CREATIVE WRITING

TRK419

Course Code: TRK419
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 2 + 0
ECTS: 4

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

classify texts according to their types.
apply the methodological content of creative writing processes and products.
choose the texts for Turkish education.
creat creative writing activities in Turkish education.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

Concept of creativity, definitions of creativity, relationship between creativity and brain, characteristics of the creative individual, creative thinking, stages of creative thinking, levels of creative thinking. Creative writing, creative writing and literary genres, applies that can improve creative writing, evaluation of creative writing activities as process and product.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	What is creative writing? Writing and Creative Writing in the (Secondary School) Turkish Course Curriculum.
2^nd Week	Genre-oriented creative writing practices in fictional texts.
3^rd Week	Genre-focused creative writing practices in fictional texts.
4^th Week	Narrative texts, characters, plot, conflict-oriented creative writing practices, ways to use them in Turkish education.
5^th Week	Narrative texts, characters, plot, conflict-oriented creative writing practices, ways to use them in Turkish education.
6^th Week	Narrative texts, characters, plot, conflict-oriented creative writing practices, ways to use them in Turkish education.
7^th Week	Narrative texts,, creative writing practices focused on space, narrator and language/expression, ways to use them in Turkish education.
8^th Week	Midterm Exam.
9^th Week	Narrative texts, creative writing practices focusing on space, narrator and language/expression, ways to use them in Turkish education.
10^th Week	Poetry and creative writing practices, ways to use them in Turkish education.
11^th Week	Poetry and creative writing practices, ways to use them in Turkish education.
12^th Week	Poetry and creative writing practices, ways to use them in Turkish education.
13^th Week	Informative/instructional texts (essay, article, diary, biography, etc.) and creative writing practices, ways to use them in Turkish education.
14^th Week	Informative/instructional texts (essay, article, diary, autobiography, etc.) and creative writing practices, ways to use them in Turkish education.

Recommended or Required Reading

-Alkan, Selçuk (2019). Yazma Sanatı ve Yaratıcı Yazma Teknikleri. İstanbul: Mevsimler Kitap yayıncılık.
-Gülsoy, Murat (2015). Büyübozumu: Yaratıcı Yazarlık. İstanbul: Can Yayınları.
-Gümüş, Semih (2014). Yazar Olabilir miyim? Yaratıcı Yazarlık Dersleri. İstanbul: Notos Yayınları.
-King, Stephen (2016). Yazma Sanatı. İstanbul: Altın Kitaplar.
-May, Stephen (2012). Yaratıcı Yazarlık. İstanbul: Optimist Yayınları.
-Temizkan, Mehmet (2014). Yaratıcı Yazma Süreci. Ankara Pegem Akademi Yyaıncılık.
-Wood, James (2013). Kurmaca Nasıl İşler? (Çev. Ekin Bodur), İstanbul: Sanat ve Kuram Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Questions/Answers
Practice
Presentation

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	50
Total(%)		50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		50
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	2	2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	12	3	36
Preparation for Final exam	1	20	20
Course hours	13	2	26
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	18	18
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	2	2
Homework
Activity Development	4	4	16
Total Work Load			120
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			4
ECTS Credit of the Course			4

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4
K1
K2	X	X	X	X
K3	X	X	X	X
K4
K5	X	X	X	X
K6
K7
K8
K9
K10	X	X	X	X