EL5501 - Creative Nonfiction

Credit points:	06
Year:	2007
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	Discipline of Journalism

Creative Nonfiction embraces several genres, among them literary journalism, memoir, and the reflective essay. In early classes, graduate students explore seminal texts from these genres to develop their understanding of the cultural and historical context of nonfiction for the nonspecialist reader. Later in the subject students produce their own work, concentrating on the practical aspects of writing creative nonfiction. They learn literary techniques to record dialogue, to employ effective detail in description and to develop a personal presence and style in writing drawn from life.

Learning Outcomes

• the ability to apply literary critical skills;
• the ability to write nonfiction creatively;
• a productive understanding of the relations between literature and journalism;
• a command of a range of writing styles and the critical ability to choose between them;
• the capacity to apply sophisticated writerly techniques to explore and illuminate factual material.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively.

Prerequisites:

Must hold a degree.

Availabilities
Townsville, Block, Study Period 7
Census Date 20-Jul-2007
Face to face teaching (35 hours lectures and workshops)
Coord/Lect:	Dr Lindsay Simpson.
Contact hours:	10 hours lectures 25 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	presentations (20%); tutorial attendance and participation (20%); multidraft Essays (60%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.