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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Introductory
Former School/College
Anti-requisites
ENG00410 Introduction to Creative Writing
Unit aim
Provides students with foundational knowledges in active reading and writing practices and prepares them for a writing life based on creativity, critical interpretation and writing skills. Students will begin a portfolio of creative work and engage in the giving and receiving of critical feedback integral to their writing practice.
Unit content
Topic 1: The art of creative-writing practice
Topic 2: Writers, readers, responding to texts
Topic 3: Narrative structure: voice and point of view
Topic 4: Narrative structure: plot and time, the short story
Topic 5: Building character
Topic 6: Place and setting: descriptive writing
Topic 7: Creative nonfiction
Topic 8: Dramatic writing and dialogue
Topic 9: Poetry
Topic 10: Writing and rewriting: Workshopping the final draft
Topic 11: Writing in the public world: Publishing
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
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| 1 | understand the connections between reading and writing | |||||||
| 2 | demonstrate knowledge of foundational creative writing skills | |||||||
| 3 | demonstrate active reading capabilities | |||||||
| 4 | participate actively in discussions about writing and reading | |||||||
| 5 | reflect critically on their own and others' writing. | |||||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
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understand the connections between reading and writing
- GA4:
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demonstrate knowledge of foundational creative writing skills
- GA2:
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demonstrate active reading capabilities
- GA4:
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participate actively in discussions about writing and reading
- GA6:
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reflect critically on their own and others' writing.
- GA2:
- GA4:
Prescribed texts
- Prescribed text information is not currently available.
- Cowan, A, 2011, The Art of Writing Fiction, Pearson, Great Britain. ISBN: 978-1408248348.