FPF:UBKCJLBP46 Creative writing - Course Information

UBKCJLBP46 Creative writing

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2025

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Jakub Chrobák, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

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Prerequisites

There is no prerequisite for the lecture.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Course objectives

To give students a basic creative awareness of each literary genres and their use in theater practice.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge of literary types. Creative skills. Creative work with literature texts in theater practice.

Syllabus

The course will try to depict the basic mechanisms of functioning of elementary literary genres in the form of discussions on creative works of students, taking into account the use of acquired knowledge in working with dramatic texts. 1. Writing as a creative process. 2. Literature as an institution (adjustments, corrections, editor, second eyes). 3. Poetry - what is and what is not poetry. 4. Poetry - critical discussion of the first texts. 5. Poetry - corrections - critical discussion of variants of previous texts. 6. Epics - what is the function of narration. 7. Epics - entry into the fictional world. Discussion of introductions to short stories. 8. Epics - rhythm - structure of an epic work, position of the narrator's band and character band, ways of using dialogue. 9. Epics - dialogue. Discussion on the form of dialogue and direct speech in a prose work. 10. Drama - what is the dramatic situation? 11. Drama - to characterize the characters out of speech. 12. Drama - a character created from words. 13. Discussion of dramatic experiments of students.

Literature

required literature

KOLEKTIV: Tvůrčí psaní – klíčová kompetence na vysoké škole. Brno: Doplněk, 2005.
FIŠER, Z. Malá učebnice technik tvůrčího psaní. Brno: Paido, 2001.
MANGUEL, A. Dějiny čtení. Brno: Host, 2007.
FIŠER, Z. Tvůrčí psaní v literární výchově jako nástroj poznání. Brno: MU, 2012.

recommended literature

not specified

DOČEKALOVÁ, M. Tvůrčí psaní pro každého2: Naučte se vyprávět příběhy. Praha: Grada, 2009.

Teaching methods

Criticak class discussion, creative writting, presentations.

Assessment methods

Evaluation of creative work in three literary types.

Language of instruction

Czech

Teacher's information

Consultations are also possible outside the consultation hours at jakub.chrobak@fpf.slu.cz.

The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.