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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Creative writing as a way to gain creative self-consciousness Fundamental methods and tools of creative writing Creative writing and psychology of creativity Creative writing and contemporary theory of literature Practicing creative writing Structure of a work of literature Literary types and genres Interpreting the literary
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
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Learning outcomes
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The course will attempt to enhance students' creativity; this will be done through reading, critical and creative thinking and students' own writing activity, producing texts of a variety of types. The skills acquired and refined in the course can benefit students when they find themselves in need of producing academic, journalistic or artistic texts or while translating other people's texts. Students will get familiar with phases of a creative process and with commonly used literary techniques (dramatic dialogue, prose, lyric genres, essays and journalism genres). Above all, the course is aimed at helping students refine their creative writing skills through groupwork, discussion and instructor's feedback. This is backed by theoretical knowledge in literary theory, stylistics, cognitive linguistics and psychology (see intertextuality, visual aspects of language, genres, thematization, the author - text - reader relation, structure and style of text, direct - indirect speech etc.).
Develop and practice self-expression Know of basic methods to enhance one's creative thinking Understand the creative process Be able to apply the theory of literature and the theory of text to shape a text
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Analysis of Creative works (Music, Pictorial,Literary)
Active in-class participation Reading assignments Writing assignments (the number of assignments, genre, extent and format will be agreed on)
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Recommended literature
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Barthes, R., Čermák, J., & Dubský, J. (1967). Nulový stupeň rukopisu ;: Základy sémiologie. Praha: Československý spisovatel.
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Dacey, J.S., Lennon, K.H. (2000). Kreativita. Praha: Grada.
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Dočekalová, M. (2006). Tvůrčí psaní pro každého: jak psát pro noviny a časopisy, jak vymyslet dobrý příběh, praktická cvičení. Praha: Grada Publishing.
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Fišer, Z. (2012). Tvůrčí psaní v literární výchově jako nástroj poznání.
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Tony Buzan. (2007). Mentální mapování. Portál.
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