| Effective Term: | 2024/05 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Education, Arts & Community |
| Unit Title: | Writing Experiments |
| Unit ID: | LITCR2858 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | Nil |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | (ATSGC3858 and LITCR3858) |
| ASCED: | 109999 |
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| Brief description of the Unit |
This intermediate level course explores creative writing in terms of its status as a product of process of experimentation (as distinct from expression). Students will explore a range of strategies for experimenting with forms and with themes through weekly exercises, investigations into literary theory, and a focus on the processes of researching, planning, drafting and editing creative texts. The course emphasises the importance of exploration and research (in relation to questions both of style and of content) to the production of effective and experimental writing, and the importance of reflecting on and modifying creative work through the critical techniques of analysis and exegesis. |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
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| Supplementary Assessment:Yes |
| Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | | | | | | Intermediate | | |  | | | | | Advanced | | | | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Examine a range of relevant practices and techniques in contemporary writing through reading and analysis; |
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| K2. | Outline the practical application of specific writing modes and skills: |
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| K3. | Detail some experimental modes and forms available for creative writing |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Experiment with a range of writing structures and techniques; |
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| S2. | Assess these writing strategies in terms of their effectiveness and creativeness; |
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| S3. | Edit, proof and prepare copy for publication to a good standard; |
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| S4. | Interact using intermediate writing and reading skills as a member of an on-line writing workshop; |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Plan, draft and revise experimental writing projects; |
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| A2. | Produce a dossier of research, ideas for writing and examples of drafts and finished experimental work on completion of the course. |
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| Unit Content: |
Topics may include: - free-writing - genre - the use of chance and juxtaposition - metafiction - postmodern narrative - ficto-criticism - appropriation and intertextuality |
| Graduate Attributes: |
| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | S1, S2, S3, A1 | Minor Piece | Short experimental piece | 20-30% | | 2. | K1, K2, K3, S1, S2, S3, A1 | Analytical Piece | Comparative Analysis | 20-30% | | 3. | K1, S1, S2, S3, A1, A2 | Major Project | Long creative piece | 30-40% | | 4. | K1, K2, K3, S1, S2, S3, S4, A1, A2 | Participation and workshopping | Active engagement with set exercises, class discussion of readings and workshopping of drafts | 10-20% |
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