Some Reflections on Writing

1. I disagree with the firs statement because writing discourse is inscribed in a social context, but also in a “personal context”. The “personal context” is that in which we can include: the author’s reasons, that means that the author discourse is generated by her/his ideology, reflections, believes, thought and knowledge about the world, her/his society and the discipline in which the writing discourse is linked. Thus the text also is influenced by a social context, and also it develops a role within the society.
In this way I think that writing discourse can't be separated from its author, and that writing needs the context. And of course I think that a writing discourse can be doubted or questioned.
2. I don’t think writing discourse destroys the ability to memorize, or that it weakens thought because writing is an exercise in which we have to put in action some of our previous knowledge and other mental skills that are strengthened or improved through writing.
3. Writing could be understood as a technology, and therefore as artificial in the sense of writing was created by human as other technologies. And according to Walter J. Ong “by contrast with natural, oral speech, writing is completely artificial. There is no way to write ‘naturally’. (Walter Ong: 1982).
4. I agree with the fourth statement, because through writing we can preserve and transmit our speech. However writing isn’t the only way to do it, because for instance oral tradition also does that. The advantage of printed word is that it tends to preserve the author’s speech without modifications for ages.