This course will examine what’s considered elements of modern, specifically technologically advanced, life in essays, literature and film, to probe how individuals of various cultures encounter themselves and the other, or spaces foreign to them, and how that in turn affects identity. Textual analysis will be key. Technology and access to highly developed technological societies affects how one looks at the other, but also how one looks at ones’ self. This may affect one’s view of sex, gender roles, one’s mental health, the “foreigner,” the “margins” in society, as well as one’s image and its transmission through various mediums of technology, among many other issues. Cultural forms of display will also be considered, as well as narratives of how communities remember and the various non institutional ways of archiving those memories. The writers and filmmakers we engage with in Writing 2 raise questions and critiques of these issues.
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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