A escrita criativa nos cursos de pós-graduação stricto sensu das universidades brasileiras

An increasing demand for courses and books about creative writing has been seen in Brazil over the last decade. Nonetheless, investigating whether this increasing demand is reflected in a wider presence in Brazilian universities was still needed, specifically in stricto sensu postgraduate courses, where most research and knowledge production takes place in Brazil. For the purpose of this work, 28 postgraduate programs were analyzed, all of them presenting an upper 5 grade in the 2017’s Quadrennial CAPES Evaluation. Also, works that had the expression “creative writing” in their title were searched at CAPES’ Theses and Dissertations Bank. Finally, the initial hypothesis of the growth of formal presence was frustrated, which may be related to the persistent belief of writing being a restricted gift to enlightened geniuses.