LT245-5-FY-CO:
Creative Non-Fiction
2016/17
Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
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11 March 2010
Requisites for this module
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BA W800 Creative Writing,
BA W801 Creative Writing (Including Year Abroad),
BA W803 Creative Writing (Including Placement Year),
BA QW30 Literature and Creative Writing,
BA QW31 Literature and Creative Writing (Including Year Abroad),
BA QW33 Literature and Creative Writing (Including Placement Year)
This module is only available to Creative Writing (W800) students.
The study and practice of creative non-fiction will give BA Creative Writing students the opportunity to explore aspects of creativity in writing which go beyond the boundaries of the work done in LT209 Creative Writing: Theory and Practice, into areas like the essay, psycho-geography, documentary, (auto)biography and the interview. The creative aspects of other kinds of writing can widen the writer's scope and sense of possibility, making writing a more connected activity, both to the self and to the public world. Creative Non-Fiction is a subject gaining in popularity, both here and in the US, because of its sense of engagement and experiment.
Much non-fiction in poetry, creative prose writing of all kinds, documentary and features for broadcast media are at least equal in significance, in publishing terms, to fictional writing. The course will also explore the boundaries between fiction and non-fiction, which has always been a fertile area of creativity, from Defoe's Journal of the Plague Year to today's 'misery memoir'. Engaging with creative non-fiction will also help students understand the use of research and attention to factual and sensory detail, all of which are transferable skills, which can enhance creative work more generally. The voices, formal opportunities and approaches explored will increase all creative writers' repertoire, resources and skill level.
Module Supervisor's Research into Subject Area
Chris McCully has published many book-length works of non-fiction including textbooks, fishing and travel guides and at least one memoir. His most recent book-length work of non-fiction is an account of living, working and observing the natural world in the Netherlands (Outside, 2011). He is currently working on a collection of essays which explore travel, place and cultural memory (From the Last Sane Places on Earth, in progress) and on the angling, ecology and history of the Stour valley (Stour Diaries, in progress). He has also written well over hundred feature articles, most of which have appeared in the angling journals, and continues to write essays and reviews for literary journals.
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Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Portfolio and Commentary 1 |
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25% |
| Coursework |
Portfolio and Commentary 2 |
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25% |
| Coursework |
Group Project and Commentary |
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45% |
| Practical |
Class Participation mark |
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5% |
Additional coursework information
First assignment: 3000 words; Second assignment: 4000 words; Third assignment: 5000 words
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
Dr Chris MCCully, Dr James Canton
LiFTS General Office - email liftstt@essex.ac.uk.
Telephone 01206 872626
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Mr Rupert Loydell
Falmouth University
Senior Lecturer
Available via Moodle
Of 42 hours, 42 (100%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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