WRIT 2000: THEORIES OF WRITING

Theory of Writing Essay

For this essay I was given a quarter to come up with my own theory of writing. After reading papers by writers like Michel Foucault and Walter J. Ong, I came to my own theory that places writing as a type of fashion, going in and out of fads like we might see the use of scrunchies and high-waisted jeans. Much like fashion, visual aesthetics take a big toll on writing and specifically I look at how poetry through the times has gone in and out of fashion through use of oral performance and the use of newer technologies. 

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This essay helped me view my own writing in a different light so that now I can recognize my own fashions I lean towards and where I have shifted in and out of fads or styles.