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Unit Summary
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
Module 1: What is creative-writing practice? How readers and writers respond to texts
Module 2: Narrative structure I: establishing a voice and point of view
Module 3: Narrative structure II: creating a plot
Module 4: Building characters
Module 5: Creating a sense of place and setting
Module 6: Writing and rewriting
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: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | understand the connections between creativity and writing practice |
| 2 | demonstrate knowledge of foundational creative writing skills |
| 3 | demonstrate an understanding of the different forms/genres of creative writing |
| 4 | reflect critically on their own and others' writing. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- understand the connections between creativity and writing practice
- demonstrate knowledge of foundational creative writing skills
- demonstrate an understanding of the different forms/genres of creative writing
- reflect critically on their own and others' writing.
Prescribed texts
- Cowan, A, 2011, The Art of Writing Fiction, Pearson, Great Britain. ISBN: 978-1408248348.
Harvard is the standard referencing system for all Writing units. See here for a comprehensive guide.
- Cowan, A, 2011, The Art of Writing Fiction, Pearson, Great Britain. ISBN: 978-1408248348.
Harvard is the standard referencing system for all Writing units. See here for a comprehensive guide.