| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Seminars / Tutorials | 20 Hours. 10 x 2-hour seminar workshops) |
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Students will present for assessment two portfolios of `transposed work, each with a total word count of approximately 2,500 words (though portfolios consisting exclusively of poetry should have a total word count of approximately 2,000 words) inclusive of a critical commentary of between 500 and 1,000 words. Work submitted for assessment will normally include both poetry and prose, but there will be flexibility in the case of students who strongly identify with one or the other form. 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 |
On the completion of this module students should typically be able to:
1. recognize a range of literary genres and demonstrate an understanding of how they work;
2. demonstrate an ability to write in a range of literary genres;
3. demonstrate a developing critical awareness of their own writing practice;
4. demonstrate an ability to express themselves clearly in writing and in speech.
This module aims to develop students' knowledge and understanding of a range of literary forms and genres, to develop their range and capabilities as writers, and to enable them to work with increasing confidence in a variety of forms and genres.
This module is based upon a series of writing tasks which involve `transposing' a pre-existing piece of material in some way, either from one medium to another (for example, from picture to words), or from one genre to another (for example, from a biblical story to a thriller), or from one viewpoint to another (for example, from first-person narrative to third person `omniscient-narrator' style), and so on. The idea is to remove the burden and anxiety of conceiving plot and situation, so that technique and treatment can become the focus.
This module is at CQFW Level 4