A Play on Occlusion: Uptake of Letters to the University President

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TitleA Play on Occlusion: Uptake of Letters to the University President
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2022
AuthorsThieme, Katja
JournalRhetoric Review
Volume41118833
Issue31
Pagination226 - 239
ISSN0735-0198
Abstract

Occlusion is most commonly presented as an aspect of certain genres: occluded genres. Here, occlusion is proposed as a property of the processes by which genres are taken up. While routine use of genres creates expectations around when the genre’s uptake is commonly occluded, such expected practice can be subverted by deliberate disclosure. Occlusion and disclosure in the process of genre uptake thus become argumentative and powerful moves in communicative interaction. In three case studies, I analyze processes of occlusion in relationship to the genre of the letter to the university president.

URLhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07350198.2022.2038510https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/07350198.2022.2038510
DOI10.1080/07350198.2022.2038510
Short TitleRhetoric Review