PdF:AJ0313 Creative Writing - Course Information
AJ0313 Creative Writing
Faculty of EducationSpring 2025
The course is not taught in Spring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Pavla Buchtová (seminar tutor)
- Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education - 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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 35 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- This course acquaints its students with the rudimentary practices of creative writing. Special emphasis is placed on practical exercises which can be used in teaching practice or in one's own creative writing.
- Learning outcomes
- After completing this course, students will :
- understand various forms and structures of fiction, poetry and non-fiction
- develop their own individual style
- demonstrate knowledge of editing and revision techniques
- produce several original works of fiction and poetry - Syllabus
- Week 1: Please Introduce Yourselves
- acrostic poem; interview; (micro-fiction)
- Week 2: Everyone Loves a Mystery
- literary genres; mystery: point of view
- Week 3: Once Upon a Time
- stereotypes in fairy tales; re-writing the stories
- Week 4: Tell all the Truth but tell it slant
- poetry, metaphors, imagery, line breaks
- Week 5: “When the doorbell rings at three in the morning, it’s never good news.”
- opening lines; peer reviews
- Week 6: Showing, not telling
- plot and theme
- Week 7: Creating characters
- creating fictional characters; writing dialogues
- Week 8: Sources of inspiration
- Week 9: Exercises in style
- language, clichés
- Week 10: Writing non-fiction I
- journals, traveller’s tales
- Week 11: Writing non-fiction II
- essays
- Week 12: Performing Writing/ Publishing Writing
- Literature
- Additional materials will be placed in the mood-link-a course.
- WHITE, Ronald V. Writing : advanced. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987, x, 117. ISBN 0194534073. info
- Teaching methods
- This class uses a variety of methods including mini-lecture, group discussions, presentations, and projects on Moodlinka.
- Assessment methods
- This course is designed as a practical course, which means that a lot of writing will be involved. Attendance at class meetings is essential and required in order to pass the class. Completion of the course is based upon completion of weekly assignments during the semester as well as a longer seminar work.
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Předmět bude realizován, pokud se přihlásí alespoň 15 studentů. - Teacher's information
- http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=683
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