Mediaesthetics as an Educational Tool in Creative Writing Course

Abstract

Mediaesthetic approach can be a very useful and successful tool for creative writing courses. This article introduces mediaesthetic components specific to a particular educational task but this approach can be applied to other courses as a universal principle. The case study, showed in this paper, is devoted to students' activity during an 18-weeks course of creative writing, in which mediaesthetic components were integrated. The investigation question was: How can mediaesthetic components influence the students' activity? The hypothesis ("the mediaesthetic component will increase students' involvement in the educational process and impact their success") was confirmed. The methods of integrating mediaesthetic components in the course logics are described and discussed (variable mediaesthetic objects as information, inspiration, provocation-generating tools and their advantages and limitations).