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The Creative Artifact: Publication Folio B

Unit Code: LPW705B

Duration

Contact Hours

Campus

Prerequisite

Corequisite

13 week study period

3 Hours per Week

Online

LPW705A Writing and Praxis: Publication Folio A

Credit Points: 12.5 Credit Points

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A unit in the Master of Arts (Writing)


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Aims & Objectives:

This unit is aimed at writers who wish to develop their skills further by producing a major piece of work for publication. It will:

  • Extend students’ knowledge about a range of writing genres and insights into the writing processes from the perspectives of a prospective writer.
  • Develop further students’ insights into the many different approaches to the practice of writing by critically appraising of a range of writing practitioners and published works.
  • Further develop and apply critical, theoretical and reflective understandings to the application of practice-led research so as to explore its implications for the development of a student’s own folio of original work;
  • Canvass flexible and creative strategies for proactive planning and critical thinking about a major piece of writing;
  • Support learners as they research and develop their writing folio and related critical and theoretical frameworks;
  • Continue to encourage participants’ critical reflection and reflective practice and to demonstrate the links between theory and practice by doing.

 

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  • Demonstrate an understanding of ways in which critical and cultural theories can contribute to writing skills;
  • Apply further skills in reflective practice and critical analysis to their own writing practice;
  • Demonstrate the capacity to complete a major piece of piece of creative or professional writing or a comparable portfolio of shorter pieces;
  • Demonstrate autonomy as a writer and researcher and effectively reflect on their own writing  projects from plan to draft to production;
  • Actively participate in on-line communities of practice.


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Teaching Methods:

This unit is delivered online and includes a range of flexible and multi-modal learning approaches, such as virtual lectures, virtual tutorials, electronic media, set readings for response. The unit Web page provides the following information: interactivities, multimedia links, hypertext links, references and virtual community opportunities and is supported by an online tutor and opportunities for peer mentoring.

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Assessment:

Assessment 1:
Negotiated portfolio of original writings (incorporating drafts, final copies, working documents, reflective documents as appropriate), up to 15,000 words 60% -70 %

Assessment 2:
Participation in Weekly Discussion Threads 30% - 40%


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Generic Skills Outcomes:

This unit will provide discipline-based knowledge and professional capabilities and experiences contributing to students’ progress in attaining generic skills such as:

·         In-depth research skills, developed through the preparation of assessable research tasks and applicable to the development of original written works

·         Analytical and critical thinking skills as required to participate and actively contribute to on-line communities of practice, including the ability to analyse the work of others and  give constructive feedback

·         Effective problem-solving appropriate to the development and implementation of major original writing tasks

·         Graduate level expressive and communication skills in a range of written forms

·         Ability to work independently developed through library research, refinement of drafting skills and critical and creative thinking

·         Ability to use self-reflection and feedback constructively in original work


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Content:

  • Producing the original work: creativity, inspiration, perspiration;
  • The student as a multi-generic writer;
  • Popular fictional and non-fictional forms;
  • Poetics and performance;
  • Hybrid genre such as fictocriticism and narrative nonfiction;
  • Genres of Writing
    • Poetry
    • Short stories
    • Narrative non-fiction
    • Song writing
    • Food writing
    • Crime writing
    • Popular writing
    • Business writing

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References:

Arana, M (ed) 2003, The Writing Life: Writers on How They Think and Work: A Collection from the Washington Post Book World, Times Books, New York.

Aristotle 1991, On Rhetoric: A Theory of Civic Discourse, trans. Kennedy, Oxford University Press, New York.

Barrett, E & Bolt B (eds.) 2007, Practice as Research: Approaches to Creative Arts Enquiry, IBTauris, London.

Berridge, S 2008, ‘What Does It Take? Auto/biography as Performative PhD Thesis’, Forum: Qualitative Social Research, Volume 9, No. 2, Art. 45

Boud, D 2001, ‘Using journal writing to enhance reflective practice’, in LM English & MA Gillen (Eds) Promoting Journal Writing in Adult Education. New Directions in Adult and Continuing Education, No. 90, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, pp. 9-18.

http://www.education.uts.edu.au/ostaff/staff/publications/db_31_boud_in_english.pdf

Darnton, J 2002, Writers on Writing: Collected Essays from The New York Times, Times Books, New York.

Fairclough, N 2003, Analysing Discourse: Textual analysis for social research, Routledge, London.

Ferriss, SMY (ed) 2006, Chick Lit: The New Woman's Fiction, Routledge, New York.

Frey, JN 1987, How to Write a Damn Good Novel, St Martin Press, San Francisco.

Grey, DE 2004, Doing Research in the Real World, Sage, London.

Hecq, D 2005, ‘Autofrictions: The Fictopoet, the Critic and the Teacher’, Cultural Studies Review, vol.11, no. 2, pp. 179-187

Howard, D 2006, How to Build a Great Screenplay: A Master Class in Storytelling for Film, St. Martin's Press, New York.

Leitch, V (ed.) 2001, The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism, Norton, New York.

Kowit, S 1995, In the Palm of Your Hand: The Poet’s Portable Workshop, Tilbury House, London.

Mayer, B 2005, The Novel Writer's Toolkit: A Guide To Writing Novels And Getting Them Published, Writers’ Digest, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Miller, P 1994, Writing Your Life: A Journey of Discovery, Allen & Unwin, St Leonard’s, N.S.W.

Reeves, J 2002, Writing Alone, Writing Together: A Guide for Writers and Writing Groups, New World Library, New York.

Smiley, J 2005, Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel, Alfred Knopf, New York.

Stanek, LW 1998, Story Starters: How to Jump-Start Your Imagination, Get Your Creative Juices Flowing and Start Writing Your Story or Novel, Avon Books, Boston.

Fletcher, J & Mann A (eds) 2004, ‘Illuminating the Exegesis’, Text, No 3, http://textjournal.com.au/speciss/issue3/content.htm  

Alred, GJ, Brusaw, CT & Oliu, WE 2008, The Business Writer's Handbook, Ninth Edition. St. Martin's Press, New York.

 

Chang, H 2008, Autoethnography as Method, Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek, CA.

 

Colyar, J 2009, ‘Becoming Writing, Becoming Writers’. Qualitative Enquiry 15, 421-436.

 

Kroll, J 2010, ‘Living on the edge: Creative writers in Higher Education.’ TEXT 14, 1, http://www.textjournal.com.au/april10/kroll.htm
 
 

Other Resources include:

The Macquarie Dictionary

The Macquarie Thesaurus

The Macquarie website: http://www.macnet.mq.edu.au

Strunk, W The Elements of Style (any recent edition) or online version: http://www.bartleby.com/141/

Weekly hypertext weblinks, including:

Hardy, DE Traditional Grammar: An Interactive Book: http://textant.engl.unr.edu/grammarbook/title.html

New River: A Journal of Hypertext Literature and Art: http://www.cddc.vt.edu/journals/newriver/

Screenwriters Online: http://www.screenwriter.com/insider/news.html

The Electronic Labyrinth: http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/elab/elab.html

Hypertext, Cybernetics, Cyborgs and Virtual Realities: http://www.uiowa.edu/~commstud/resources/digitalmedia/

Yale Web Style Guide: http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/


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