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Read Fan Shen's (1989) articleView in a new window about how different cultures produce different writing identities. Respond to some of Shen's main points in a well-thought-out discussion board post. Your response can take the form of structured paragraphs (around 250 words) or it can be more creative (personal narrative, poetry, comics, music, video, collage, etc). Use whatever genre best makes your point.

Feel free to include any anecdotes that have informed what it means to be a writer for you in your culture and how this might be different for someone of a different background. Consider elements of identity like Shen mentions (nationality, political ideologies) as well as other factors (gender, generation, socioeconomic status). Post your response in this discussion board

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Response to Fan Shen's (1989) article
The article describes as well as explores Fan Shen’s experiences of reconciling his
Chinese identity with an English identity that is dictated by the English composition rules. It
portrays the manner in which the cultural background shapes approaches to English writing as
well as how writing in English redefines logical and ideological identities. Shen describes his
abandonment of his Chinese beliefs so as to learn and understand the English composition. Due
to the American individualism, writers are encouraged to personalize their writing since it
pertains to their beliefs and lives as well. Nevertheless, this concept is foreign to international
students, notably the students who come from nations which adopt the Marxist beliefs of a
common good.
I found the article particularly interesting because it depicts writing in English as a
process that led to the creation of his English identity. The Western writing method is straightforward and comprises a very a...


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