Chapter 7. Co-constructing a community of creative writers
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Grace V.S. Chin
Abstract
In this chapter, Grace V.S. Chin explores how recent studies of creative writing have moved away from prevailing ideas of individual creative acts to explore the social dimensions of creativity. Using a sociocultural approach, Chin examines the interrelated notions of identity, language, and place by investigating L2 creative writing, specifically playwriting, as a social, learning process within the postcolonial, bilingual, and sociocultural contexts of Brunei Darussalam. The theories of Vygotsky and Foucault are expanded on to show how Creative Writing (SL) classes are interactional spaces where students actively engage each other as a community of writers; in the process, they co-construct both knowledges and identities as emergent L2 writers.
Abstract
In this chapter, Grace V.S. Chin explores how recent studies of creative writing have moved away from prevailing ideas of individual creative acts to explore the social dimensions of creativity. Using a sociocultural approach, Chin examines the interrelated notions of identity, language, and place by investigating L2 creative writing, specifically playwriting, as a social, learning process within the postcolonial, bilingual, and sociocultural contexts of Brunei Darussalam. The theories of Vygotsky and Foucault are expanded on to show how Creative Writing (SL) classes are interactional spaces where students actively engage each other as a community of writers; in the process, they co-construct both knowledges and identities as emergent L2 writers.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
- Chapter 1. Appreciating the beauty of second language poetry writing 11
- Chapter 2. Learner and writer voices 23
- Chapter 3. “Is this how it’s supposed to work?” 41
- Chapter 4. Literary translation as a creative practice in L2 writing pedagogies 57
- Chapter 5. Process and product, means and ends 75
- Chapter 6. Curriculum as cultural critique 103
- Chapter 7. Co-constructing a community of creative writers 119
- References 139
- Notes on contributors 149
- Name index 153
- Subject index 155
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
- Chapter 1. Appreciating the beauty of second language poetry writing 11
- Chapter 2. Learner and writer voices 23
- Chapter 3. “Is this how it’s supposed to work?” 41
- Chapter 4. Literary translation as a creative practice in L2 writing pedagogies 57
- Chapter 5. Process and product, means and ends 75
- Chapter 6. Curriculum as cultural critique 103
- Chapter 7. Co-constructing a community of creative writers 119
- References 139
- Notes on contributors 149
- Name index 153
- Subject index 155
