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Lecturer(s)
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Sýkora Michal, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Creative writing and creative reading Discussion of selected artistic texts thematizing the creative process (Georges Perec - "I Remember", Lucia Berlin - "A Manual for Cleaning Women" Rules and creativity Creative "games" - OULIPO method, "Trigorin's notebook" Basic techniques on how to write a short story
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The course aims to lead students to master the basic procedures and habits for creating a prose text. Students will be introduced to the laws of creative work and the genesis of the text. The seminar is based on discussion of submitted texts and continuous completion of assigned creative tasks. The seminar programme is based on David Morley's well-established and highly regarded handbook, The Cambridge Introduction to Creative Writing (11th edition 2014).
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Prerequisites
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Course leader: Michal Sýkora Author of novels: The Case for the Exorcist (2012, 2021) Blue Shadows (2013) It's Not Over Yet (2016) Five Dead Dogs (2018) Worst Fears (2020) A contribution to a series of short story anthologies. Novels and short stories translated into a range of languages, including English, Polish, Arabic... Screenplays (TV miniseries): Living Targets (with Peter Jarchovsky, 2019) The Background of Events (with Petr Jarchovský, 2022) - nominated for the Czech Lion in the category of best TV miniseries TV adaptation of books: The Case for the Exorcist (Jan Hřebejk 2015) Blue Shadows (Viktor Tauš 2016) - nominated for the Czech Lion in the category of best TV miniseries Five Dead Dogs (Jan Hřebejk 2016) Vodník (Viktor Tauš 2019) - Czech Lion in the category of best TV miniseries
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
Systematic work preparing for classes. Completing assigned tasks.
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Recommended literature
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