Study Task- Book Definition
| Module ID: | OUGD404 | Module Brief: | Clickable Title |
| Module Leader: | Simon Harrison | Module Deadline: | |
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Task
What is a book?
- What can a book be? Analysis of a range of interpretations of a book.
- Determine and analyse the purpose, production and success of a range of publications. - Present, photograph and analyse physical examples of publications, including stock, binding method, layout, typography, colour etc. |
Research Sources/Further Information
Mandatory Requirements
| Blog Post - demonstrating awareness of publication design and productionf |
Deliverables
| Blog post We started the session firstly by the tutor asking us WHAT IS A BOOK? |
The whole lesson would run with this question in mind. So from there we were split up into three different groups, given A2 paper and a marker and asked as a group to write down as many different ideas and answers we have to the asked questions?
The First Question Is What Is A Book?
Here are some of the answers we got;
Story
Imagination
Sound
Paper
Collection of pages
Electronic book
Leaflet
Brochure
Visual Stimuli
History
Foldable Trees
Words
Educational
Holder of information
The Second Question Is What Is The Purpose Of A Book?
Inspire
Thesis
Inform
Educate
Journalise
Persuade
Tell a story
Generate controversy
Escape
Enforce
Stimulate
Explain
Question
Entertain
How Is A Collection Organised?
To Tell A Story
Chronologically
In Sequence
By Choice
Paragraphs
Sentences
Chapters
Random
Pagination
Binded
After giving all these answers to the tutor we discussed all of the answers as a class and they made us think a lot more about these and see the things that are less obvious. Firstly we though that obviously the physical answer to what is a book is a number of pieces put together in order with information on it, but really it made is think a book can be a lot of different thing stretching from a collection of pages telling a story to a digital copy of a book in this modern age and a means of transportation of visual stimuli whether it be text or image. If we say it is the first definition that only allows paper books to fit the definition, but if we say the second definition this opens up the possibilities of what can be called a book such as a kindle or a leaflet opening up the discussion of are these things books or not?
After looking at all of the answers that we gave for the second question what is the purpose of a book? we came to the conclusion that whatever the answers were they could be categorised under to inform, explain or educate. Whether it be a cooking book giving instructions to the reader to a history book explaining things about the past.
The third question made us think aswell the information of a book can be ordered so many ways from chronologically in a history book to in sentences, paragraphs and chapters from an authors perspective and to even such ways as tell a story.
After looking at all of the answers that we gave for the second question what is the purpose of a book? we came to the conclusion that whatever the answers were they could be categorised under to inform, explain or educate. Whether it be a cooking book giving instructions to the reader to a history book explaining things about the past.
The third question made us think aswell the information of a book can be ordered so many ways from chronologically in a history book to in sentences, paragraphs and chapters from an authors perspective and to even such ways as tell a story.
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