Course info

This course enable students to master prose and novel writing skills and enjoy the writing process through appreciation and composition. In prose teaching contain, the basic prose writing knowledge and skills are explained to students such as choosing materials, ways of expression and amendments. Students are guided to complete few essays to practice the expressions of emotion and ideas in their prose. It is expected that students’ ability to appreciate and analyse proses are enhanced, and their creativity and the interests to prose writing are inspired. In novel appreciation and writing part, the literary theories and trends are introduced to students as the base to appreciate novels. Students are guided to create their own novel by reading novel carefully to learn about the writing structures and skills. Therefore, theories and practice are combined. At the end of this course, every student is expected to complete at least one novel creation.

 

本课程包含散文、小说的鉴赏与创作二大部分。在散文鉴赏与创作的教学上，让学生掌握散文写作的要领，并感受文学的趣味。課程围绕着散文写作的基本过程，讲解写作的取材、构思、表达、修改的基本知识与技能。通过教学，使学生掌握散文写作的基本规律、常用技巧、文章规范，进而引导学生创作散文；透过习作，使学生掌握表达自己思想与情感的技巧。並通过精读范文和学生习作的分析与互相观摩，提高学生对散文的审美与辨析水平，并激发创作的想像力。小说鉴赏与创作方面，让学生掌握小说写作的要领，并感受文学的趣味。课程向学生介绍当代文学理论与思潮作为评析现代小说的方法，以培养学生深入分析与鉴赏小说的能力；并以各种不同取向为创作要素的小说文本为实例，引导学生学习小说创作的架构与技巧，进而创作小说。课程力求理论与实践相结合，从各方面训练学生的能力，力争达到每个选修的学生有一篇小说作品正式发表。