Power and Identity in the Creative Writing Classroom

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Power and Identity In the Creative Writing Classroom remaps theories and practices for teaching creative writing at university and college level. This collection critiques well-established approaches for teaching creative writing in all genres and builds a comprehensive and adaptable pedagogy based on issues of authority, power, and identity. A long-needed reflection, this book shapes creative writing pedagogy for the 21st century.

Foreword: The Authority Project Anna Leahy I. Understanding the Larger Influences Personal Therapeutic Writing vs. Literary Writing Nancy Kuhl. Who Cares—and How: The Value and Cost of Nurturing Anna Leahy. Inspiration, Creativity, and Crisis: The Romantic Myth of the Writer Meets the Contemporary Classroom Brent Royster. Reinventing Writing Classrooms: The Combination of Creating and Composing Evie Yoder Miller. The Double Bind and Stumbling Blocks: A Case Study as an Argument for Authority-Conscious Pedagogy Carl Vandermeulen. II. The Teacher’s Place, Voice, and Style Teaching and Evaluation: Why Bother? Mary Cantrell. Who’s the Teacher?: From Student to Mentor Audrey Petty. The Pregnant Muse: Assumptions, Authority, and Accessibility Rachel Hall. Dismantling Authority: Teaching What We Do Not Know Katharine Haake. III. Course Design Contracts, Radical Revision, Portfolios, and the Risks of Writing Wendy Bishop. An ‘A’ for Effort: How Grading Policies Shape Courses Suzanne Greenberg. Gender and Authorship: How Assumptions Shape Perceptions and Pedagogies Susan Hubbard. Writing the Community: Service Learning in Creative Writing Argie Manolis. IV. In the Classroom Where Do You Want Me To Sit?: Defining Authority through Metaphor Cathy Day. Duck, Duck, Turkey: Using Encouragement To Structure Workshop Assignments Mary Swander. How To Avoid Workshop Dilemmas: The Use of Myth to Teach Writerly Concepts Amy Sage Webb. Writing in the Shadows: Topics, Models, and Audiences that Focus on Language Sandy Feinstein. Afterword: The Reason It Is; the Rhyme It Isn’t Graeme Harper and Stephanie Vanderslice

Sujets

• Writting
• Disciplines
• Language Arts
• Professional
• Postgraduate education
• General officer
• Writing
• General
• Research
• Postgraduate

Informations

• Publié par: Multilingual Matters
• Date de parution: 11 novembre 2005
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781853598487
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Power and Identity in the Creative Writing Classroom: The Authority Project

NEW WRITING VIEWPOINTS Editor:Graeme Harper,University of Portsmouth, UK

The overall aim of this series is to publish books which will ultimately inform teaching and research, but whose primary focus is on the analysis of creative writing practice and theory. There will also be books which deal directly with aspects of creative writing knowledge, with issues of genre, form and style, with the nature and experience of creativity, and with the learning of creative writing. They will all have in common a concern with excellence in application and in understanding, with creative writing practitioners and their work, and with informed analysis of creative writing as process as well as completed artefact.

Other Books of Interest:

Constructing Cultures: Essays on Literary Translation Susan Bassnett and André Lefevere Time Sharing on Stage: Drama Translation in Theatre and Society Sirkku Aaltonen Literary Translation: A Practical Guide Clifford E. Landers Translating Milan Kundera Michelle Woods CultureSpecific Language Styles: The Development of Oral Narrative and Literacy Masahiko Minami

For more details of these or any other of our publications, please contact: Multilingual Matters, Frankfurt Lodge, Clevedon Hall, Victoria Road, Clevedon, BS21 7HH, England http://www.multilingualmatters.com

NEW WRITING VIEWPOINTS Series Editor: Graeme Harper

Power and Identity in the Creative Writing Classroom The Authority Project

Edited by Anna Leahy

MULTILINGUAL MATTERS LTD Clevedon  Buffalo  Toronto

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Power and Identity in the Creative Writing Classroom: The Authority Project Edited by Anna Leahy. New Writing Viewpoints: 1 Includes bibliographical references. 1. English language–Rhetoric–Study and teaching. 2. Creative writing (Higher education) I. Leahy, Anna. II. Series. PE1404.P618 2005 808'.042'0711–dc22 2005016342

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue entry for this book is available from the British Library.

ISBN 185359847X /EAN 9781853598470 (hbk) ISBN 1853598461 /EAN 9781853598463 (pbk)

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