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

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

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 elementCommentsCategoryContributionHurdle%ILO*

Creative narrative response to a text using techniques analysed in class. (1500 words)

N/AN/AN/ANo35SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4

Workbook of exercises and responses completed in-class, online, and at home. (2000 words)

N/AN/AN/ANo45SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4

In class assessment (500 words equivalent)

N/AN/AN/ANo20SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4