Creative Writing Conventions and Techniques

Code

ENGL4297

School

English

Level

4

Credits

20

Semesters

Autumn Malaysia

Summary

This module enables students to develop their creative writing skills through a range of activities that includes group discussions, exercises and workshops led by the tutor. Students are encouraged to develop their own creative practice through an examin

Target Students

Compulsory for students enrolled on the MA in Creative Writing (UNMC), available to other MA students with permission of the instructor.

Classes

• One 3-hour workshop each week for 12 weeks

Assessment

• 30% Coursework 1: Essay (1,500 words)
• 70% Coursework 2: Portfolio of original writing, taking into account considerations specific to literary form, as agreed with the tutors. This could include for example, a) 3000 words fiction b) 100 lines of poetry c) 40 lines poetry & 2000 words fiction

Assessed by end of autumn semester

Educational Aims

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and understanding of:

• the process of editorial feedback and revision as it relates to creative work

• critical perspectives on works in progress

• constructive responses to works in progress

• elements of fiction, including narrative voice and technique, point of view, character development, dialogue, plot and setting

• elements of poetry, including form, metre, prosody

Intellectual skills

• the ability to think analytically about works in progress

• the ability to assess critically one's own work, contextualise responses to it, and plan for its development

• the ability to discuss and apply editorial suggestions to one's own writing

Professional practical skills

• the ability to develop a work in progress in accordance with the responses of others

• the ability to operate within a peer-supported environment

• the ability to represent one's work in a professional context

Transferable (key) skills

• the ability to reflect upon and assess progress of oneself and others

• the ability to represent oneself in a professional setting

Conveners

• Prof Malachi Vethamani