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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Creative Writing

  • Unit Code

    WRT2213

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

    N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

This unit develops ability in the writing of literary short fiction and poetry. The work of established writers will be the starting point for workshops in which students explore a range of techniques and styles through class exercises and a developing individual writing practice. Students are expected to develop sustained original creative work, and share sections of that work with the class.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have passed one unit in WRT1101; WRT1103

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded {ENG3253, WRT3113, WRT4113, WRT3213}

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Develop a piece of creative writing from its inception as notes towards an idea, through the process of drafting to its completion.
  2. Discern and discuss technical elements at work in selected creative texts.
  3. Discuss concepts of social and environmental sustainability in relation to creative writing including ethics, eco-fiction, eco-poetry and eco-theory.
  4. Evaluate peers' creative works and provide professional-level feedback using appropriate literary and technical terms.
  5. Write an original creative work suitable for submission to publishers and/or entry in literary competitions.

Unit Content

  1. Study of selected Australian and international: short fiction; extracts from longer fiction; poetry; and prose-poetry, in order to identify particular formal, structural, linguistic and technical strategies, together with thematic concerns such as personal and cultural identities, ethics and sustainability.
  2. Teamwork, analysis and communication skills for peer-workshopping of students' creative writing.
  3. Write short fiction and poetry which demonstrate skills gained through textual analysis and workshops.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Workshops. Tutorials. Textual analysis. Practical emphasis.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Creative Work ^Creative project 130%
Creative Work ^Creative project 250%
Workshop ^Workshop participation including teamwork and peer evaluation skills20%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Creative Work ^Creative project 130%
Creative Work ^Creative project 250%
Participation ^Online participation in weekly discussion board forums including teamwork and peer evaluation skills20%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Text References

  • ^
    Walker, B. (Ed.) (2002). The writers' reader: a guide to writing fiction and poetry. Sydney, Australia: Halstead Press.

    Note: Out of print. Source second hand. Relevant essays will be made available as required.

  • Leonard, J. (Ed.). (2010). The Puncher and Wattman anthology of Australian poetry. Melbourne, Australia: Puncher & Wattman.

  • Woolfe, S., & Grenville, K. (2001). Making stories: How ten Australian novels were written. St Leonards, Australia: Allen and Unwin.

  • Toibin, C. (2004). The master. New York, NY: Scribner.

  • Winterson, J. (1996). Art objects: Essays on ecstasy and effrontery. London, United Kingdom: Vintage.

  • Atwood, M. (2002). Negotiating with the dead: A writer on writing. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.

    Note: Seminal Reference.

  • Tredinnick, M. (2009). The blue plateau: A landscape memoir. St Lucia, Australia: UQP.

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Creative Writing

  • Unit Code

    WRT2213

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

    N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

This unit develops ability in the writing of literary short fiction and poetry. The work of established writers will be the starting point for workshops in which students explore a range of techniques and styles through class exercises and a developing individual writing practice. Students are expected to develop sustained original creative work, and share sections of that work with the class.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have passed one unit in WRT1101; WRT1103

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded {ENG3253, WRT3113, WRT4113, WRT3213}

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Develop a piece of creative writing from its inception as notes towards an idea, through the process of drafting to its completion.
  2. Discern and discuss technical elements at work in selected creative texts.
  3. Discuss concepts of social and environmental sustainability in relation to creative writing including ethics, eco-fiction, eco-poetry and eco-theory.
  4. Evaluate peers' creative works and provide professional-level feedback using appropriate literary and technical terms.
  5. Write an original creative work suitable for submission to publishers and/or entry in literary competitions.

Unit Content

  1. Study of selected Australian and international: short fiction; extracts from longer fiction; poetry; and prose-poetry, in order to identify particular formal, structural, linguistic and technical strategies, together with thematic concerns such as personal and cultural identities, ethics and sustainability.
  2. Teamwork, analysis and communication skills for peer-workshopping of students' creative writing.
  3. Write short fiction and poetry which demonstrate skills gained through textual analysis and workshops.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Workshops. Tutorials. Textual analysis. Practical emphasis.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Creative WorkCreative project 130%
Creative WorkCreative project 250%
WorkshopWorkshop participation including teamwork and peer evaluation skills20%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Creative WorkCreative project 130%
Creative WorkCreative project 250%
ParticipationOnline participation in weekly discussion board forums including teamwork and peer evaluation skills20%

Text References

  • ^
    Walker, B. (Ed.) (2002). The writers' reader: a guide to writing fiction and poetry. Sydney, Australia: Halstead Press.

    Note: Out of print. Source second hand. Relevant essays will be made available as required.

  • Winterson, J. (1996). Art objects: Essays on ecstasy and effrontery. London, United Kingdom: Vintage.

  • Toibin, C. (2004). The master. New York, NY: Scribner.

  • Leonard, J. (Ed.). (2010). The Puncher and Wattman anthology of Australian poetry. Melbourne, Australia: Puncher & Wattman.

  • Atwood, M. (2002). Negotiating with the dead: A writer on writing. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.

    Note: Seminal Reference.

  • Woolfe, S., & Grenville, K. (2001). Making stories: How ten Australian novels were written. St Leonards, Australia: Allen and Unwin.

  • Tredinnick, M. (2009). The blue plateau: A landscape memoir. St Lucia, Australia: UQP.

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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