| Module Identifier | ENM5120 | ||
| Module Title | WRITING FICTION 2: FORMS, GAMES, GENRES | ||
| Academic Year | 2000/2001 | ||
| Semester | Intended For Use In Future Years | ||
| Next year offered | N/A | ||
| Next semester offered | N/A | ||
| Other staff | Dr Patricia Duncker | ||
| Course delivery | Seminar | 2 hours per week | |
| Assessment | Essay | Students will present a longer piece of their own work or a selection of shorter pieces which they have produced during the option, with a critical commentary on their methods and intentions. Length 5,000 words. | |
Brief description
This mode is about the implications of using specific forms and genres and the way in which these can determine meanings. We will look at some short texts in preparation for each class.
1. The Politics of Form
Quest fiction/Adventure, Domestic/Enclosure Fiction/Closure
2. Myths and Tales
Collective subjectivity, collective destinies, gender politics and the coerciveness of old stores
3. Autobiographical Fiction
Confession, testimony, witness, the construction of the self, inventing your own life, lying
4. Censorship and Codes
What is not said, what cannot be said, cultural taboos, self-censorship
5. The Sexual Scene
How to write the erotic without being pornographic
How to be pornographic
The interesting cliches of sexual sadism