FI:V026 Interpretation of Contemporary

V026 Interpretation of Contemporary Literature -- A Course in Creative Writing II

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 1998

Extent and Intensity

1/1. 2 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Josef Prokeš, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Josef Prokeš, Ph.D.

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

Syllabus

The importance of writing, catharsis, graphomania. What to write about (finding a topic). Brainstorming. Different approaches: creative, electric, compilational. Choosing a topic, collecting info, study and empathy, syllabus. Non-literary texts (now fiction). Automatic writing. Metaphor creation. Inspiration from science, literary texts, painting, architecture. Diary and its forms. Collage of own and other texts. Collective writing. Change of perspective, change of tense. Choice of genre and its changes. Variations, imitations, parody. Plagiarism. Manuscript, first draft. Language games and reproduction exercises. Theatre performance. Text reviewing editing, compositional and stylistic amendments, corrections, anotation, information about the author. Author's reading. Critical evaluation, reviewing polemic, etics of critisism. Copyright. Book presentation.
Texts on the Internet.
A set of texts written by the students over the course.

Language of instruction

Czech

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 1999, Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002.