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Course: Creative Writing in Popular Literature II

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Course title Creative Writing in Popular Literature II
Course code KLKS/TVUP2
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kudláč Antonín, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Specific features of popular literature writing. Techniques for searching for a topic. Outlining a story. Modeling characters. Creating dialogue. The art of description (with special focus on the description of the environment). Composition of a text. Use of various levels of language. Final control of texts; corrections. Contact with editors and publishers.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Skills training
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is learning the basics of short story writing and the genres of popular literature (detective stories, science-fiction, fantasy, horror).
The students will acquire creative skills, which can later be used in their own writing as well as in other fields of study and their creative potential will thus be reinforced.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Home assignment evaluation, Student performance assessment, Oral performance analysis, Work-related product analysis, Creative work analysis

Credit is dependent on sufficient attendance (only three absences are permitted per term), active participation during seminars, and writing three short stories (2-3 normal pages each). These short story will be written in accordance with one genre of popular literature.
Recommended literature
  • Berková, Alexandra. O psaní. Praha, 2014.
  • BRADBURY, R. Zen a umění psát. Eseje o tvořivosti. Praha, 1998.
  • DOČEKALOVÁ, M. Tvůrčí psaní pro každého. Praha, 2006.
  • FIŠER, Z. Tvůrčí psaní. Malá učebnice technik tvůrčího psaní. Brno, 2001.
  • HRDLIČKA, F. Průvodce po literárním řemesle. Základy tvůrčího psaní. Praha, 2004.
  • KING, S. O psaní. Memoáry o řemesle. Praha 2005 (2. vyd.).
  • LOVECRAFT, H. P. Soupis některých základních hrůzostrašných motivů používaných v nadpřirozených povídkách. Návrhy pro psaní příběhů, in: týž, Bezejmenné město. Praha 1998, s. 164-169.
  • STUDENÝ, J. Drama jazyka. Teorie a praxe tvůrčího psaní. Pardubice, 2003.
  • VONNEGUT, jr., K. Úvod, in týž: Tabatěrka z Bagomba. Praha 2001, s. 15-25 an.


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