美国哥伦比亚大学编剧MFA写作课程教学简述

An Overview of the Playwriting Courses in the Playwriting MFA Program of Columbia University

美国哥伦比亚大学戏剧系的编剧专业隶属于艺术学院,主要培养MFA的编剧人才。本文通过对该校写作课程研究以及同国内相关专业的教学比较,发现其在课程设置和教学模式上的几个特点:重视同表演、导演等专业的合作,老师教学模式多种多样,多而且快的写作实践,以及重视学生的创作个性。

This essay gives an overview of the playwriting MFA program of Columbia University, and it concludes its characteristics based on a comparison with its counterparts in China. The MFA courses at Columbia place focus on collaboration with such majors as acting and directing, variety in teaching methodologies, and the cultivation of the unique creativity of the students