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Campus: Kensington Campus
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Career: Undergraduate
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Units of Credit: 6
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Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
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Enrolment Requirements:
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Prerequisite: 36 units of creditt; Excluded: ENGL3750, ENGL3753, GENT0205, GENT0212
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Description
Aims to familiarise students with a wide range of contemporary writing and to encourage experimentation with a variety of different styles and genres in their own writing. Aims for a practical understanding of how literature works by developing critical reading skills. Students will also have the opportunity to gain feedback on their own writing in a supportive workshop environment. Aims to develop the craft skills necessary to generate, revise and edit their own work.
Learning Outcomes
- Knowledge of movements, styles and genres in contemporary literature
- Ability to identify formal elements of literature and how they operate in specific genres
- Understanding of the practical decisions writers make in relation to the craft of writing
- Appreciation of the importance of the critical faculty to the creative process
- Ability to critically appraise your own work and the work of others
- Improved skills in drafting, revising and editing your own manuscripts.
Assessment
- Minor assignment - 20%
- Major assignment: Creative folio - 60%
- Participation - 20%
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