Module Information
Module Identifier
WR30730
Module Title
The Writing Project
Academic Year
2013/2014
Co-ordinator
Semester
Semester 2 (Taught over 2 semesters)
Other Staff
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Seminars / Tutorials | Two group workshops early in each semester followed by one-to-one sessions with supervisor |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Portfolio A collection of poems of approximately 24 pages, OR one or two pieces of prose fiction totalling approximately 6000 words, OR a combination of poetry and prose fiction whose length will be calculated on the basis that one page of poetry is equivalent to 250 words of prose, e.g. a portfolio containing 3000 words of fiction would need 12 pages of poetry. In addition the project must include a critical commentary on the student's own poetic and/or fiction-writing practice with relevant bibliographical details (a further 2000 words). | 100% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Resubmit or resit failed elements and/or make good any missing elements |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Address the techniques and styles of their chosen genre(s)
2. Present their work in ways which reveal an awareness of professional standards for the submission of scripts
3. Contextualise and evaluate their writing
Content
Semester 1: one individual tutorial of up to an hour; 2 seminars, each of 2 hours. The individual tutorial is designed to establish and discuss the student's intentions; the seminars are designed to provide group feedback on work in progress and to encourage discussion of theoretical issues.
Semester 2: two seminars, each of 2 hours; a final individual tutorial of up to an hour. The final tutorial is designed to ensure that the student is on course; the seminars are designed to provide group feedback on work in progress and to encourage discussion of theoretical issues.
Semester 2: two seminars, each of 2 hours; a final individual tutorial of up to an hour. The final tutorial is designed to ensure that the student is on course; the seminars are designed to provide group feedback on work in progress and to encourage discussion of theoretical issues.
Brief description
During the course of the year, students will have two individual tutorials of up to one hour each, and four group seminars, each of two hours' duration. They will be encouraged to submit draft material for discussion both within the group and with the tutor, with the aim of producing a portfolio consisting of both critical and creative work.
Precise content will be defined by student under the guidance of the tutor. In general terms, students will be working towards the production of one of the following:
- a collection of poems of approximately 3,000 words in length or
- one piece of prose fiction totalling approximately 6,000 words or
- two shorter pieces of prose fiction, to a total of approximately 6,000 words or
- a combination of poetry and prose fiction, to a total of approximately 6,000 words
In addition the project must include a critical commentary on the student's own poetic and/or fiction-writing practice with relevant bibliographical details (a further 2,000 words
Precise content will be defined by student under the guidance of the tutor. In general terms, students will be working towards the production of one of the following:
- a collection of poems of approximately 3,000 words in length or
- one piece of prose fiction totalling approximately 6,000 words or
- two shorter pieces of prose fiction, to a total of approximately 6,000 words or
- a combination of poetry and prose fiction, to a total of approximately 6,000 words
In addition the project must include a critical commentary on the student's own poetic and/or fiction-writing practice with relevant bibliographical details (a further 2,000 words
Aims
The Writing Project is central to the Creative Writing and English Degree, and provides the opportunity to experience sustained, long-term personal engagement with a substantial writing task. It gives students the opportunity to reflect on their own writing skills and to engage in discussion with similarly focused students.
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Application of Number | N/A |
| Communication | Interaction in group discussion |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | Development both in the process of writing itself and in the understanding of that process |
| Information Technology | N/A |
| Personal Development and Career planning | N/A |
| Problem solving | The assessment will require attention to issues of a broadly problemtic nature in relation to form and genre |
| Research skills | The assessment will require research |
| Team work | Interaction in group discussion |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6