Writing, Publishing & Performance - AAALE012A
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This is an intensive seminar restricted to students with a high level of English proficiency & a strong interest in writing, publishing & performance.
The focus of seminar activities will be practical exercises in composition / performance / production, as well as participation in events, workshops, author interviews, festival reports, reviews, etc. Students will be strongly encouraged to participate in practical & organisational aspects of the Prague Microfestival (PMF) (www.praguemicrofestival.com) & to attend PMF workshops. There will also be the possibility of participating in the operations of Equus Press as part of an internship scheme (details on request). Recommended reading: Gary Peters, The Philosophy of Improvisation (University of Chicago Press, 2009) Tomáš Glanc, Samizdat Past & Present (file:///C:/Users/FF%20UK/Downloads/nahled-EK29974.pdf) Petra Loučová, The “Old” Samizdat Is Dead, Long Live the “New” Samizdat! (https://www.forumhistoriae.sk/sites/default/files/07-loucova-the-old-samizdat-is-dead-long-live-the-new-samizdat-the-liberated-samizdat-club-in-the-post-communist-czechoslovak-book-market_0.pdf) ASSESSMENT 1. attendance & active participation at seminar meetings; 2. attendance & active participation at the PMF; 3. maintaining a regular "journal" to record your critical responses & reflections on topics related to the seminar; 4. written assessment (totalling 3,000 words), which will include: a) a report on the PMF; b) an interview with a Prague anglophone performer/writer/publisher; c) a profile of the Prague anglophone arts scene; d) a review of (a) Prague anglophone book(s), publisher, event, collective, etc. e) a short "essay" on the theme of improvisation, dissolution &/or alienation. 5. group/individual practical presentation: this will ideally combine all aspects of the seminar -- writing, publishing, performance -- e.g. through production of a zine; a vlog; participation in or preparation of some other kind of publication (in print or online); a performance piece or event; a roundtable discussion, etc. *Suggested that students form working groups for this purpose. **Students wishing to focus on individual or collaborative creative work may form a separate group (creative work should respond to one of the above themes (see 4e). Poslední úprava: UAAARMAL (14.09.2025)
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