Students learn the essentials of journalism of various kinds:
1. Literary reviewing: fiction, criticism, theory, drama, poetry, autobiography, essays, but possibly also TED talks, literary events, adaptations for film, stage, and television.
2. Literary features journalism: issues pertaining to the literature/life interface; literary-political issues of gender, ethnicity, sexuality, youth identity; debates between literary figures; profiles of individual authors, with or without interviews.
3. Opinion: columns, magazine editorials and op-ed pieces. Engaging with literary debate.
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An outside expert will provide some of the input for this course, in explaining what to look for, what to put into a journalistic piece, on the basis of an analysis of a few reviews and similar texts. Over the seven weeks, students will work on their style by producing a total of three 1000-word texts, in a process of writing and rewriting. In addition to the contents, also the level of English proficiency will be taken into account: an entry level of C1 in English proficiency is an absolute requirement!
Career orientation:
The course teaches students to write reviews, literary opinion pieces and the like, which are easily transferrable skills for those who go into journalism or publishing. Besides, it is co-taught by an expert from the field.
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