MODULE CRWC01
Version 5
Module code:
CRWC01
UNIT-e Module: Yes
Module title:
THE CRAFT OF WRITING ONE
Credits:
20
Valid From:
Subject Board:
ENG
English (Literary Studies)
Academic
Certificate
Study Period: Semester A - Sept - Jan
Prerequisites
N/A
01-Sep-11
To: 31-Aug-18
ID: 5339
Status: Validated
Associated Programmes (current)
Unite
Ver Sts Title
BAxCRWCRW 3 V Creative Writing
BAxCRWxxx
4 V Creative Writing
BAFENGENG 5 V English Literature
BAFENGxxx
6 V English Literature
Not available to students
taking/having taken:
Type
Compulsory
Compulsory
Compulsory
Compulsory
Sts
L
L
L
L
From
To
01-Sep-12
01-Sep-12
01-Sep-12
01-Sep-12
N/A
Content
The syllabus will typically include:
- an introduction to basic principles of good practice in Creative Writing;
- an introduction to a variety of forms of both fiction and non-fiction prose;
- analysis of academic and journalistic writing;
- analysis of fiction and non-fiction prose texts for narrative and rhetorical content and style;
- practice-based seminar sessions including writing exercises and group critique;
- an introduction to the redrafting process and the development of a portfolio of written
work;
- an introduction to self-reflective critical commentary and the development of a body of
critical commentary which reflects upon the creative portfolio.
Teaching and Learning Experience
Module Leader: Abimbola ALAO
Modes of delivery: Lectures, Workshops
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students will be expected at threshold
level to:
1.
understand the basic rules of good practice for Creative Writing (i.e.
critical reading, redrafting);
2.
identify a wide variety of forms and styles of prose narration;
3.
demonstrate a greater understanding of both fiction and non-fiction
prose in both the creative and critical aspects of coursework;
4.
demonstrate an understanding of journalistic and academic writing in terms
of style, language and presentation which includes knowledge of how to
reference work;
5.
practice the critique and redrafting process as both writer and critic;
6.
have developed a set of goals for the improvement of their own prose
writing based on both the creative and critical aspects of the portfolio.
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Assessment
Coursework
(100%)
Creative work (no more than 3,000 words) &
critical commentary 1,500 words (not marked
anonymously). (80%)
Class participation: workshop attendance (20%)
Learning Outcomes
1-5
1-6
Key Skills
Key Skill
Communication
Information Technology
Working with Others
Problem Solving
Improving Learning and Performance
Taught Practised Assessed
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Indicative Reading
Books
Achebe, Chinua (2010) ‘Arrow of God.’ London: Penguin Classics
Anzaldúa, Gloria (1987) ‘The Homeland, Aztlan’ in Borderlands. Aunt Lute Books.
Bell, Julia and Magrs, Paul (2001) The Creative Writing Coursebook: Forty Authors Share
Advice and Exercises for Poetry and Prose. London: Macmillan
Byatt, Antonia (2009) ‘The Oxford Book of English Short Stories’ Oxford: Oxford University
Press
Hemingway, Ernest (1994) ‘A Day’s Wait’ in The Snows of Kilimanjaro London: Arrow Books
Morrison, Blake (2007) ‘And When did you last see your father?’ London: Granta Books
Steedman, Carolyn (1986) ‘A Thin Man’ in Landscape for a Good Woman. London: Virago
Mills, Paul (2006) The Routledge Creative Writing Coursebook.
Strunk, William and White, E B. (1972) ‘Elements of Style’. London: Macmillan
Websites
www.bloc-online.com
www.short-fiction.co.uk