In "All writing is Autobiographical,” Murray suggests that all writing is autobiographical because even when the author has no intention of putting details of their own life in it they still end up include stuff from their own life experiences. Murray asks us to reconsider how we look at writing and to realize that in everything we write we include something about ourselves that distinguishes our work from others. This applies to what we have been discussing about Wikipedia because even though Wikipedia and all encyclopedias’ are supposed to be objective sources. But according to Murray whenever someone is writing they reveal something about themselves through their writing. Personal bias can easily be included without the author realizing it. If the author has a pre-determined notion of what their writing about the article can still come out one sided even though the author is trying to be objective.
I like how you decided to discuss the relevancy of bias as a tool of autobiographical writing in this post. Bias is something that everyone possesses and often times when we are writing academically, it can be difficult to suppress our biases about various subjects. I think after reading this article, I've discovered that it is okay to include something unique about myself in my writings.
ReplyDeleteI agree completely with you when you said that personal bias can be included in the writing without the author even realizing it. Like we discussed in class today, even in an objective writing sample, certain facts, statements, or evidence revealed is based on the author. Thus proving Murray's point that no matter what you are writing about, your writing is influenced by your life.
ReplyDeleteGotta agree with everyone on this one. From even the most subtle things as which facts and figures to include in an article to our personal writing style, bias is included in a lot of writings.
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