基本説明
This book explores the teaching, learning and researching of creative writing. It outlines current issues, as defined by experts from the UK, USA and Australia. These expert contributors suggest solutions that will positively impact on the development of the discipline of creative writing in universities and colleges today and in the future.
Full Description
Key Issues in Creative Writing explores a range of important issues that inform the practice and understanding of creative writing. The collection considers creative writing learning and teaching as well as creative writing research. Contributors target debates that arise because of the nature of creative writing. These experts - from the UK, USA and Australia - specifically examine creative writing as a subject in universities and colleges and discuss both the creative knowledge and the critical understanding informing the subject and its future. Finally, this volume suggests ways in which addressing current issues will produce significant disciplinary knowledge that will contribute to the success of creative writing in current and future academic environments.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Dianne Donnelly and Graeme Harper: Key Issues and Global Perspectives in Creative Writing
Part I
Chapter 1: Dianne Donnelly: Reshaping Creative Writing: Power and Agency in the Academy
Chapter 2: Mimi Thebo: Hey, Babe, Take a Walk on the Wild Side—Creative Writing in Universities
Chapter 3: Graeme Harper: Creative Writing Habitats
Chapter 4: Steve Healey: Beyond the Literary: Why Creative Literacy Matters
Chapter 5: Katharine Haake: To Fill with Milk: Or, the Thing and Itself
Chapter 6: Graeme Harper: Research in Creative Writing
Chapter 7: Dianne Donnelly: Creative Writing Knowledge
Part II
Chapter 8: Stephanie Vanderslice: Teaching Toward the Future
Chapter 9: Indigo Perry: Holding on and Letting Go
Chapter 10: Program Design and the Making of Successful Programs
10.1 Nigel McLoughlin: Building a Better Elephant Machine: A Case Study in Creative Writing Program Design
10.2 Patrick Bizzaro: The Future of Graduate Studies in Creative Writing: Institutionalizing Literary Writing Conclusion: Dianne Donnelly and Graeme Harper: Investigating Key Issues in Creative Writing
