Module Identifier | WR30320 | ||
Module Title | WRITING SHORT FICTIONS: NARRATIVES | ||
Academic Year | 2002/2003 | ||
Co-ordinator | To Be Arranged | ||
Semester | Semester 1 | ||
Pre-Requisite | WR10120 It may be possible for level 3 students to take this module without having studied WR10120, EN10320 , EN10420 | ||
Mutually Exclusive | EN32420 | ||
Assessment | Semester Assessment | 2 x pieces of prose fiction: a short story of around 2,000 words and a tale of around 2,000 words. In each case students will also submit a 500 word critical commentary on the writing and revising process and the chosen form of narrative. | 100% |
- demonstrate knowledge of different kinds of prose narrative
- demonstrate an ability to write in a range of forms and genres of prose narrative
- demonstrate a developing critical and self-reflexive awareness of their own writing practice
- demonstrate an ability to express themselves clearly in writing and in speech
Different Kinds of Prose Narrative
1 Siege Narratives
2 Quest Narratives
3 The Tale: Examples from Edgar Allan Poe and Angela Carter
4 The Short Story: Examples from Tim O'Brien and Flannery O'Connor
Constructing Narratives
5 Point of View
6 Character
7 Description
8 Dialogue
9 Metaphor
10 Redrafting and Revision
SET TEXTS
Michele Roberts, Playing Sardines, (The Women's Press, 2001)
Angela Carter, Black Venus, (Vintage 1996)