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Subject:RE: OT RE: Tech Writing Curriculum From:APEERY -at- FAMILYDOLLAR -dot- COM To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 13 Nov 2001 12:44:08 -0500
Excellent example. Your comment made me realize that Sanskrit literature is
full of tech writing, much more so than any western literatures that come to
mind. IMHO, the classical Sanskrit writers were concerned with how to BE,
so their stuff frequently seems to resemble instruction manuals. (In
contrast, I think western literatures are usually saying something like,
"Here is what we know, or what we can know.")
Could this sort of literature be used in a TW curriculum to give a sense of
historical perspective? Or is that just silly? I mean, if we are concerned
with cranking out technical writers, I suppose it's pretty useless, but it
IS interesting...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sabahat Ashraf [SMTP:sabahat -at- viragelogic -dot- com]
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 6:38 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Cc: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Re: OT RE: Tech Writing Curriculum
>
> "Sean O'Donoghue-Hayes (EPA)" wrote:
...anyone know of any REAL old examples of
> > technical writing that have survived to the current day that might be of
> > interest (perhaps how to weave from Medieval France?).
>
>
...Mebbe they dinna cauld it Taichnikal Wraiting, but what would you
call
> -- to use the example most likely to get me at least a slap on the wrist
> from from Eric -- the, er, um ... Kama Sutra? Is that nary a How-to
> manual?...
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