Gwybodaeth Modiwlau
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Seminars / Tutorials | 10 x 2-hour seminars |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Students will present for assessment two portfolios, each with a total word count of approximately 2,500 words, inclusive of a critical commentary of 500 -1,000 words. Each of the two portfolios submitted for assessment should include at least one poem and at least one piece of prose. Each portfolio makes up 50% of the assessment for the module. | 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. construct a short story;
2. construct a poem;
3. demonstrate, in critical prose, an awareness of their own writing processes;
4. demonstrate, by the revision of work previously discussed in workshops, an ability to improve their writing in response to criticism.
Aims
This module is a practical introduction to a range of techniques and styles in poetry and prose. It aims to give new writers a basic understanding of the craft of writing and confidence to work in a variety of forms and genres.
Brief description
Workshops will be a principal feature of each seminar. Students will submit in advance work on a set theme for discussion by the rest of the group. These workshops will be supplemented by discussion of published texts and practical exercises. Themes and texts will be chosen to illustrate the topic of that week'r seminar.
Content
Getting started
Stories and storytelling
Poetic form
Metaphor and imagery
Plot construction
Description
Diction
Economy and suggestiveness
Defamiliarisation
Sense of place
Monologue and dialogue
Showing and telling
Point of view
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Application of Number | n/a |
| Communication | Interaction in group discussion will be essential to the seminars |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | Students will be expected to improve their work in response to criticism from the tutor and other students |
| Information Technology | n/a |
| Personal Development and Career planning | n/a |
| Problem solving | Problems of writing technique will arise and be dealt with in seminars and assessments |
| Research skills | Research is a probable part of the assessments |
| Team work | See 03 |
Reading List
No set texts, but students will receive an advisory reading list.
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 4