EL5505 - Master Class in Writing 1
[Offered in even-numbered years]
| Credit points: | 06 |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | School of Arts & Social Sciences |
Students will learn advanced writing skills with a guest writer in a particular genre. Skills may include honing literary techniques such as the use of metaphor; how to create better dialogue; employing descriptive imagery and writing place. The flexibility of form including plot development may also be studied.
Learning Outcomes
- the ability to apply literary critical skills;
- the ability to write creatively;
- develop a command of a range of writing styles and the critical ability to choose between them;
- the capacity to apply sophisticated writerly techniques in order to express material in a concise and engaging way.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to use independent judgment to synthesise information to make intellectual and/or creative advances;
- The ability to think laterally and be original.
| Prerequisites: | ADMISSION TO POSTGRADUATE WRITING PROGRAM |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Block, Study Period 9 | |
| Census Date 17-Oct-2008 | |
| Face to face teaching 15-Nov-2008 to 20-Nov-2008 (One week block (five days 9-5pm, Sunday free)) | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Lindsay Simpson. |
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| Assessment: | presentations (40%); tutorial attendance and participation (20%); major piece of writing (40%). |
| Restrictions: |
An enrolment quota applies to this offering. |
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.