LT191-4-AU-CO:
Creative Writing Skills
2015/16
Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
15
18 April 2005
Requisites for this module
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LT146, LT209
BA W800 Creative Writing,
BA W801 Creative Writing (Including Year Abroad),
BA PW38 Film and Creative Writing,
BA PWH8 Film and Creative Writing (Including Year Abroad)
This module is only available to Creative Writing (W800) and Film and Creative Writing (PW38) students.
This module aims to get students started as writers, giving you the opportunity to practise your writing and make improvements. Getting into the habit of writing will prepare you for subsequent, theoretical-based aspects of writing courses as well as for discussion on writing and the completion of workshop exercises. Writing is also a good way of reading and responding to texts and this aspect of the course will have benefits for all your study.
Creative Writing skills will be explored through exercises and texts, some of which will link with other first year modules, especially Introduction to Literature LT111 and Writing Skills IA181, where the emphasis is on basic skills and essay writing. Topics to be covered will include: characterisation, point of view, dialogue, plotting, suspense, metaphor and imagery, 'showing and telling' and poetics. When exploring these topics texts from existing first year modules will be used wherever possible, e.g. point of view can be explored by changing the focaliser of a given text. The module is participatory: this will involve writing and reading in class, as well as contributing to written exercises and discussion.
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Aims and Objectives
To get students used to the practice of writing regularly
To enable students to share writing orally and on the page
To develop craft skills for creative writing
To learn to give and receive feedback on their own and others' writing
To lay the foundations for a degree in Creative Writing
To create an interface between the creative and the critical
Interactive seminars (two hours each week over one term). Be prepared to read and complete writing exercises in class as well as to discuss your work with your colleagues.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Notebook |
|
5% |
| Coursework |
Essay |
|
60% |
| Coursework |
Critical Commentary |
|
30% |
| Practical |
Participation Mark |
|
5% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Mr Matthew de Abaitua
LiFTS Taught Team - email liftstt@essex.ac.uk.
Telephone 01206 872626
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Mr Rupert Loydell
Falmouth University
Senior Lecturer
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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