FF:NJII_971 Narrative Writting - Course Information

NJII_971 Narrative Writting: Murder In Campus

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

PhDr. Zdeněk Mareček, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

PhDr. Zdeněk Mareček, Ph.D.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: PhDr. Zdeněk Mareček, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Thu 17:30–19:05 B2.24

Prerequisites

Be willing and able to write regularly and present them in the seminar.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15

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Course objectives

The course is designed to further develop the wrtiting skills of students who have passed. The ultimate goal of this seminar is to produce short stories to be presented at the creativity night "Lange Nacht der Kurzen Texte". This is preceded by getting to know each other by letter writing and by producing shorter texts together. Discussing their own texts they learn to revise and to edit their work and the laws of construction of them. At the end of the course students will be able to express their thoughts and feelings in an imaginative, some of them in in a poetic way.

Syllabus

• No matter whether this is your first opportunity to experience writing, or whether you have been writing short stories in German for years, your homework assignments will be discussed in-class, in a friendly informal environment. You will improve your creative writing skills, in general, and your command of written German, in particular.

Literature

• Fišer, Zbyněk Tvůrčí psaní : malá učebnice technik tvůrčího psaní / Zbyněk Fišer. - Brno : Paido, 2001. - 164 S. . - ISBN: 80-85931-99-0
• MAREČEK, Zdeněk. Der Mord auf dem Campus. Kriminální román jako téma semináře kreativního psaní ve výuce germanistů. (Der Mord auf dem Campus. A Crime Novel Written in the Department of German Studies Creative Writing Workshop.). In Tvůrčí psaní - klíčová kompetence na vysoké škole. 1. vyd. Brno: Doplněk, 2005, p. 117-127. ISBN 80-7239-182-8. info
• Kreatives Schreiben an Hochschulen :Berichte, Funktionen, Perspektiven. Edited by Hans Arnold Rau. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, 1988, viii, 129. ISBN 3-484-22042-2. info

Teaching methods

Seminars, two hours per week, plus tutorials to be arranged individually with students. In the first weeks, the experience from the last seminars will be summarized and a new project according to the actuel theme of the creativity night developed. Subseguently, the homework of each of the students will be diskussed, the texts harmonized to each other and their language and style revised. Before presetation, the pronunciation and performing skills will be improved in individual tutorials.

Assessment methods

regular homework assignments, contribution to the texts presented at the Lange Nacht and their presentation therein

Language of instruction

German

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught each semester.

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