Negotiating the creative and the critical : Paul Dawson’s creative writing and the new humanities


Autoria(s): Mitchell, Peta
Data(s)

2006

Resumo

In the first Modern Language Association newsletter for 2006, renowned poetry critic and MLA President, Marjorie Perloff, remarked on the growing ascendency of Creative Writing within English Studies in North America. In her column, Perloff notes that "[i]n studying the English Job Information List (JIL) so as to advise my own students and others I know currently on the market, I noticed what struck me as a curious trend: there are, in 2005, almost three times as many positions in creative writing as in the study of twentieth-century literature" (3). The dominance of Creative Writing in the English Studies job list in turn reflects the growing student demand for undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in the field—over the past 20 years, BA and MA degrees in Creative Writing in North American tertiary institutions have quadrupled (3)...

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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/69244/

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Australian National University

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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/69244/1/mitchell.html

http://www.australianhumanitiesreview.org/archive/Issue-September-2006/mitchell.html

Mitchell, Peta (2006) Negotiating the creative and the critical : Paul Dawson’s creative writing and the new humanities. Australian Humanities Review, 39–40.

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Copyright 2006 [please consult the author]

Fonte

ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation; Creative Industries Faculty; School of Media, Entertainment & Creative Arts

Palavras-Chave #130103 Higher Education #190402 Creative Writing (incl. Playwriting)
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Review