Introduction and Aims of the course

The search for style is an essential motivation in any communicative activity that aims to transmit its own particular vision of reality. The professionals of the several communication fields meet often the challenge of satisfying this expressive uneasiness that always has the elaboration of the written word as a starting point or as an aim.

Unconnectedly with the field in which it is applied (audiovisual, journalistic or literary), the teaching of writing cannot find better foundations than the humanistic tradition, and this is the criterion that has dominated the designing of this postgraduate course: Text Composition. Rhetoric, poetics and criticism are the three perspectives that articulate the itinerary of this course, which is focussed on the production and the analysis of texts.

Some of the subjects of the syllabus will be taught by professionals of the different genres and will be approached to in a predominantly practical manner. Other subjects will have a tendency towards methodological reflection and will be taught by renowned theoreticians of Communication and Literature fields. The whole subject will offer a journey through thought, structure and style in literary narration, journalistic report, film, television or radio script, and the opinion article.

The course is addressed mainly to bachelors of Communication Sciences and Humanities. However, it is also open to students coming from other disciplines who are interested in expanding their knowledge or who would like to orientate their professional practice towards areas somehow related to creative writing. Thus, it is an excellent opportunity to acquire the necessary knowledge in interpreting and composing texts or to enrich the professional practice of communication with the critical referents of the literary tradition.

Profile

Bachelors of Journalism, Audiovisual Communication, Advertising and Public Relations, Humanities, Philology, professionals of the media and business communication, etc.

Teachers

Ponç Puigdevall, narrator and literary critic.
Eduardo Mendoza, narrator, translator and essayist.
Enric Sòria, poet, translator, essayist, journalist and teacher at the URL.
Sam Abrams, poet, translator, essayist and literary critic.
Josep Maria Fulquet, poet, translator, essayist and teacher at the URL.
Xavier Pericay, essayist, translator, journalist and teacher at the URL.
Javier Pérez, poet and essayist.
Joaquim Roglan, writer, journalist and teacher at the URL.
Fernando de Felipe, cinema scriptwriter, author of comics, essayist and teacher at the URL.
Valentí Puig, essayist, narrator and journalist.
Oriol Izquierdo, editor, literary critic and teacher at the URL.
Francesc Marc Àlvaro, journalist, essayist and teacher at the URL.
Ferran Sáez, journalist, essayist and teacher at the URL.
Joan Sellent, translator and teacher at the Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona.
Vicenç Pagès, writer, journalist and literary critic..
Rafael Vallbona, writer, journalist and teacher at the URL.