NJII_971 Narrative Writting: Murder In Campus

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2021
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
Wed 14:00–15:40 VP
Prerequisites
Be willing and able to write regularly and present them in the seminar.
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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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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
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023.
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