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Overview

This subject will explore creative writing as protest, provocation and subversion.  It will draw from a wide range of fiction, non-fiction, speeches, poetry, performance writing and archives, to encounter key writers who write creatively for social change. It will explore the traditions and social contexts of their work, the ways … For more content click the Read more button below. This is a practical as well as a theoretical subject, taught by practitioners, involving writing and reading activities, and peer feedback on different forms of creative work. It will provide you with the strategies and techniques to strengthen and focus your creative writing.

Portfolio

Office of the Provost

Subject coordinator

Noel Maloney

Subject type

Undergraduate

Year level

Year Level 3 - UG

AQF level

Level 7 - Bachelor Degree

Available as elective

Yes

Available to study abroad / exchange students

Yes

Capstone subject

No

Academic progress review - Schedule A subject

No

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Career ready

Work based learning (placement):No

Graduate capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing
DISCIPLINE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry

Subject intended learning outcomes

On successful completion you will be able to:
1.
Identify techniques, strategies, purposes and affordances of various genres of writing.
2.
Contextualise texts culturally and socially.
3.
Apply narrative forms, rhetorical strategies and critical concepts to the writing of creative texts.
4.
Collaborate effectively in workshops by giving, receiving and applying constructive feedback.

Learning activities

Critique and analyse texts. Write, workshop and present original creative texts.

Requisite rules

Prerequisites: Students must have completed 15 credit points of level 2 ENG or CPW subjects.

Requisites