Undergraduate - UnitATS3518 - Advanced fiction writing

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	Literary Studies
Offered	Clayton Second semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Associate Professor Chandani Lokuge

Synopsis

Building on the skills developed in ATS2517, to develop skills in genre writing. In the atmosphere of workshops, guided by debate and a selection of short stories, students will experiment in a range of genres: Realism; New Writing; Historical Fiction; Cultural interactions; Gothic, Fantasy and the Supernatural; Crime; Re-visioning the Classic; Ficto-criticism; Writing for Children. It will pay attention to revising, editing and presenting a manuscript for publication. Delivered through the semester, 'The Writers and their World' series comprising talks by major authors, publishers and editors will give a colourful glimpse into the world of creative writers and the publishing industry.

Outcomes

At the conclusion of this subject students will have:

Been introduced to writing and reading in a variety of fictional sub-genres
Become better acquainted with the publishing industry
Developed their editing and revising skills
Written short stories in the genres of their choice for possible publication
Shared and responded to the writing of their colleagues
Developed their critical reading skills
Taken both inspiration and direction from prominent local writers
Related current critical debates about writing to their own work

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 60%
Exam: 40%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Chandani Lokuge

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Literary studies

Prerequisites

Twelve credit points of second-year Arts units.

Prohibitions

ATS2518