Module Information
Course Delivery
Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
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Seminars / Tutorials | 10 x 2hr seminars |
Assessment
Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
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Semester Assessment | Essay of 1,500 words A critical essay examining the application of one or more of the stages of the hero's journey in a single text. | 25% |
Semester Assessment | Essay of 3,500 words A creative portfolio of one complete narrative | 75% |
Supplementary Assessment | Resit Assessment Resubmit failed elements and/or make good any missing elements |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
1.Demonstrate an understanding of narrative structure in fiction.
2. Utilise a variety of techniques for the structuring of longer works of prose.
3. Analyse and evaluate, through critical prose, the structure of other texts and identify its impact on a reader's experience.
4. Distinguish between the functional use of structure and its innovative application, and evaluate the difference in texts.
5. Improve their writing in response to criticism.
Brief description
This module will acquaint students with the creative and critical concept of narrative structures and the study of narratology. In addition to the writing craft and techniques it will offer, the module will prepare students for writing extended pieces of prose for The Writing Project in their final year.
Aims
This module will acquaint students with the creative and critical concept of narrative structures and the study of narratology. In addition to the writing craft and techniques it will offer, the module will prepare students for writing extended pieces of prose for The Writing Project in their final year.
Content
This module will acquaint students with the creative and critical concept of narrative structures and the study of narratology. In addition to the writing craft and techniques it will offer, the module will prepare students for writing extended pieces of prose for The Writing Project in their final year.
Module Skills
Skills Type | Skills details |
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Application of Number | N/A |
Communication | Written communication in the form of writing porfolios. Oral communication through seminars. |
Improving own Learning and Performance | Through independent reading, research, time mangaement, and creative writing. |
Information Technology | Through the use of digital resources useful for creative work. |
Personal Development and Career planning | Increase understanding of the commercial field of fiction and developing the skills to produce appropriate work for commercial publication. |
Problem solving | Develop the ability to evaluate the separate stages of the hero's journey structure and its relation to the student's work. |
Research skills | Explore the application of the structure in unfamiliar texts and engage with relevant critical and process-focussed debates. |
Subject Specific Skills | A detailed and conceptual comprehension of structure and its reltionship with content in longer works of fiction; an ability to de-construct narrative into its formal, working parts; practical proficiency in the application of structure and its effect on the writing process. |
Team work | Through workshop group activities. |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6