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| ELL4022 | Creative Writing Skills | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of WESTERN LANGUAGES and LITERATURE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Mustafa Zeki ÇIRAKLI | | Co-Lecturer | none | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Creative writing is any form of writing which is written with the creativity of mind: fiction writing, poetry writing, creative nonfiction writing and more. The purpose is to express something, whether it be feelings, thoughts, or emotions.
to increase your proficiency in creative writing is to write, write compulsively
to write to entertain or educate someone, to spread awareness about something or someone, or to express one?s thoughts.
explore the creative process through writing
delve into the experience of being abroad, in Buenos Aires
define/determine individual goals as a writer
expand & refine vocabulary & style resources
become familiar with the conventions of craft (specific to genre)
learn about varied techniques of fiction, non-fiction & poetry
learn how to critique (and be critiqued) constructively
reinforce revising skills, not only of language but also of ideas
prepare a portfolio of original texts
prepare a text for submission to a publisher or competition |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| This is an introductory course in creative writing: prose predominates (literary non-fiction as well as fiction) though all genres are accepted. No previous experience is required.
Short spontaneous exercises and longer assignments combine to motivate, and refine, students´ writing, both about the chronicler?s main subjects (place, people, and things)and about the fiction writer?s concerns (character, plot or narrative economy, and closure). Whether fiction or non-fiction, students? writing is discussed via criteria pertinent to literary work. Learning to analyze a piece of writing critically is a key component of the course. Guidelines/criteria will be provided. Students are encouraged to apply them as well as to improvise, as long as opinions are always grounded in evidence from the relevant text.
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | An Introduction to Creative Writing | | | Week 2 | How to Get Started in Creative Writing | | | Week 3 | Creative Writing vs. Technical Writing | | | Week 4 | Fiction Writing: The Elements of Stories | | | Week 5 | Poetry Writing: Forms and Terms Galore | | | Week 6 | Creative Non-Fiction: What is it? | | | Week 7 | Tips and Tricks to Improve Your Creative Writing | | | Week 8 | Common Mistakes Made by Creative Writers | | | Week 9 | being a foreigner abroad, travel writing. | | | Week 10 | Journal Writing | | | Week 11 | autobiographical writing, confessional writing | | | Week 12 | critiquing others writing
Debate: an editors role? | | | Week 13 | Creative processes and the writer's method | | | Week 14 | action & narrative, plot motors & suspense | | | Week 15 | taboos in writing | | | Week 16 | translation/ writing trajectories in socio-cultural/historical context/poetry | | | |
| 1 | Sally Jones,Amanda JonesCreative Writing TutorChanges. Brush Up on Your Writing Skills | | | 2 | Graeme Harper, Jeri Kroll. Creative Writing Studies: Practice, Research and Pedagogy (New Writing Viewpoints) | | | 3 | Ramsay, Graham Gordon; Sweet, Holly Barlow.A creative guide to exploring your life : self-reflection using photography, art, and writing | | | |
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