The scholarly article I am going to transform for my WP3 is called "An Examination of Risky Behaviors and Motivations for Alcohol Use in a College Sample." The two different genre's that I'd like to translate it into are as follows: For the younger audience, I will translate it into a format similar to that of a children's book by the famous author Dr. Seuss, and for the older audience I will rewrite it in the form of a newspaper. The scholarly article I've chosen is examining an issue that is unimportant to children and is often misunderstood by the older generations. Therefore, beginning with the latter, I'd like to present it as an analysis of the reasons why students participate and of all of the psychological effects and social influences that are involved within the topic. It will be written in columns, strictly black and white writing with a two photos, one of the stereotypical view and another with a more realistic view. These photos would be followed by a brief description of each and then a detailed comparison/contrasting of the two. As for the Dr. Seuss version, I'd like to shape this article into a poem/rhyme that makes a teaches a lesson or moral discouraging drinking in their futures. When books appeal to children, often times the goal is to teach them something or instill an idea that will be important to them later in life. I will use the scholarly authors' analyses in a simplified way and mold it to fit the genre of a Dr. Seuss book. I will also include caricature versions of the diagrams in the article and add some animals or creatures to make it more fitting for the children's book.
The article I chose made it easy to separate my translations into different segments to break up the monotony of a scholarly article, so I will use those to separate each idea. The main purpose of my Dr. Seuss book will be to show children the effects of alcohol in a child-friendly way and teach them why to avoid drinking when they get older. The purpose of my newspaper article will be to educate the older generations on the pressures young adults face when coming into contact with alcohol and on how to better prepare their young ones for the different situations they will encounter when they themselves attend college. This will be more of an article geared towards parents.
Some moves I can make are using simplified language in both pieces, but each tailored toward its own audience. In the Dr. Seuss book I will have to change the terminology to words that will make sense to kids around the ages of 5-7, so this will most likely be my biggest challenge. As for the newspaper, I will be using different tones and words with specific connotation to encourage the feeling of empathy from my readers. In this way I am attempting to receive a very specific response from the readers and appealing to the protective parent.
These are only a few of my ideas and I am not completely sure that they are all acceptable but I believe that I am off to a good start in the right direction.
Love the ideas you have here, especially the specificity of using a Dr. Seuss book to model the “younger” transformation. It fits so perfectly because children who read it would likely be open to these kinds of life lessons, and simplifying the language would make it all the easier to understand. Specifically, would you end up using kid-friendly language to the point of making up nonsense words? I feel like that nuance would help break down the technical terms, and also make it more enjoyable for the kids to read. It would also help with the rhyme schemes too. I also like how you’re specifically tailoring your “older” transformation to parents, with the specific goal of empathy. It sounds like your ideas are very well thought-out, and all you need are just specific details on each transformation. This is a great start, and I’m sure both of these transformations will work out well!
ReplyDeleteI think it is great that you are considering to transform your topic into a Dr.Seuss-like style. I can only imagine the fun you will be having in creating rhymes! I liked how you compared and contrast in your pitch of the tendencies of your chosen genres. I noticed that you have found similar traits in both genres and yet, different in further detail. This let me know that you understand the difference between the everyday languages used by people can differ among certain age groups, even though they would not use the verbiage in a scholarly piece. I also liked how you noted what will be a challenge for you. If it helps, I think it is also appropriate to possibly making a poster. Growing up, I remember seeing educational/health posters around the classroom to “Drink Milk!” and such. It does not have to be intricate, but in posters they do a great job listing the facts and illustrating their points through pictures.
ReplyDeleteI'm actually interested in what kind of children's book you'll make from this. You picked Dr. Seuss as your main source of inspiration and I can't wait to see what rhymes and pictures you'll convey in this book. Will you show kids throwing up or doing ignorant stuff? Your two genres seem appropriate for your topic. Also I especially love this topic because of its significance and real world meaning. Especially in college, drinking is such a norm or custom that not many know the issues behind it. I liked how you explained what information you are going to include your children's book and the newspaper. You are completely accurate in your approach that some information will be in a children's book and not in a newspaper and vice versa. I so excited to see how you'll pull this through.
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