Creative writing and cultural journalism

Creative writing and cultural journalism is a former diploma (1999 to 2008) and today's Bachelor course at the University of Hildesheim , which is supplemented by the associated master’s course in literary writing . The objective of the course is the technical ability to write professionally, appropriately and in accordance with the media . In addition to the University of Applied Arts Vienna , the German Literature Institute in Leipzig and the Swiss Literature Institute in Biel , Hildesheim offers the only opportunity to study literary writing at a German-speaking university.

history

The creative writing and cultural journalism course was initiated in 1999 by the writer and literary scholar Hanns-Josef Ortheil as a diploma course at the University of Hildesheim. The Hildesheim Institute for Literary Writing and Literary Studies also offers cultural journalism and literary seminars and exercises by authors such as Thomas Klupp , Paul Brodowsky , Clemens Meyer and Kevin Kuhn . Lectures were and are also taken on by guest lecturers such as Ulf Stolterfoht , Patrick Roth , Thomas Pletzinger or Alexander Nitzberg . In 2008, the former diploma course was creative writing and cultural journalism in a Bachelor converted -Studiengang and 2011 by a master -Studiengang Literary Writing supplements. The only professorship at the Institute for Literary Writing and Literary Studies, where the course is located, has been held by the writer Annette Pehnt since 2018 ; Hanns-Josef Ortheil is still teaching as a senior professor at the institute after his retirement.

criticism

The graduate and later professor of the course Florian Kessler criticized in an article for The time that the program "the dominance of a single story persisting environment," because students almost exclusively to the educated middle class and the intellectual upper class came from. The social impermeability leads to a social conformity of contemporary literary writers and ultimately also to a homogeneity of their works, a "full form of aesthetic undemanding of bourgeois children". The contribution generated both approval and criticism in various media. In the summer of 2017, the course was the focus of a debate about sexism in writing schools.

Graduates and students

• Shida Bazyar , * 1988, author at Kiepenheuer & Witsch
• John Birke , * 1981, German-Canadian theater - author of the Rowohlt publishing house
• Yevgeniy Breyger , * 1989, author of the Kookbooks publishing house
• Paul Brodowsky , * 1980, Suhrkamp author and co-founder of the literary magazine Bella triste
• Artur Dziuk , * 1983, author at Droemer Knaur
• Karl Wolfgang Flender , * 1986, author at DuMont book publishing
• Jan Fischer , * 1983, German-French author and performance artist
• Carola Gruber , * 1983, author of the poetenladen publishing house
• Juan S. Guse , * 1989, author at S. Fischer Verlag
• Alina Herbing , * 1984, author of Arche Verlag
• Fabian Hischmann , * 1983, author at Berlin Verlag
• Marius Hulpe , * 1982, author of Ammann Verlag
• Sabrina Janesch , * 1985, author of the Aufbau Verlag
• Vea Kaiser , * 1988, author at Kiepenheuer & Witsch
• Matthias Karow , * 1978, author at the Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt
• Florian Kessler , * 1981, editor at Hanser Verlag
• Thomas Klupp , * 1977, author at Berlin Verlag and co-founder of the literary magazine Bella triste
• Martin Kordic , * 1983, author and editor at Hanser Verlag
• Anne Köhler , * 1978, author at DuMont book publishing
• Kevin Kuhn , * 1981, author of Berlin Verlag
• Mariana Leky , * 1973, author at Kiepenheuer & Witsch and DuMont
• Marcel Maas , * 1987, author at the Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt
• Alexandra Müller , * 1983, performance artist and author
• Tessa Müller , * 1983, author of Jung & Jung Verlag
• Sebastian Polmans , * 1982, Suhrkamp -Author
• Mareike Schneider , * 1981, Rowohlt author
• Katharina Schultens , * 1980, author
• Martin Spieß , * 1981, author and musician
• Kai Splittgerber , * 1981, author and publisher
• Tilman Strasser , * 1984, author and literary facilitator
• Stefan Stuckmann , * 1982, comedy writer
• Hanno Raichle , * 1978, author & screenwriter
• Leif Randt , * 1983, author at Berlin Verlag and Kiepenheuer & Witsch
• Ronja von Rönne , * 1992, author at Aufbau-Verlag and journalist
• Lisa-Maria Seydlitz , * 1985, author at DuMont book publishing
• Nora Wicke , * 1982, author at Müry Salzmann Verlag , Salzburg.
• Philipp Winkler , * 1986, author at Aufbau-Verlag .
• Victor Witte , * 1988, author of Droemer Verlag

Projects of the course

Based on the core idea of interdisciplinarity between the cultural studies areas taught in Hildesheim, literary studies , cultural journalism , theater studies , media studies , cultural studies , visual arts and musicology , the course relies on a high degree of practical relevance and many projects, some of which are university, and some of the student environment. This includes:

• Bella triste , a magazine for young contemporary German-language literature (since 2001)
• The Prosanova Literature Festival (2005, 2008, 2011, 2014)
• Landpartie , an annual anthology (since 2005)

Publications of the degree program (selection)

Literary anthologies

• Landpartie 05. ISBN 3-938404-01-9 . Edited by Ariane Arndt, Florian Kessler, Thomas Klupp, Anne Köhler, Stefan Mesch, Hanno Raichle, Kai Splittgerber, Stefan Stuckmann, Katrin Zimmermann.
• Landpartie 06. ISBN 3-938404-09-4 . Edited by Martin Bruch, Martin Kordic, Lin Franke, Stefan Mesch, Sina Ness, Julia Therre, Nora Wicke. With a foreword by Hanns-Josef Ortheil . Awarded the Young Book Art Prize 2006.
• Landpartie 07. ISBN 978-3-938404-13-3 . Edited by Lutz Woellert, Lisa-Maria Seydlitz, Lena Toepler, Lino Wirag. With a foreword by Paul Brodowsky . Awarded the 2007 Book Art Foundation award .
• Landpartie 08. ISBN 978-3-938404-16-4 . Edited by Kathie Flau, Marius Hulpe. With a foreword by Stephan Porombka .
• Landpartie 09. ISBN 978-3-941392-04-5 . Edited by Clara Ehrenwerth, Phillip Hartwig. With a foreword by Thomas Klupp .
• Country game twenty ten. ISBN 978-3-941392-13-7 . Edited by Artur Dziuk, Nikolas Hoppe, Mischa Mangel and Lara Sielmann. With a foreword by Georg M. Oswald .
• Landpartie 2011. ISBN 978-3-941392-18-2 . Edited by Viktor Gallandi, Alina Herbing, Tabea Hertzog, Stefan Vidović. With a foreword by Leif Randt .
• Landpartie 2012. ISBN 978-3-941392-27-4 . Edited by Anna Fastabend, JS Guse, Franziska Schurr, Lew Weisz.
• Landpartie 2013. ISBN 978-3-941392-33-5 . Edited by Johanna Kliem, Andreas Thamm, Felix Tota, Julia Zucker.
• Landpartie 2014. ISBN 978-3-941392-27-4 . Edited by Patricia Hempel, Anna Riedel, Josefine Rieks, David Schön. With a foreword by Clemens J. Setz .
• Landpartie 2015. ISBN 978-3-86674-507-0 . Edited by Helene Bukowski, Leander Fischer , Fiona Sironic, Florian Stern. With a foreword by Jo Lendle .
• Landpartie 2016. ISBN 978-3-86674-530-8 . Edited by Ellinor Brandi, Achim Jäger, Judith Martin, Lisa Paetow. With a foreword by Maxim Biller .
• Landpartie 2017. ISBN 978-3-9818670-0-8 . Edited by Hannah del Mestre, Louisa Chandra Esser, Moritz Heuwinkel, Anna Katrien Liedmeier, Alexander Rudolfi.

Cultural studies specialist literature

• Stephan Porombka , Kai Splittgerber : Writing about theater. Workshop discussions with theater critics. 2005, ISBN 3-938404-06-X .
• Martin Bruch, Johannes Schneider (Ed.): In the workshop of the lecturers. 10 conversations. 2007, ISBN 978-3-934105-15-7 .

Literature about the Hildesheim writing school

• Hanns-Josef Ortheil: The great festival of writing. Notes on the literary festival "Prosanova , 2005, ISBN 3-938404-05-1 .
• Stefan Mesch, Kai Splittgerber (Ed.): Culture diary. Living and writing in Hildesheim. with an interview with Hanns-Josef Ortheil. Edition Pæchterhaus 2007, ISBN 978-3-938404-20-1 .
• Across the mainland. A prosanovela. Edition Pæchterhaus, Hildesheim 2008, ISBN 978-3-941392-05-2 .
• Calendarium I. Course documentation with a foreword by Hanns-Josef Ortheil. Edition Pæchterhaus, Hildesheim 2008, ISBN 978-3-941392-01-4 . Download as a PDF file

Web links

• Course description of the University of Hildesheim
• Student projects (BELLA triste, litradio.net, Edition Paechterhaus, PROSANOVA and others)
• Publications by the alumni of the degree program on the University of Hildesheim's website

Press

• In a careful picking round. by Susanne Meyer; Die ZEIT (May 25, 2007)
• Learn to write: kiss me, muse of Kristin Kruthaup; Der Spiegel (September 16, 2012)
• Literary factory in Hildesheim ; Hanover General (November 2, 2011)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ In the former course brochure it said: “Students are encouraged to develop their writing with a view to the contemporary constellations of culture (theater, media, art, music, popular culture). The experimental testing of new text forms and media (literature on the Internet, literature for radio, script) plays an important role. "
2. ↑ Brigitte Preissler: How good texts are created . In: "Die Welt" from July 10, 2009.
3. ↑ Florian Kessler: Literature Debate: Let me through, I'm a doctor's son! In: The time . January 23, 2014, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed on September 26, 2016]).
4. ↑ Writing schools: Juli Zeh can do a lot, but nothing for her origins - WELT. In: THE WORLD. Retrieved September 26, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Enno Stahl: Whoever writes stays . In: the daily newspaper . ( taz.de [accessed on September 26, 2016]).
6. ^ Nora Bossong: Literary Debate: Saturated Authors? In: The time . February 6, 2014, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed September 26, 2016]).
7. ↑ Gerrit Bartels: The suffering of the doctor's children. In: Tagesspiegel. Retrieved September 26, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Christoph Schröder: Debate on contemporary literature: Sounds good, says nothing. Doesn't matter . In: The time . February 3, 2014, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed on September 26, 2016]).
9. ↑ Carolin Amlinger: It's the logic of the market! In: Friday . December 2, 2014, ISSN  0945-2095 ( freitag.de [accessed September 26, 2016]).
10. ↑ Get out of the upper class. In: jungle-world.com. Retrieved September 26, 2016 . 
11. ↑ Literary debate : Germany, your poets - more colorful than claimed - WELT. In: THE WORLD. Retrieved September 26, 2016 . 
12. ↑ You can forget the present: - WORLD. In: THE WORLD. Retrieved September 26, 2016 . 
13. ^ Post in the MERKUR blog, which initiated the debate