Establishing Creative Writing Studies as an Academic Discipline /
Dianne Donnelly.
- Toronto : Multilingual Matters, 2012.
- ix, 161 p. ; cov. ill. : 21 cm.
- New Writing Viewpoints .
Also available as an ebook through uOttawa collection.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-161).
"This book advances creative writing studies as a developing field of inquiry, scholarship, and research. It discusses the practice of creative writing studies, the establishment of a body of professional knowledge, and the goals and future direction of the discipline within the academy. This book also traces the development of creative writing studies; noting that as the new discipline matures — as it refers to evidence of its own research methodology and collective data, and locates its authority in its own scholarship — creative writing studies will bring even more meaning to the academy, its profession, and its student body." (Publisher's Website) CONTENTS: List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction: The Emergence of Creative Writing Studies The Disciplinary Status of Creative Writing/Creative Writing Studies The Emergence of Creative Writing Studies – Where to Begin? Establishing Creative Writing Studies as an Academic Discipline SECTION 1 A Taxonomy of Creative Writing Pedagogies Where Meaning Lies – A Multi-Faceted Approach Orientation of Critical Theories The Objective Theory as New Criticism The Expressivist Theory The Mimetic Theory as Imitable Functions The Pragmatic Theory as Reader-Response SECTION 2 The Writing Workshop Model A Workshop Survey Defining the Workshop Model A Study of the Workshop Model How Our Workshop History Informs Our Praxes Perceptions and Practice Developing Markers of Professional Difference The Case for Creative Writing Research as Knowledge The Workshop Model: Final Arguments SECTION 3 The Academic Home of Creative Writing Studies Control of Space, Domain and Power The Academic Home of Creative Writing Studies CONCLUSION: The Legitimacy of Creative Writing Studies References