Life Stories will focus mainly on personal essays and narratives. We will read authors from different backgrounds who write about themselves or others from a personal perspective. The selection of texts and will cover an assortment of styles and perspectives that will help the students understand that reading and writing 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 (and videos) 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 a more effective way our thoughts and emotions. 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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