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.
School: Humanities and Social Sciences (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Patricia O'Reilly
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 2 - UG
Available as Elective: No
Learning Activities: N/A
Capstone subject: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: N/A
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Quota Management Strategy: N/A
Quota-conditions or rules: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Minimum credit point requirement: N/A
Assumed knowledge: N/A
Learning resources
How Fiction Works
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Prescribed
Author: James Wood
Year: 2009
Edition/Volume: N/A
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: N/A
Chapter/article title: N/A
Chapter/issue: N/A
URL: N/A
Other description: N/A
Source location: N/A
Career Ready
Career-focused: No
Work-based learning: No
Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A
Entire subject or partial subject: N/A
Total hours/days required: N/A
Location of WBL activity (region): N/A
WBL addtional requirements: N/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
Graduate Capabilities
Intended Learning Outcomes
Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 1, Blended
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Patricia 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 | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Creative narrative response to a text using techniques analysed in class. (1500 words) | 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 | No | 45 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4 |
In class assessment (500 words equivalent) | N/A | N/A | No | 20 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4 |