 59 %P 420–450 %8 2008 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Journal of Business and Technical Communication %D 2008 %T Critiquing Critiques: A Genre Analysis of Feedback Across Novice to Expert Design Studios %A Dannels, Deanna P. %A Martin, Kelly Norris %B Journal of Business and Technical Communication %V 22 %P 135-159 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Journal of Business and Technical Communication %D 2000 %T Learning to Be Professional: Technical Classroom Discourse, Practice, and Professional Identity Construction %A Dannels, Deanna P. %B Journal of Business and Technical Communication %V 14 %P 5-37 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Journal of Business and Technical Communication %D 2003 %T Teaching and Learning Design Presentations in Engineering: Contradictions between Academic and Workplace Activity Systems %A Dannels, Deanna P. %B Journal of Business and Technical Communication %V 17 %P 139-169 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Journal of Business and Technical Communication %D 2011 %T Relational Genre Knowledge and the Online Design Critique: Relational Authenticity in Preprofessional Genre Learning %A Dannels, Deanna P. %B Journal of Business and Technical Communication %V 25 %P 3-35 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Journal of Business & Technical Communication %D 2008 %T Critiquing Critiques: A Genre Analysis of Feedback Across Novice to Expert Design Studios %A Dannels, Deanna P. %A Norris, Martin Kelly %K communication across the curriculum %K communication in the disciplines %K genre instruction %K oral genre %K preprofessional genre %X In the discipline of design, the most common presentation genre is the critique,and the most central aspect of this genre is the feedback. Using a qualitative framework, this article identifies a typology of feedback, compares the frequencies of feedback types between different levels of design studios ranging from novice to expert, and explores what the feedback reflects about the social and educational context of these design studios. Results suggest that the feedback socialized students into egalitarian relationships and autonomous decision-making identities that were perhaps more reflective of academic developmental stages or idealized workplace contexts than of actual professional settings—therefore potentially complicating the preprofessional goals of the critique. %B Journal of Business & Technical Communication %V 22 %P 135–159 %8 2008 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Communication Education %D 2005 %T Performing tribal rituals: A genre analysis of 'crits' in design studios %A Dannels, Deanna P. %K communication across the curriculum %K communication in the disciplines %K design %K ethnography %K oral genre %B Communication Education %V 54 %P 136–160 %8 2005 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Science as Culture %D 2010 %T Doing Dialogue: Genre and Flexibility in Public Engagement with Science %A Davies, S R %K science %X

‘Public engagement with science’ is an increasingly important but contested practice. In this study of London's Dana Centre I look at dialogue events carried out there as a case study of public engagement, performing a detailed analysis in order to examine their nature and practice. The analysis suggests that event framings (as found in the discourse of events) are multiple, varying from lecture to open debate. Furthermore the genre of events is flexible, with participant involvement organised through the use of genres derived from education, talkshows and news interviewing as well as more traditional genres such as lectures. While it seems there is flexibility in the practice of these informal dialogue events, they are, however, not open to reinvention by all participants equally. The fluidity of practice observed may be due to the newness of these kinds of processes in most people's experiences. We are therefore observing, on the ground, the traces of contrasting discourses of the right relationship between science and society.

%B Science as Culture %V 18 %P 397-416 %G eng %N 4 %& 397 %0 Book %D 2004 %T Teen Tv: Genre, Consumption, Identity %A Glyn Davis %A Kay Dickinson %I BFI Pub %C London %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Journal of Business and Technical Communication %D 2002 %T Evaluating Environmental Impact Statements as Communicative Action %A Dayton, David %B Journal of Business and Technical Communication %V 16 %P 355-405 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Technical Communication Quarterly %D 2004 %T Results of a Survey of ATTW Members, 2003 %A Dayton, David %A Bernhardt, Stephen A. %B Technical Communication Quarterly %V 13 %P 13-43 %G eng %U http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/S15427625TCQ1301_5 %R 10.1207/S15427625TCQ1301_5 %0 Journal Article %J Journal of Technical and Business Communication %D 2002 %T Evaluating Environmental Impact Statements as Communicative Action %A Dayton, David %K democratic decision making %K EIS %K environmental impact %K genre %K Habermas %K Killingsworth %K Miller %B Journal of Technical and Business Communication %V 16 %P 355–405 %8 2002 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication %D 2006 %T A Corpus Analysis of Text Themes and Photographic Themes in Managerial Forewords of Dutch-English and British Annual General Reports %A De Groot, E.B. %A Korzilius, H. %A Ickerson, C.N. %A Gerritsen, M %B IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication %V 49 %P 217-235 %G eng %U http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=1684204 %R 10.1109/TPC.2006.880755 %0 Book %D 2008 %T Genre theory: Teaching, writing, and being %A Deborah Dean %K composition %K genre %K grades 9-12 %K high school %K resource %K teaching %K writing %X

Contemporary genre theory is probably not what you learned in college. Its dynamic focus on writing as a social activity in response to a particular situation makes it a powerful tool for teaching practical skills and preparing students to write beyond the classroom.

Although genre is often viewed as simply a method for labeling different types of writing, Deborah Dean argues that exploring genre theory can help teachers energize their classroom practices.

Genre Theory synthesizes theory and research about genres and provides applications that help teachers artfully address the challenges of teaching high school writing.

Knowledge of genre theory helps teachers:

Because genre theory connects writing and life, Dean’s applications provide detailed suggestions for class projects—such as examining want ads, reading fairy tales, and critiquing introductions—that build on students’ lived experience with genres. These wide-ranging activities can be modified for a broad variety of grade levels and student interests.

119 pp. 2008. Grades 9–12. ISBN 978-0-8141-1841-2.

%I National Council of Teachers of English %C Urbana, Ill %@ 978-0-8141-1841-2 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication %D 1996 %T Australia uses genre analysis to address workplace literacy %A Dennett, J.T %B IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication %V 39 %P 115-116 %G eng %U http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=536258 %R 10.1109/47.536258 %0 Journal Article %J i-manager’s Journal on English Language Teaching %D 2012 %T Interactional Metadiscourse in Turkish Postgraduates Academic Texts: A Comparative Study of How They Introduce and Conclude %A Akbas, Erdem %B i-manager’s Journal on English Language Teaching %V 2 %P 35 - 42 %G eng %U http://www.imanagerpublications.com/article/1964http://www.imanagerpublications.com/article/1964 %N 3 %! JELT %R 10.26634/jelt.2.3.1964 %0 Journal Article %J Technical Communication Quarterly %D 2012 %T Demarcating Medicine's Boundaries: Constituting and Categorizing in the Journals of the American Medical Association %A Derkatch, Colleen %B Technical Communication Quarterly %V 21 %P 210-229 %G eng %U http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10572252.2012.663744 %R 10.1080/10572252.2012.663744 %0 Journal Article %J Glyph %D 1980 %T The Law of Genre %A Derrida, Jacques %K genre %K law %B Glyph %V 7 %P 55–81 %8 1980 %G eng %0 Book Section %B On Narrative %D 1981 %T The Law of Genre %A Derrida, Jacques %E Mitchell, W. J. T. %K genre %B On Narrative %I University of Chicago Press %C Chicago %P 51–78 %8 1981 %G eng %0 Generic %D 2005 %T Interactive Influence of Genre Familiarity, Star Power, and Critics' Reviews in the Cultural Goods Industry: The Case of Motion Pictures %A Desai, Kalpesh Kaushik %A Basuroy, Suman %K commodity %K cultural product %K film %K genre %K genre movie %K product type %X Academic research pertaining to the marketing of cultural productssuch as Broadway shows, books, music, and movies has identified a product's genre (or type), star pow^er, and critics' reviews as important factors influencing the market performance of an individual product. Prior research, however, has not investigated the joint influences of these factors. The current study extends previous research by empirically investigating the managerially relevant interactive influences of these factors within the context of the motion-picture industry. For example, should producers of more familiar genre movies, such as dramas and comedies, feature popular, but expensive, stars? Real-world data from two distinct time periods are used to test the hypotheses. The findings are consistent across the two time periods and reveal that for more familiar genre movies, star power and the valence of critics' reviews have less impact on the movie's performance in the market. In contrast, for the less familiar genre movies, stronger (vs. weaker) star power and more (vs. less) positive reviews have positive influence on the market performance. Further, for movies with less star power, the valence of critics' reviews has no impact on the performance. In contrast, for movies 'with greater star power, more (less) positive reviews have positive (negative) influence on movie performance. Managerial and theoretical implications, along with limitations of the findings and directions for future research, are offered. %B Psychology and Marketing %V 22 %P 203–223 %8 2005 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J College Composition and Communication %D 1993 %T Generalizing about Genre: New Conceptions of an Old Concept %A Devitt, Amy J %K composition %K genre %K situation %B College Composition and Communication %V 44 %P 573–586 %8 1993 %G eng %0 Book Section %B Textual Dynamics of the Professions: Historical and Contemporary Studies of Writing in Professional Communities %D 1991 %T Intertextuality in Tax Accounting: Generic, Referential, and Functional %A Devitt, Amy J. %E Bazerman, Charles %E Paradis, James %B Textual Dynamics of the Professions: Historical and Contemporary Studies of Writing in Professional Communities %I University of Wisconsin Press %C Madison, WI %P 336–355 %G eng %U http://wac.colostate.edu/books/textual_dynamics/ %0 Journal Article %J College English %D 2003 %T Materiality and Genre in the Study of Discourse Communities %A Devitt, Amy J %A Bawarshi, Anis %A Reiff, Mary Jo %K classroom %K ethnography %K ethnomethodology %K jury instructions %K materiality %K medical records %B College English %V 65 %P 541–558 %8 2003 %G eng %0 Book %B Rhetorical Philosophy and Theory %D 2004 %T Writing Genres %A Devitt, Amy J %E Blakesley, David %K context %K genre %K history %K literary %K rhetorical %K teaching %B Rhetorical Philosophy and Theory %I Southern Illinois University Press %C Carbondale, IL %8 2004 %@ 0-8093-2553-5 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J College English %D 2000 %T Integrating Rhetorical and Literary Theories of Genre %A Amy Devitt %K literary studies %K rhetorical genre studies %B College English %V 62 %8 07/2000 %G eng %N 6 %& 696 %0 Book Section %B Textual Dynamics of the Professions: Historical and Contemporary Studies of Writing in Professional Communities %D 1991 %T Intertextuality in Tax Accounting: Generic, Referential, and Functional %A Devitt, Amy J %E Bazerman, Charles %E Paradis, James %K community %K genre set %K IRS %K profession %K tax accounting %B Textual Dynamics of the Professions: Historical and Contemporary Studies of Writing in Professional Communities %I University of Wisconsin Press %C Madison, WI %P 336–335 %8 1991 %G eng %U http://wac.colostate.edu/books/textual_dynamics/ %0 Book Section %B Genre in a Changing World %D 2009 %T Teaching Critical Genre Awareness %A Devitt, Amy J %E Bazerman, Charles %E Bonini, Adair %E Figueiredo, Débora %K academic writing %K genre knowledge %K teaching %B Genre in a Changing World %I WAC Clearinghouse and Parlor Press %C Fort Collins, CO %P 337–351 %G eng %& 17 %0 Book %B Rhetoric, Knowledge, and Society %D 1999 %T Worlds Apart : Acting and Writing in Academic and Workplace Contexts %A Dias, Patrick %A Freedman, Aviva %A Medway, Peter %A Paré, Anthony %B Rhetoric, Knowledge, and Society %I Routledge %C Mahwah, NJ %@ 9780805821475 9780585114859 9781135691417 9781135691400 %G eng %U http://proxying.lib.ncsu.edu/index.php?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=19328&site=ehost-live %0 Journal Article %J Technical Communication Quarterly %D 2008 %T Grassroots: Supporting the Knowledge Work of Everyday Life %A Diehl, Amy %A Grabill, Jeffrey T. %A Hart-Davidson, William %A Iyer, Vishal %B Technical Communication Quarterly %V 17 %P 413-434 %G eng %U http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10572250802324937 %R 10.1080/10572250802324937 %0 Journal Article %J Fibreculture: Internet Theory, Criticism, Research %D 2004 %T Composing the Self: Of Diaries and Lifelogs %A van Dijck, José %K blog %K diary %K genre %K Herring %K private %K public %K remediation %K self %B Fibreculture: Internet Theory, Criticism, Research %P http://journal.fibreculture.org/issue3/issue3_vandijck.html %8 2004 %G eng %U http://journal.fibreculture.org/issue3/issue3_vandijck.html %0 Book %D 1980 %T Macrostructures %A van Dijk, Teun %K genre %K macrostructure %I Lawrence Erlbaum %C Hillsdale, NJ %8 1980 %G eng %0 Book %D 1977 %T Text and Context: Explorations in the Semantics and Pragmatics of Discourse %A van Dijk, Teun %K genre %I Longman %C New York %8 1977 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Frieze %D 2012 %T Energy and Rue %A Brian Dillon %K creative nonfiction %K creative writing %K essay %B Frieze %V 151 %G eng %U https://www.frieze.com/issue/article/energy-rue/ %0 Journal Article %J Journal of the American Society for Information Science %D 2000 %T Genres and the Web: Is the Personal Home Page the First Uniquely Digital Genre? %A Dillon, A. %A Gushrowski, B. A. %K digital %K evolution %K genre %K home page %X Genre conventions emerge across discourse communities over time to support the communication of ideas and information in socially and cognitively compatible forms. Digital genres frequently borrow heavily from the paper world even though the media optimally support different forms, structures, and interactions. This research sought to determine the existence and form of a truly digital genre. Results from a survey of user perceptions of the form and content of web home pages reveal a significant correlation between commonly found elements of home pages and user preferences and expectations of type. These data support the argument that the personal home page has rapidly evolved into a recognizable form with stable, user-preferred elements and thus may be considered the first truly digital genre. %B Journal of the American Society for Information Science %V 51 %P 202–205 %8 2000 %G eng %U ://000084513300010 %! J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci. %0 Journal Article %J American Sociological Review %D 1987 %T Classification in Art %A DiMaggio, Paul %K administrative %K art %K classification %K commerce %K education %K emergence %K form %K gene %K industry %K profession %K ritual %B American Sociological Review %V 52 %P 440–455 %8 1987 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Publications of the Modern Language Association %D 2007 %T Introduction: Genres as Fields of Knowledge %A Dimock, Wai Chee %K Derrida %K digital %K drama %K epic %K fluidity %K genre %K kinship %K lyric %K media %K taxonomy %K virtual %B Publications of the Modern Language Association %V 122 %P 1377–1388 %8 2007 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Technical Communication Quarterly %D 2010 %T Technical Communication Instruction in China: Localized Programs and Alternative Models %A Ding, Huiling %B Technical Communication Quarterly %V 19 %P 300-317 %G eng %U http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10572252.2010.481528 %R 10.1080/10572252.2010.481528 %0 Journal Article %J Written Communication %D 2008 %T The Use of Cognitive and Social Apprenticeship to Teach a Disciplinary Genre: Initiation of Graduate Students into NIH Grant Writing %A Ding, Huiling %K academic %K apprentice %K genre %K teaching %B Written Communication %V 25 %P 3–52 %8 2008 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J English for Specific Purposes %D 2007 %T "Genre analysis of personal statements: Analysis of moves in application essays to medical and dental schools." %A Ding, Huiling %K application %K dental school %K medical school %K personal statement %X

Despite the important role the personal statement plays in the graduate school application processes, little research has been done on its functional features and little instruction has been given about it in academic writing courses. The author conducted a multi-level discourse analysis on a corpus of 30 medical/dental school application letters, using both a hand-tagged move analysis and a computerized analysis of lexical features of texts. Five recurrent moves were identified, namely, explaining the reason to pursue the proposed study, establishing credentials related to the fields of medicine/dentistry, discussing relevant life experience, stating future career goals, and describing personality.

 2006 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The American University.

%B English for Specific Purposes %V 26 %P Continuous %8 2007 %G eng %N 3 %9 Research %& 368 %0 Unpublished Work %T Untitled %A Ding, Yao %K Chinese rhetoic %K genre %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Journal of Business and Technical Communication %D 2012 %T Telling the Story of Daniscoís Annual Reports (1935 Through 2007-2008) From a Communicative Perspective %A Ditlevsen, Marianne Grove %B Journal of Business and Technical Communication %V 26 %P 92-115 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Renaissance and Reformation/Renaissance et Réforme %D 2005 %T Circulation of the Late Elizabethan and Early Stuart Epigram %A Doelman, James %K 1500-1699 %K English literature %K epigram %K genre study %K poetry %K sources in Martialis (40-103) %B Renaissance and Reformation/Renaissance et Réforme %V 29 %P 59-73 %8 2005 %@ 0034-429X %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Journal of Technical Writing and Communication %D 2005 %T Illustration and Language in Technical Communication %A Donnell, Jeffrey %B Journal of Technical Writing and Communication %V 35 %P 239-271 %G eng %R 10.2190/HY3L-WN98-QC5R-P3B3 %0 Journal Article %J Journal of Communication %D 1986 %T Terrorism and the Media: A Rhetorical Genre %A Dowling, Ralph E. %K genre %K media %K terrorism %B Journal of Communication %V 36 %P 12–24 %8 1986 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Western Journal of Communication %D 1993 %T The Evolution of the Rhetorical Genre of Apologia %A Downey, Sharon D. %K apologia %K genre %B Western Journal of Communication %V 57 %P 42–64 %8 1993 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Journal of Music Theory %D 2013 %T The End(s) of Genre %A Eric Drott %X

This article presents a critique of the commonplace trope that holds genre to have declined in relevance under modernism. Contrary to the widespread notion that composers’ repudiation of received tradi- tion rendered the very idea of genre categories obsolete, this article argues that such categories have never ceased playing a decisive role in the production, circulation, and reception of post-1945 art music. In interrogat- ing the assumptions that underpin the “decline-of-genre” thesis, this article underlines the utility that renewed attention to genre and its framing effects may have for the analysis of this repertoire. To this end, an alterna- tive to standard theories of genre is advanced, one that draws on actor-network theory to destabilize catego- ries too often conceived as fixed, solid, and binding. This revised theory of genre is applied to Gérard Grisey’s six-part cycle, Les espaces acoustiques (1974–85). Habitually regarded as an exemplar of spectral music, Grisey’s cycle may be understood as participating in a number of additional generic contexts at the same time. Taking such generic overdetermination into account not only sheds light on the range of conflicting interpreta- tions that Les espaces acoustiques affords but also suggests how music analysis might better address the heterogeneous contexts and multiple listener competences that this and other musics engage. 

%B Journal of Music Theory %V 57 %P 1-45 %8 Spring 2013 %G eng %N 1 %& 1 %0 Journal Article %J Journal of Music Theory %D 2013 %T The End(s) of Genre %A Drott, E %X

This article presents a critique of the commonplace trope that holds genre to have declined in relevance under modernism. Contrary to the widespread notion that composers’ repudiation of received tradition rendered the very idea of genre categories obsolete, this article argues that such categories have never ceased playing a decisive role in the production, circulation, and reception of post-1945 art music. In interrogating the assumptions that underpin the “decline-of-genre” thesis, this article underlines the utility that renewed attention to genre and its framing effects may have for the analysis of this repertoire. To this end, an alternative to standard theories of genre is advanced, one that draws on actor-network theory to destabilize categories too often conceived as fixed, solid, and binding. This revised theory of genre is applied to Gérard Grisey’s six-part cycle, Les espaces acoustiques (1974–85). Habitually regarded as an exemplar of spectral music, Grisey’s cycle may be understood as participating in a number of additional generic contexts at the same time. Taking such generic overdetermination into account not only sheds light on the range of conflicting interpretations that Les espaces acoustiques affords but also suggests how music analysis might better address the heterogeneous contexts and multiple listener competences that this and other musics engage.

%B Journal of Music Theory %V 57 %P 1-45 %G eng %N 1 %0 Journal Article %J JAC: A Journal of Composition Theory %D 2008 %T Taking Up Space: On Genre Systems as Geographies of the Possible %A Dryer, Dylan B %K documentary society %K genre system %K land-use planning %K uptake %B JAC: A Journal of Composition Theory %V 28 %P 503–534 %8 2008 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Writing Program Administration %D 2008 %T The Persistence of Institutional Memory: Genre Uptake and Program Reform %A Dryer, Dylan B %K genre %K uptake %B Writing Program Administration %V 3` %P 32-51 %8 2008 %G eng %0 Book %D 1982 %T Genre %A Dubrow, Heather %K Aristotle %K Frye %K genre %K literature %I Methuen %C London %8 1982 %@ 0-416-74690-X %G eng %0 Generic %D 2000 %T Modern Genre Theory %A Duff, David %K Bakhtin %K Colie %K Croce %K Derrida %K Fowler %K Frye %K Genette %K Jameson %K Jauss %K literary genre %K Propp %K Todorov %I Pearson Education %C New York %8 2000 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Written Communication %D 2000 %T Genre as Temporally Situated Social Action %A Dunmire, Patricia L. %K clock time %K exigence %K genre %K kairos %K process time %K temporal %B Written Communication %V 17 %P 93–138 %8 2000 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Journal of Technical Writing and Communication %D 2003 %T Observations on Entrepreneurship, Instructional Texts, and Personal Interaction %A Durack, Katherine T. %B Journal of Technical Writing and Communication %V 33 %P 87-109 %G eng %R 10.2190/Y5VH-HAD2-PYT1-TR1N %0 Journal Article %J Journal of Technical Writing & Communication %D 2015 %T Filter. Remix. Make.: Cultivating Adaptability Through Multimodality %A Dusenberry, Lisa %A Hutter, Liz %A Robinson, Joy %B Journal of Technical Writing & Communication %V 45 %P 299–322 %G eng %U http://proxying.lib.ncsu.edu/index.php?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cms&AN=103279937&site=ehost-live&scope=site %R 10.1177/0047281615578851 %0 Journal Article %J PMLA %D 2007 %T Poetry of Politics and Mourning: Mahmoud Darwish’s Genre-Transforming Tribute to Edward W. Said %A Rebecca Dyer %X

This essay provides an analysis of “Tibaq,” an elegy written in Edward W. Said’s honor by the acclaimed Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. Noting that the poem exhibits aspects of a number of genres and demonstrates Darwish’s generally innovative approach to traditional literary forms, I consider how he has transformed the marthiya, the elegiac genre that has been part of the Arabic literary tradition since the pre-Islamic era. I argue that Darwish used the elegy-writing occasion to comment on Said’s politics and to make respectful use of his critical methods, particularly his interdisciplinary borrowing of counterpoint, a concept typically used in music analysis. By reworking the conventionalmarthiya to represent Said’s life in exile and his diverse body of work and by putting his contrapuntal method into practice in the conversation depicted in the poem, Darwish elegizes a long-lasting friendship and shores up a shared political cause. (RD)

%B PMLA %V 122 %P 1447-62 %8 10/2007 %G eng %N 7 %& 1447