Feature: Playing by (and with) the Rules: Revision as Role-Playing Game in the Introductory Creative Writing Classroom

Sheryl Lyn Bundy

doi:10.58680/tetyc201729431

Teaching English in the Two-Year College Dec 2017

Feature: Playing by (and with) the Rules: Revision as Role-Playing Game in the Introductory Creative Writing Classroom

Sheryl Lyn Bundy

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Using student poems and reflections collected over several years, the author examines the impact of a role-playing game experience on introductory creative writing students’ openness toward taking risks, revising (and improvising) playfully, and working with limitations or rules. The role-play uses Lars von Trier’s film The Five Obstructions as a model—particularly the diabolical game that unfolds between directors von Trier and Jørgen Leth—and requires students to “remake” a poem of theirs three times according to sets of rules designed specifically for them by the instructor in face-to-face meetings.

Journal: Teaching English in the Two-Year College
Published: 2017-12-01
DOI: 10.58680/tetyc201729431
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Topics: writing pedagogy creative writing revision
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