ZUR204 Creative writing for journalists (workshop)

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jiřina Salaquardová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Jiřina Salaquardová
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Drahomíra Soldánová
Timetable
Tue 18:00–19:30 U53
Prerequisites (in Czech)
SMER(ZUR)
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
Course objectives
ZUR204 Creative writing for journalists (workshop) This interactive course stimulates students – via a set of specially created stylistical language games, plays-on-words and exercises – to adopt inspirational approaches they can subsequently use in journalistic practice. Through creative game-playing students freely develop their personality, while at the same time cultivating their intuition and awareness as writers. The course requires active participation. Students create a text in the group setting and read it out. The author then receives beneficial feedback from the group. Individual evaluation.
Syllabus
  • Creative writing Syllabus outline 1. Intuition, talent, automatic text, writer’s diary. Text creation. 2. Self-reflection, reflection, self-awareness as writer. Text creation. 3. Attention, awareness, empathy. Text creation. 4. Methods for creative work, sources of inspiration, conscious work with creative sources. Text creation. 5. Simile, metaphor. Inventory (listing). Text creation. 6. Humour and text. Description, originality, surprising break with forms. Text creation. 7. Lexicon; borrowings from stylistical registers. Wealth of weed words. Phraseology. The art of updating, standard models. Dialogue, introductory sentence. 8. Sources of inspiration. Creative search for inspirational sources. Text creation, game-playing. 9. Structures: thesis, antithesis, form AB (AbBa – in text). Paradox, negation. Text creation, game-playing. 10. Composition in the round. ‘Magic three’ effect (triad). Effect of repetition and rhythmisation. Text creation, game-playing. 11. Introduction, making the main point, conclusion. Compositional approaches, differences in form. Writer’s style. Text creation, game-playing
Literature
  • Aristoteles: Poetika. Gryf, Praha 1993.Bradbury, R.: Zen a umění psát, Pragma, 1998 Praha.
  • Casterton, J.: Cretaive Writting, Macmillan 1986.Čelakovský, F.L.: Mudrosloví národu slov. ve příslovích.ČSl.spis. 1978.
  • Fairfax, John: Creative Writting. Elm Tree Books 1989.Fairfax, J.- Moat, J.: The Way to Write. Elm Tree Books 1981.
  • Hajn, P.: Jak se píší knih. Svoboda, Praha 1988. Hiršal, J., Grogerová, B.: Slovo akce písmo, hlas. Čs. spisovatel, Praha 1967.
  • Kitchen, P.: The Way to Write Novels. Elm Tree Books 1992.Kolektiv: O tvořivosti ve vědě, politice a umění. Brno 1993.
  • Lacina, V.: Čtení o psaní aneb spisovatelem snadno a rychle. Praha, Čs. spisovatel 1981.Lodge, D.: The Art of Fiction, Penguin Books 1992.Pink, E.: Oáza štěstí. Zahrada Epikurova, in E. Fink, Oáza štěstí, Mladá fronta, Praha 1992.
  • Shaugnessy, S.: Meditations for Writers. Harper Collins 1993.Škvorecký J.: Samožerbuch. Panorama, Praha 1991.Škvorecký J.: Samožerbuch. Panorama, Praha 1991.
  • Watts, N.: Umění psát. Grada, Praha.King, S.: O Psaní (memoáry o řemesle).
  • Maisel, E.: Trénink kreativity. Portál. 2002. Salaquardová, J. Soubor stylistických a tvůrčích her (e-skriptum ke kurzu Tvůrčí psaní).
Assessment methods
Texts creation.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Spring 2000, Autumn 2000, Spring 2001, Autumn 2001, Spring 2002, Autumn 2002, Spring 2003, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
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