@inbook{32fd8c76ec9d4e8798f290cbbe6405f9,
title = "Teaching Chinese-language creative writing in Hong Kong: Three case studies",
abstract = "With attention to the growing prominence of {\textquoteleft}cultural and creative industries{\textquoteright} and the rise of liberal arts education in Hong Kong, this paper presents three case studies of instructors who teach undergraduate Chinese-language creative writing in Hong Kong{\textquoteright}s tertiary institutions. The article begins with a brief overview of Chinese-language creative writing programmes and posits three conceptual models of the writing workshop: a site of apprenticeship to foster self-expression, a setting for skills training, and a space for social critique. Given the limited research on Chinese-language creative writing in Hong Kong, the paper documents the experiences of three prominent instructors, Hon Lai-chu, Mary Wong Shuk-han, and Wong Leung-wo. The findings indicate that despite the heterogeneous nature of course goals, class sizes, target students, and instructors{\textquoteright} training and background, all three instructors envision the workshop as a site for mentoring self-expression. While they do not emphasise skills-based teaching, the instructors share an implicit commitment to social criticism in their pedagogy. The paper concludes with reflections on the use of defamiliarisation as a pedagogical practice that underscores this social critique.",
keywords = "Hong Kong, Pedagogy, Chinese-language creative writing, Creative Writing",
author = "Shea, {James Camillus}",
note = "Publisher copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2017 ",
year = "2017",
month = oct,
doi = "10.52086/001c.25716",
language = "English",
volume = "21",
series = "TEXT",
publisher = "Australasian Association of Writing Programs",
pages = "1--13",
editor = "Sally Breen",
booktitle = "TEXT",
edition = "Special Issue 47",
}