Life Stories, will focus mainly on personal essays and narratives. We will read authors from
many different backgrounds who write about themselves or others from a personal perspective. The selection of texts will cover an assortment of styles and perspectives that will help the students understand that reading is a process of assimilation and imitation, an exploration of possibilities and options, and a path to personal epiphanies. It is my hope that these texts will help all of us to see the world with a greater sense of the other. At the same time, we will work throughout the term to improve our writing skills to be able to convey in more effective way our thoughts and our emotions as makers of creative objects. Texts will include works written by journalists, poets, fiction writers, and academics from several national backgrounds.Writing 2 continues the work begun in Writing 1 on strengthening students' ability to write, read and discuss at the college level, with emphasis on literary and visual analysis, and research and argumentation skills. The course will revolve around a specific theme selected by the instructor.

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