ZURb1223 Creative writing and language

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jiřina Salaquardová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Kirkosová, Ph.D.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Bc. Pavlína Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable of Seminar Groups
ZURb1223/01: Wed 12:00–13:40 AVC, J. Salaquardová
ZURb1223/02: Wed 14:00–15:40 AVC, J. Salaquardová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 88 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/88, only registered: 0/88
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
This interactive course stimulates students – via a set of specially created stylistical language games, plays-on-words and exercises – to adopt inspirational approaches they can subsequently use in journalistic practice. Through creative game-playing students freely develop their personality, while at the same time cultivating their intuition and awareness as writers. The course requires active participation. Students create a text in the group setting and read it out. The author then receives beneficial feedback from the group. The complexity of the course is based on the requirements of the application sphere, as elaborated in the market analysis.
Learning outcomes
Through creative game-playing students freely develop their personality, while at the same time cultivating their intuition and awareness as writers. The course graduate is able to reflect the rules of creative writing and language and apply them in the creation of his own journalistic texts.
Syllabus
  • Structure: 1. Intuition, talent, automatic text, writer’s diary. Text creation. 2. Self-reflection, reflection, self-awareness as writer. Text creation. 3. Attention, awareness, empathy. Text creation. 4. Methods for creative work, sources of inspiration, conscious work with creative sources, language. Text creation. 5. Simile, metaphor. Inventory (listing). Text creation. 6. Humour and text. Description, originality, surprising break with forms. Text creation. 7. Lexicon; borrowings from stylistical registers. Wealth of weed words. Phraseology. The art of updating, standard models. Dialogue, introductory sentence. 8. Sources of inspiration. Creative search for inspirational sources. Text creation, game-playing. 9. Structures: thesis, antithesis, form AB (AbBa – in text). Paradox, negation. Text creation, game-playing. 10. Composition in the round. ‘Magic three’ effect (triad). Effect of repetition and rhythmisation. Text creation, game-playing. 11. Introduction, making the main point, conclusion. Compositional approaches, differences in form. Writer’s style. Text creation, game-playing
Literature
  • Aristoteles: Poetika. Gryf, Praha 1993.Bradbury, R.: Zen a umění psát, Pragma, 1998 Praha.
  • Casterton, J.: Cretaive Writting, Macmillan 1986.Čelakovský, F.L.: Mudrosloví národu slov. ve příslovích.ČSl.spis. 1978.
  • Fairfax, John: Creative Writting. Elm Tree Books 1989.Fairfax, J.- Moat, J.: The Way to Write. Elm Tree Books 1981.
  • Hajn, P.: Jak se píší knih. Svoboda, Praha 1988. Hiršal, J., Grogerová, B.: Slovo akce písmo, hlas. Čs. spisovatel, Praha 1967.
  • Kitchen, P.: The Way to Write Novels. Elm Tree Books 1992.Kolektiv: O tvořivosti ve vědě, politice a umění. Brno 1993.
  • Lacina, V.: Čtení o psaní aneb spisovatelem snadno a rychle. Praha, Čs. spisovatel 1981.Lodge, D.: The Art of Fiction, Penguin Books 1992.Pink, E.: Oáza štěstí. Zahrada Epikurova, in E. Fink, Oáza štěstí, Mladá fronta, Praha 1992.
  • Shaugnessy, S.: Meditations for Writers. Harper Collins 1993.Škvorecký J.: Samožerbuch. Panorama, Praha 1991.Škvorecký J.: Samožerbuch. Panorama, Praha 1991.
  • Watts, N.: Umění psát. Grada, Praha.King, S.: O Psaní (memoáry o řemesle).
  • Maisel, E.: Trénink kreativity. Portál. 2002. Salaquardová, J. Soubor stylistických a tvůrčích her (e-skriptum ke kurzu Tvůrčí psaní).
Teaching methods
Seminars, workshops, assignments. Simulated practical learning by doing. Mentoring from experts. Project oriented learning. Developing teamwork. Games principle.
Assessment methods
Studants and their work is continuously evaluated at seminars. At the end of course, the students are obligated to submit all texts. At least 90% attendance is required.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021.
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