Can Creative Writing Really Be Taught? : Resisting Lore in Creative Writing Pedagogy (10th Anniversary Edition)

Revised and updated throughout, this 10th-anniversary edition of Can Creative Writing Really Be Taught? is a significantly expanded guide to key issues and practices in creative writing teaching today. Challenging the myths of creative writing teaching, experienced and up-and-coming teachers explore what works in the classroom and workshop and what does not. Now brought up-to-date with new issues that have emerged with the explosion of creative writing courses in higher education, the new edition includes: · Guides to and case studies of workshop practice · Discussions on grading and the myth of “the easy A” · Explorations of the relationship between reading and writing · A new chapter on creative writing research · A new chapter on games, fan-fiction and genre writing · New chapters on identity and activism Can Creative Writing Really Be Taught? is supported by a companion website at www.bloomsbury.com, including extensive links to online resources, teaching case studies and lesson plans. Cover page Halftitle page Series page Title page Copyright page CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS SECTION ONE Can it Really be Taught? Influential Essays Revisited by Their Authors Introduction—Lore Past, Present, and Future: The Tenth Anniversary of Can Creative Writing Really Be Taught? 1 (Re)Figuring the Future: Lore, Creative Writing Studies, and Institutional Histories Thrown into history The past becomes present Lore, with and without history (Re)placing lore Our history shapes our present—and our future References 2 Against Reading, 2: Or, Writing Starts Here Reconsidered Notes References 3 Revisiting Charming Tyrants and Faceless Facilitators: The Lore of Teaching Identities in Creative Writing Notes References 4 “It’s such a good feeling”: Self-Esteem, the Growth Mindset, and Creative Writing Both sides of the desk The growth mindset Larger responsibilities Notes References 5 Finding Truth in the Gaps: A Hybrid Text Notes References 6 Box Office Poison:The Influence of Writers in Films on Writers (in Graduate Programs) Writing as film and cultural figuration Choosing our poison Life inside and outside the frame Writers in graduate programs Notes References SECTION TWO The Future of Creative Writing Lore: New Voices, New Challenges 7 The Traces of Certain Collisions: Contemporary Writing and Old Tropes Introduction Lore vs logic? Between lore and logic The trace A conclusion Acknowledgments Notes References 8 Lore 2.0: Creative Writing as History Why history? Historiographical methods in creative writing studies Recovering and remixing historical relics Self-reflexivity and pedagogical metanarratives Lore 2.0 Notes References 9 “We don’t need no creativewriting”: Black Cultural Capital, Social (In)Justice, and the Devaluing of Creativity in Higher Education Notes References 10 Genre Fiction, and Games, and Fanfiction! Oh My!: Competing Realities in Creative Writing Classrooms Conceits of the fi ction writing workshop A semiotic what? Why the writing workshop works, except when it doesn’t High tea with the barbarians at the gate: Common ground in creative writing classrooms When you play the game of thrones . . . everyone wins! Experiments in fanfiction and games in creative writing Notes References 11 Disability Culture and Creative Writing Pedagogies: When having Fun Together is Radical Practice Toward fun Case study: Embodiment and the world Student perspectives: What changes Deepening space: Creating sense libraries Slowing down Conclusion: Finding creative community Notes References 12 Polemics Against Polemics: Reconsidering Didacticism in Creative Writing Historicizing anti- didacticism in creative writing craft texts The destabilizing capacities of literature Creating dangerously: Teaching political literature in the creative writing classroom Notes References 13 “It’s my story and I’ll revise if I want to”: Rethinking Authorship Through Collaborative Workshop Practices The lore of authorship Revision revisited Toward a collaborative workshop Collaboration in genre Notes References 14 Toward a Digital Historiography of Creative Writing Programs in Our Millennium Notes References 15 Investigating Creative Writing: Challenging Obstacles to Empirical Research Introduction Researching learning vs researching creative writing Theoretical: Creative writing, variation theory, and phenomenography Empirical: Student learning and creative writing Practical: Learning, creative writing, and pedagogy Conclusions: Promoting learning in creative writing Notes References 16 Creative Writing with Godzilla: Welcoming the Monster to your Creative Writing Classroom Childhood and Monsters Inc. Adversarial lore The monster not the monster movie Teaching creative writing with Godzilla Notes References 17 Myths, Mirrors, and Metaphors: The Education of the Creative Writing Teacher The creative writing pedagogy course: A review of the literature Pedagogic identity in creative writing pedagogy classrooms Five pedagogic identities Pedagogic identity profi les Creative writing pedagogy course comparisons Findings and implications Bibliography INDEX Revised and updated throughout, this 10th-anniversary edition of Can Creative Writing Really Be Taught? is a significantly expanded guide to key issues and practices in creative writing teaching today. Challenging the myths of creative writing teaching, experienced and up-and-coming teachers explore what works in the classroom and workshop and what does not. Now brought up-to-date with new issues that have emerged with the explosion of creative writing courses in higher education, the new edition Guides to and case studies of workshop practice Discussions on grading and the myth of the easy A Explorations of the relationship between reading and writing A new chapter on creative writing research A new chapter on games, fan-fiction and genre writing New chapters on identity and activism Can Creative Writing Really Be Taught? is supported by a companion website at (http://www.bloomsbury.com) www.bloomsbury.com , including extensive links to online resources, teaching case studies and lesson plans. "Revised and updated throughout, this 10th-anniversary edition of Can Creative Writing Really Be Taught? is a significantly expanded guide to key issues and practices in creative writing teaching today. Challenging the myths of creative writing teaching, experienced and up-and-coming teachers explore what works in the classroom and workshop and what does not. Now brought up-to-date with new issues that have emerged with the explosion of creative writing courses in higher education, the new edition includes : · Guides to and case studies of workshop practice · Discussions on grading and the myth of “the easy A” · Explorations of the relationship between reading and writing · A new chapter on creative writing research · A new chapter on games, fan-fiction and genre writing · New chapters on identity and activism."--Page 4 de la couverture