cpw2rfw reading for writers

READING FOR WRITERS

CPW2RFW

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

In this subject, students will undertake a close and scholarly analysis of fiction and creative non fiction. Reading across a range of genres in 20th and 21st century work, students engage with texts to identify the stylistic and technical choices writers have made and to consider the effects of these both in the prescribed texts and in their own writing.

SchoolHumanities and Social Sciences (Pre 2022)

Credit points15

Subject Co-ordinatorPatricia O'Reilly

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange StudentsYes

Subject year levelYear Level 2 - UG

Exchange StudentsNo

Available as ElectiveNo

Learning ActivitiesN/A

Capstone subjectNo

Subject particulars

Subject rules

PrerequisitesN/A

Co-requisitesN/A

Incompatible subjectsN/A

Equivalent subjectsN/A

Quota Management StrategyN/A

Quota-conditions or rulesN/A

Special conditionsN/A

Minimum credit point requirementN/A

Assumed knowledgeN/A

Learning resources

How Fiction Works

Resource TypeBook

Resource RequirementPrescribed

AuthorJames Wood

Year2009

Edition/VolumeN/A

PublisherVintage

ISBNN/A

Chapter/article titleN/A

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URLN/A

Other descriptionN/A

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Career Ready

Career-focusedNo

Work-based learningNo

Self sourced or Uni sourcedN/A

Entire subject or partial subjectN/A

Total hours/days requiredN/A

Location of WBL activity (region)N/A

WBL addtional requirementsN/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing

COMMUNICATION - Cultural Intelligence and Global Perspective

DISCIPLINE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Adaptability and Self-Management

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Ethical and Social Responsibility

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Leadership and Teamwork

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Identify authorial techniques in texts and articulate how and why they are used.

02. Apply specific authorial techniques in written work

03. Analyse a literary text, using the tools and vocabulary of the working writer

04. Produce a sophisticated narrative that effectively employs techniques and structures identified in the course of study

Subject options

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Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 1, Blended

Overview

Online enrolmentYes

Maximum enrolment sizeN/A

Enrolment informationN/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinatorPatricia O'Reilly

Class requirements

SeminarWeek: 10 - 20
One 2.00 hours seminar per week on weekdays from week 10 to week 20 and delivered via face-to-face.

TutorialWeek: 10 - 20
One 1.00 hour tutorial per week on weekdays from week 10 to week 20 and delivered via blended.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
Creative narrative response to a text using techniques analysed in class. (1500 words)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	35	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4
Workbook of exercises and responses completed in-class, online, and at home. (2000 words)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	45	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4
In class assessment (500 words equivalent)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	20	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4