V026 Creative Writing Workshop

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 2002
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Josef Prokeš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Karel Pala, CSc.
Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Josef Prokeš, Ph.D.
Timetable
Tue 11:00–12:50 C416
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Syllabus
  • The point of writing, catharsis, graphomania. What to write about (finding a topic). Brainstorming. Different approaches: creative, eclectic, compilational. Choosing a topic, collecting info, study and empathy, syllabus. Non-literary texts (non fiction). Automatic writing. Metaphor creation. Inspiration from science, literary texts, painting, architecture. Diary and its forms. Collage of own and other texts. Collective writing. Change of perspective, change of tense. Choice of genre and its changes. Variations, imitations, parody. Plagiarism. Manuscript, first draft. Language games and reproduction exercises. Theatre performance. Text reviewing and editing, compositional and stylistic amendments, corrections, annotation, information about the author. Author's reading. Critical evaluation, polemic, the ethics of critisism. Copyright. Book presentation.
  • Texts on the Internet.
  • A set of texts written by the students throughout the course.
Literature
  • Tak pište. Brno: SURSUM, 1998, 116 pp. ISBN 80-85799-36-7. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 1998, Spring 1999, Spring 2000, Spring 2001.
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