Project Planning
Rhetorical context
What are your purposes and goals for this project?
- My purpose for this project is to discuss Nguyen’s unique format for her poem and its personal relation to her in terms of grieving for her brother.
Who is your audience?
- The listeners of the podcast and people who are interested in learning more about poetry.
What is your context?
- I will be using Diana Khoi Nguyen’s poem “Triptych” and the audio of her reciting the poem.
How do these factors play a role and what and how you will compose?
- The factors of grief are portrayed through the visual, auditorial, and historical aspect of the poem. My plan is to first discuss the historical context of the poem, then I will transition into the visual aspect of the poem, followed by the sound clip of Nguyen herself reciting the poem.
Genre
What genre are you composing in?
- The poem falls into the category of erasure found poetry
What are the rhetorical strategies that composers need to use for their sound writing to be identified as a piece in that genre?
- The visual structure of the poem is very important to the genre because it defines the characteristics of it. I also think in this particular poem, it is important to hear the recitation and see if it mocks the visual aspect of the poem because that as well defines the poem.
What are some of the “optional” rhetorical moves people make in the genre?
- In this poem, I would say the recitation of the pauses in place of large gaps in the poem is optional. It is not necessary to include in the poem, but for this specific poem, it definitely added to the history of the poem and the tone.
Structure and organization
What structure might you imagine for this audio project?
- I am focusing on a monologue structured podcast.
How might you organize your content?
- As of right now, I am organizing it based on the aspect of the poem I want to focus on. I am still figuring out the order, but I think I will start with the history of the poem, then the visual aspect of the poem followed by the sound.
Audio assets
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What kind of audio do you need to collect?
- I have the audio of Nguyen’s recitation of her poem.
Where and how will you collect these audio assets?
- I collected it from the Poetry Foundation.
How and where will you organize these assets?
- I am planning to play the recording after discussing the visual aspect of the poem. However, I may change it and place it after I talk about the background of the poem.
Deadlines
What do you need to get done and by what date?
- I plan on getting the script done by Monday, Nov. 27th. The project itself is due December 11th.
What days and times will you devote to this project?
- I will devote every class period to get the work done, as well as carving out time outside of class to meet the required deadlines.
The Journalist’s questions
Looking at the 5 “W’s” and 1 “H” below, are there any you haven’t answered yet in your plan? If so, answer them here.
- Who will contribute to the project and support you in composing it?
- - I am working on this project alone, but I will definitely ask for feedback from my classmates and Professor Belflower.
- What do you need to know and gather?
- - I want to gather more information on erasure found poetry. I also need to analyze the poem a little bit more and possibly find one more source just to help clarify my thoughts and help me further understand the direction I want to go in regarding the poem’s analysis.
- When is it due, and when will you carve out time to do it?
- - The project is due December 11th, and I am utilizing class time to work on the project. I am also planning to dedicate my personal time to work on it in order to meet the deadlines.
- Where will it be heard, and by whom?
- - It will be heard by the radio show listeners on the radio.
- Why is this project important?
- - This project is important because it displays the different styles of poetry and how people use poetry to express themselves and tell stories. This particular poem expresses feelings of grieving, and Nguyen did it in a unique way, so I think it is worth discussing.
- How will you carry out the various aspects of the plan?
- - I am doing my best to organize all of the aspects of my show and writing the script. I think it will also be beneficial to have some feedback. Listening over my recording and working on what needs to be fixed will also help a lot.
