Description
Weekly workshop-seminar sessions and tutorials will engage students in identifying and exploring the specific genre of Creative Non-Fiction, with the goal of using such literary works as foundations for an examination of advanced principles in producing successful communicative writing (with an emphasis on the 鈥渃reative鈥 element).听
The ten-week module is based around an exploration of sub-genres of the form, with class discussion time given over to considering the personal essay and memoir; literary journalism (鈥渘ew journalism鈥); observational/descriptive essays and travel writing, for example. A reading list of creative non-fiction texts is used as the basis for workshop-seminar discussions and example technique texts and as the springboard for in-depth critical analyses.听
During workshop-seminars, students will engage in peer assessment, providing oral and written critiques of classmates鈥 creative nonfiction writing (submitted on a rotating weekly basis). Weekly one-to-one tutorials (on a rota basis) will also be provided to enable ongoing tutor feedback and allow for further detailed, personal critique and ongoing development of an individual student鈥檚 creative writing and practice.听
Students will produce, as part of this module, an extended piece of creative nonfiction writing; an in-depth literary critical analysis of a text selected from the reading list; and a Creative Non-Fiction podcast.听
Teaching Delivery
This module is taught in 10 weekly workshop-seminars.听
Indicative Topics
Across 10 weeks the module explores primary forms of creative non-fiction: memoir and autobiography, essays, literary journalism, travel/nature writing and observations, as well as diaries, letters and speeches.听
Module Aims and Objectives
The module aims to:听
- Teach advanced principles of writing creative non-fiction using a mixture of reading, writing, and peer appraisal.听
- Provide students with an opportunity to gain experience of in-depth critiquing, reviewing and appraising written work, to form detailed creative and critical analysis perspectives, applied in both individual and group-focused settings.听
- Enable students to gain advanced proficiency and abilities in intensive, in-depth and extensive creative non-fiction writing and reading.听
- Extend a student鈥檚 capacity for creative and critical self-reflection and further develop a student鈥檚 aptitude and abilities in independent analysis, judgement, critical evaluation and thought, in conjunction with progressing redrafting, revision, research and note-taking skills.听
- Develop advanced technical writing skills.听
- Develop some basic knowledge and experience of new media production.听
- Develop an understanding of the creative process and the roles that research and revision play.
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.
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