Theories of Writing
Digital Literacy Evolution: The Rise of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction in Social Media
This is my final research essay within this class. It was written for my Theories of Writing class and it focuses on digital literacy evolving and the contemporary form of creative nonfiction in social media. I chose this piece because I really enjoyed writing it for the course.
Theories of Writing | WRIT 2000
​From this class I chose my essay on Digital Literacy Evolution: The Rise of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction in Social Media. I really enjoyed this assignment despite it being a bit of a challenge for me.​
​Class description from syllabus:
"In Theories of Writing, you will learn how theories of writing have developed from ancient to contemporary times. We will explore how and why Plato and Socrates distrusted writing because it displaced the present moment and the immediacy of the audience and how that distrust has affected theories of writing historically as well as how the immediacy of online writing complicates this distrust. We will explore how the ancients
viewed writing as a process and how and why this view has evolved currently. Furthermore, we will explore how writing works rhetorically and socially to create knowledge by responding to the specific needs and purposes of its audience and how knowledge changes as the needs and purposes of audiences change. We will explore where creativity comes from and how creative writers work. Finally, we will explore how and why the visual and aural nature of online writing is changing how we write."​