CJBC739 Creative writing for Czech studies students

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Zbyněk Fišer, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jitka Cholastová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Zbyněk Fišer, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Veronika Bromová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 16:00–17:40 D32
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: 2/15, only registered: 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This optional seminar is designated for those students who wants to use the creative writing techniques in development of their own ability to understand the aesthetic qualities of the literary artwork.
At the end of this course student will be able to understand the principle of the literary text composition; to interpret the aesthetic functioning of the text by their own experience; to create a text as a aesthetic communicator.
The aim of the course is the developing of the personal creativity skills, no authorial experience needed.
Learning outcomes
The participants will attempt different writing techniques supporting imagination and a-linear thinking, stimulation techniques, techniques eliminating blocks, collective authorship.
At the end of this course, students should be able to: understand the creative process of the text production of different genres; interpret different communicative functions of the text and design the success communicative texts.
Syllabus
  • The themes of the different seminars:
  • Acrostic (Key words),
  • Anthropomorphization,
  • Automatic text,
  • Clustering to a photograph,
  • Digression,
  • Collective text (Ball)
  • Experimental Lyrics,
  • Story foloving the photography,
  • Writing in pairs,
  • Narrating in different time perspectives,
  • Metaphors,
  • Genre variations.
Literature
  • FIŠER, Zbyněk. Tvůrčí psaní: malá učebnice technik tvůrčího psaní. (Creative Writing.). 1st ed. Brno: Paido. Edice pedagogické literatury., 2002, 164 pp. ISBN 80-85931-99-0. info
  • KOŽMÍN, Zdeněk. Tvořivý sloh. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1995, 104 pp. ISBN 80-7187-037-4. info
  • BERÁNKOVÁ, Eva. Tvořivá hra jako cesta k pochopení literárního díla. 1. vydání. Plzeň: Fraus, 2002, 106 stran. ISBN 8072381822. info
  • SLAVÍK, Jan. Od výrazu k dialogu ve výchově : artefiletika. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 1997, 199 s. ISBN 8071844373. info
  • LEDERBUCHOVÁ, Ladislava. Průvodce literárním dílem : výkladový slovník základních pojmů literární teorie. Vyd. 1. Jinočany: H & H, 2002, 355 s. ISBN 8073190206. info
  • RUT, Přemysl. Menší poetický slovník v příkladech : a-z 1974-1981. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1985. info
  • FIŠER, Zbyněk, Dagmar DVOŘÁKOVÁ, Jitka CHOLASTOVÁ, Petr KUBĚNSKÝ, Pavla KOPEČNÁ and Zuzana ŠALAMOUNOVÁ. Tvůrčí psaní v literární výchově jako nástroj poznávání (Creative writing in literary education as a tool of cognition). Online. 1., elektronické vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2017, 226 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-8545-9. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.M210-8545-2017. Čítárna Munispace info
  • FIŠER, Zbyněk, Dagmar DVOŘÁKOVÁ, Jitka CHOLASTOVÁ, Petr KUBĚNSKÝ, Pavla KOPEČNÁ and Zuzana ŠALAMOUNOVÁ. Tvůrčí psaní v literární výchově jako nástroj poznávání (Creative writing in literary education as a tool of cognition). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012, 226 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6121-7. info
Teaching methods
Individual writing excercise, teamwork, discussion, homework.
Assessment methods
Active participation in lessons, portfolio with commentary.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
General note: Předmět bude otevřen a vyučován při minimálním počtu 6 zapsaných studujících. Maximální počet účastníků je 12 osob.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2021, recent)
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