ENGL1201
10 units
1000 level
Course handbook
Description
This course offers entry-level training in creative writing. Through a close reading and discussion of texts across the major literary forms, as well as through developing their own writing, students are familiarised with the techniques and strategies used by creative writers and are trained to adapt these tools to produce their own work.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Callaghan
- Semester 1 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Identify a range of techniques and elements of writing craft in poetry, creative nonfiction and fiction.
2. Edit and refine written language in terms of grammar and sentence construction.
3. Use the workshop model of critiquing to develop their own written work and that of others.
4. Develop original creative works that reflect their engagement with writing craft and the work of contemporary creative writing practitioners.
Content
This course may include activities such as:
- discussion of the relationship between reading and writing
- weekly writing exercises covering key craft skills such as imagery, plot and structure, place, point of view, characterisation and endings.
- workshopping of creative drafts in progress
Assessment items
Professional Task: Short Creative
Professional Task: Creative Portfolio
Quiz: Multiple choice quizzes
Contact hours
Semester 1 - 2024 - Callaghan
Seminar-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
- Compulsory Requirement: Students must attend 80% of sessions.
Course outline
- ENGL1201 - Semester 1, 2024 (Callaghan) (PDF, 189.5 KB)
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