UCJAJNP031 Creative Reading and Writing

Filozoficko-přírodovědecká fakulta v Opavě
léto 2025
Rozsah
0/1/0. 5 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
M.Sc. Gary Rostock (cvičící)
Garance
doc. PhDr. Michaela Weiss, Ph.D.
Ústav cizích jazyků – Filozoficko-přírodovědecká fakulta v Opavě
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Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
The course provides an introduction to creative writing that emphasizes the crucial aspects of creative reading in recognizing the structures, patterns and tools of fiction. Through a close reading of various texts of different genres, the students will become aware of the potential and challenges of each form that will be later applied in their own adaptations and original texts. Students will learn the basis of literary canons and the possibilities of innovation and reshaping of the existing forms. The course will be based on the combination of theoretical background, practice of close reading and individual creative activities that will result in acknowledgement of text structure, the relations between setting and character, the role and effective uses of intertextuality, and the importance of self-editing process.
Výstupy z učení
Students will learn: the basis of literary canons
the grammar of reading
how to structure their own texts
Osnova
  • 1. Introduction to the course
  • 2. How do we read?
  • 3. Creative Reading: major principles
  • 4. Discussing structure
  • 5. Points of view and narrative
  • 6. Characters
  • 7. Character types
  • 8. Creating a beliavable character
  • 9. Symbols and metaphors
  • 10. Creating original comparisons
  • 11. Project assignment
  • 12. Opening and closing a story
  • 13. Final Project Presentation
Literatura
  • Bishop, Wendy, David Starkey. Keywords in Creative Writing. Logan: Utah State University Press, 2006. info
Výukové metody
seminar
Metody hodnocení
text portfolio
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích léto 2022, léto 2023, léto 2024.