‘Everyday Creativity Is Always Dialogical in Bakhtin’s Sense’.

The article ‘My Two Lives’ which that highlights the concept of ‘Language and Society’ published by the Newsweek, inspires this task. Language is both a system of communication between individuals and a social phenomenon. The area of language and society, sociolinguistics, is intended to show how such factors as class, gender, race, and more govern our use of language. In short, language constitutes humans and their identities. All people either utilize varieties of a language or use two or more languages to respond to a whole range of affective and interpersonal demands; language by depiction must be defined as multilingualism.

Journaling, as Burney takes up in her first entry, is an inherently private act. Burney’s attentive writing style and care for specific details, like

The diary format that Tamaki has employed in Skim proves to be instrumental in getting the story across. Diaries are one of the most personal and intimate forms of written work. To bolster this claim, let us take the example of Anne Frank. In her case, she named her diary “Kitty”. The naming of the diary is a significant psychological sign to show the extent to which a diarists personalize their written work and pour their life into it. The various segments of a diary are more often than not arranged according to time and date.

In believing that writing have soothing effects to “the fabric of personality (p. 4)” Karen Cangialosi targets anybody with an emotional problem to settle down and create a “cohesive personal narrative (p. 2).” As a result, people will make sense of their lives through their writings and truly experience the “healing through the written word.” Having her target be people with instability, Cangialosi’s article serves the purpose to a remedy for them.

In “Why I Write” by Terry Tempest Williams, she deliberates the development and affect of writing from the mind. Through the internal destruction of emotions, the reconstructing of the words, and the influence writing has in this world, Terry Williams causes us to reevaluate the meaning of writing and how people write for different reasons. In the introduction of the story, we are given an image of the setting, and an indication of where the story will lead. “It is just after 4:00 a.m. I was dreaming about Moab, Brooke and I walking around the block just before dawn.

The poem "Suicide Note”, written by Janice Mirikitani (1987), talks about a young lady, who has study in an Asian-American female college. The lady, unfortunately, commits suicide by jumping out her dormitory’s window. She left behind a note, citing reasons that led to her actions. After a critical analysis of the note, her parents were held responsible for her actions; they were pressurizing her to perform better on her exams. The poem describes the feelings and the emotions of this young lady, who believes that committing suicide is the only option left to please her parents and to escape the enormous pressure placed on her. The persona uses a voice in the poem to bring attention to the suffering she was going through and that led to the devastating event. Voice in poetry is the strong words of a line or stanza that creates a relationship between the audience and the persona. Also, voice can be categorized as imagery patterns of sounds created by rhythm, tone, and diction (Gahern 166). The following is a description of how the voice in Mirikitani’s suicide note help readers understand the imagery, metaphor, sound patterns, tone and dictation.

Amy Tan is a writer who is in love with language. She is fascinated how it can evoke emotion, imagery, a complex idea, or a simple truth. She also spends a great amount of time thinking about the power of language. When she was little, she grew up in a household where perfect English was not spoken. Therefore as she grew older, the way she communicates with her mother is a lot different than with others. She became aware of this, and so she began to write a book her mother would understand. Structures of sentences and paragraphs written in her mother’s “broken” English, its essence is preserved in those pages.

As Bakhtin noted around the same time as Wittgenstein (1910s), the Russian novelist represented each of the unique subjective worlds of his characters (polyphony) via an accurate depiction of their respective language registers, the free expression of each subjectivity as it takes place in language being the sine qua non condition of their existential freedom.

Keeping a journal is something that most people don’t do, including myself. In today’s busy world, very few people take the time to write down their ideas and life experiences. Most of what is captured in pictures nowadays. I’ve always liked the idea of keeping a journal. It has a personal sense to it that nothing can compare to. It’s almost as if you’re taking strands of your life and putting it into a book that becomes a part of you. Keeping a journal has its benefits as well. It allows someone to improve their writing skills little by little. Learning how to organize thoughts and to thoroughly express feelings can greatly improve writing skills. In keeping this journal, I hope to do exactly that.

Baca introduces himself with his background and then explains how his life was transformed through writing. Baca supports his argument with personal experiences and addresses his readers with an informal tone. For example, Baca explains, “From the time I was seven, teachers had been punishing me for not knowing my lessons by making me stick my nose in a circle chalked on the blackboard” (p.41). With his very personal stories and informality, Baca removes any possible barrier between himself and his readers. Baca explains his reason for writing was “to sublimate my rage, from a place where all hope is gone, from a madness of having been damaged too much, from a silence of killing rage” (p. 46). Baca approaches his readers in a subjective stance by allowing his private life to become public. His stories sufficiently persuade readers to believe that a personal transformation through language is possible. Baca’s informality and openness maintain the attention of his readers.

Written is important in that it allows for communication to take place. In fact, writing is a nonverbal means of transmitting messages from one point that is represented by the author to the perspective of the reader. The reader is the audience that the writer seeks to communicate to through the art of writing. Clarity and simplicity of language, precision in grammar, attention to spelling, expressions, and sentences structure, among other aspects, are elements that bear primary significance in writing. Without proper and consistent application of these elements, the resonance that binds the reader to the writer’s work may be compromised. Worse still, poor communication elements in a written work may compromise the meaning and intentions of messages

Language is a means of communication. There are two main types of communication, viz., everyday communication and literary communication. The language of literary communication differs markedly from the language of literature or literary communication. The language of everyday communication is called the ‘common verbal exchange’. As opposed to everyday communication, there is the special use of language in literature. The literary language, therefore, is the special variety of language very much distinct from the everyday language.

Furthermore, this reflection will examine how ‘Life and Journal writing can have therapeutic and psychological benefits, and be salutary to personal, and professional development. In addition, it will discuss how writing in this genre can add a psychotherapeutic dimension to aid the grieving process for people facing this difficult situation.

The social object identified as human, does not have existence or significance without language, which represents a means of interaction and understanding amongst individuals. The more complicated human affairs and sensations are, the more transcend the linguistic form used to express them. Literature is the epitome of language; as it is the language in its most enhanced form to express the concerns and concepts of man in the most premium styles. Hence, literature is a tool to express oppression and resistance, as humanitarian issues.

Carter, R (2004) Language and Creativity: The Art of Common Talk, London, Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, pp. 1-226.