NJII_971B Narrative Writing: Murder In Campus

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Zdeněk Mareček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Zdeněk Mareček, Ph.D.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: PhDr. Zdeněk Mareček, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 18:00–19:40 K24
Prerequisites
Be willing and able to write regularly and present them in the seminar.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is designed to further develop the wrtiting skills of students who have passed. This is preceded by getting to know each other by letter writing and by producing shorter texts together. Discussing their own texts they learn to revise and to edit their work and the laws of construction of them. At the end of the course students will be able to express their thoughts and feelings in an imaginative, some of them in in a poetic way.
Learning outcomes
The ultimate goal of this seminar is to produce short stories to be presented at the creativity night "Lange Nacht der Kurzen Texte". The theme of the event occurs only in the forst week of the semester.
Syllabus
  • No matter whether this is your first opportunity to experience writing, or whether you have been writing short stories in German for years, your homework assignments will be discussed in-class, in a friendly informal environment. You will improve your creative writing skills, in general, and your command of written German, in particular.
Literature
  • Fišer, Zbyněk Tvůrčí psaní : malá učebnice technik tvůrčího psaní / Zbyněk Fišer. - Brno : Paido, 2001. - 164 S. . - ISBN: 80-85931-99-0
  • MAREČEK, Zdeněk. Der Mord auf dem Campus. Kriminální román jako téma semináře kreativního psaní ve výuce germanistů. (Der Mord auf dem Campus. A Crime Novel Written in the Department of German Studies Creative Writing Workshop.). In Tvůrčí psaní - klíčová kompetence na vysoké škole. 1. vyd. Brno: Doplněk, 2005, p. 117-127. ISBN 80-7239-182-8. info
  • Kreatives Schreiben an Hochschulen :Berichte, Funktionen, Perspektiven. Edited by Hans Arnold Rau. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, 1988, viii, 129. ISBN 3-484-22042-2. info
Teaching methods
Writing shorts texts about the the topic of the Lange Nacht der kurzen Texte, class discussions about stylistic problems of the articles written by the students.
Assessment methods
Regular homework assignments, contribution to the texts presented at the Lange Nacht and their presentation therein
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Seminární práce věnované jednotlivým brněnským periodikům budou předneseny na společném semináři se studenty vídeňského Ústavu srovnávací literární vědy.
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 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021.
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