Unit name | Creative Writing, Prose Fiction: Representing the World |
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Unit code | ENGL20113 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Mimi Thebo |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of English |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
In this unit, students learn the practical skills of fiction. They will write their own original fiction and explore various forms of narrative in a supportive group environment. Informed by previous reading of fiction and their understanding of critical issues, students will also use their close reading skills to help each other develop as fiction writers in the workshop. The workshop teaching method provides each student with continual feedback and formative assessment throughout the unit and develop the valuable ability to give and take criticism in a group environment and to rework writing in light of criticism received. This learning experience will enable students to begin a practice of writing prose and to develop valuable insights for the study of fiction in general.
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1 x 1-hr lecture per week
1 x 2-hr workshop per week
1 x short story of 2500 words, to be submitted with first draft, workshop comments and 500 word process paper outlining student craft decisions and discussing ethical questions arising in the short story (60%). [ILOs 1,2,3].
Hensher, Philip, ed. The Penguin Book of British Short Stories: from PG Woodhouse to Zadie Smith
Brande, Dorathea, Becoming a Writer
Prose, Francine, Reading Like a Writer
Wood, James, How Fiction Works
King, Stephen, On Writing