Please join Italian author and researcher Elena Traina for a free Masterclass in Creative Writing in English as a Second Language.
The objective of this Masterclass is for you to learn how to read classic and contemporary literature as a writer and reflect on your own creative writing process in a second language.
At the end of this lecture, you will be given the opportunity to experiment with your creative work and to reflect on what it means to write creatively, critically and reflectively in a second language.
Topics covered in this class:
- Foregrounding: creating and breaking patterns in literary texts and why patterns matter
- Figure & Ground Theory
- Metaphor and cognitive stylistics: metaphors as literary devices and as cognitive resources to interpret abstract thoughts
- Conceptual metaphors and domains
- Writers on writing: metaphors for the creative writing process
- Craft-oriented vs inspiration-driven metaphors for writing
- Processes of negotiation of identity in SL writing
- Multilingual writing
When: Monday, 4 April 2022
What time: 18:00-20:00
Language: English
This is an online event (Zoom link TBA)
As there is a limited number of seats, students interested in attending the Masterclass should contact Dr Vasiliki Misiou (vmisiou@enl.auth.gr) and reserve a place beforehand.
Mini bio
Elena Traina is a writer, tutor and researcher in Creative Writing Studies.
She has lived in Norwich, UK, for six years, working for a local authority. In 2021, she won a Special Recognition for her first script for a short film The Morning After in the framework of the Venice Film Festival; and published her debut novel Amarantha with Kurumuru Books. She is now on a six-month writing residency in Norfolk Libraries, working on her second novel, set in mid-Brexit Great Yarmouth.
As a researcher, she is interested in writing creatively in English as a second language, and in conventional and unconventional approaches to teaching Creative Writing in non-anglophone institutions.