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.

• | Author: Stephanie Vanderslice|Rebecca Manery, Rebecca Manery
• | Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• | Publication Date: Jul 13, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 264 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Language Arts & Disciplines
• | ISBN-10: 1474285058
• | ISBN-13: 9781474285056