Gwybodaeth Modiwlau
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Seminars / Tutorials | 5 x supervisory meetings of varying lengths |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Prose: 1 x 20,000 word submission. Poetry: 1 x 10,000 word submission The Creative Writign submission should take the form of poetry or prose fiction, but not a combination of the two. Either a group of poems, or anything from one to three pieces of prose fiction. Each piece of prose fiction should be presented as complete in itself, not as an excerpt from a longer piece of writing. The poetry or fiction should be accompanied by a commentary which explains and contextualises the work in appropriately analytical terms. The word-count for a prose fiction portfolio is 20,000 words of which at least 4,000 and not more than 6,000 should be accounted for by a critical commentary. The word-count for a poetry portfolio is 10,000 words of which at least 4,000 and not more than 6,000 should be accounted for by a critical commentary. | 100% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Resubmit any failed elements and/or make good any missing elements. |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. demonstrate an ability to produce a sustained piece of prose or poetic writing to near publishable level;
2. demonstrate an ability to employ technical knowledge in an accompanying critical-analytical commentary;
3. demonstrate mastery of advanced technical skills in either/both prose or poetic writing.
Aims
This module is designed for all MA students on the MA in Creative Writing. It is the compulsory module written over the summer months (Semester 3 of the MA scheme) forming Part II of the degree scheme. It embeds within it the advanced study requirements of the AHRC.
Brief description
The portfolio will be a means of building sustainable writing practices which encourage planning, reflection, revision, and completion of material. Each student will be assigned to a writing tutor for the duration of their module, with whom they will meet regularly. The format of the portfolio will enable students to include successive drafts of a piece of writing, recording aims and intentions, and explaining and reflecting upon successive modifications.
Content
Supervision of research writing. In order to accomplish this task, students will be assigned a supervisor whose interests will be matched as closely as possible to those of the candidate. To facilitate this arrangement, all students will complete a Portfolio Proposal form and hand it in to the Department Office before the Christmas vacation (in the first year of study for full-time candidates and in the second year of study for part-time candidates). This Portfolio Proposal will form the basis of matching the student with a suitable supervisor, and it will act as the groundwork for the first consultations with the assigned supervisor.
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Application of Number | No |
| Communication | Yes: writtenm communication in extended format |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | Yes: develop own research management skills |
| Information Technology | Yes: using electronic bibliographic resources, websites |
| Personal Development and Career planning | No, except in so far as this module is related to a research, academic or writing career. |
| Problem solving | Yes: formulating and developing an extended argument |
| Research skills | Yes: developing advanced study |
| Subject Specific Skills | Ability to produce prose or poetry with technical sophistication and precision. |
| Team work | No |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7