MODULE SPECIFICATION

Code: UARAGX-30-3 Title: The Creative Writing Project Version: 1

Level: 3 UWE credit rating: 30 ECTS credit rating: 15

Module type: Project

Owning Faculty: FCA Field: Drama

Faculty Committee approval: Quality and Standards Date:

Approved for Delivery by: indicate name of affiliated institution if module will only be delivered by them

Valid from: Sept 2010 Discontinued from:

Contributes towards: Awards up to BA (Hons)

Pre-requisites: UARAEM-30-1 Introduction to Creative Writing

Co-requisites: None

Entry requirements: If the module is offered as CPD or stand alone, indicate the entry requirements

Excluded combinations: None

Learning outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to demonstrate:

• An advanced understanding of the techniques required to write in the single form in which they are interested (assessed in component A).

• The ability to write imaginatively and originally in a sophisticated and mature manner appropriate to level three undergraduate study (assessed in component A).

• A highly developed critical awareness of the genres of creative writing explored in the module through the analysis of published canonical texts (assessed in component A).

• An advanced ability in constructive criticism and creative editing (assessed in component A).

• A clear and practical understanding of the delivery of a genre (such as how works are published or submitted for performance) as a means of presenting work from the module and developing future projects (assessed in component A).

Syllabus outline:

The module will help students to access themes and ideas which are of personal interest to them. Tutors will encourage students to develop these original ideas by using existing published works to provide an understanding of good structure and style. Practical exercises will be used in class to explore the creative writing process.

Teaching and learning methods:

There will be a weekly workshop. We will focus on published works to understand their appeal and engage in creative writing exercises. Should the piece be for performance, we may also use improvisation to enable students to understand the methods in devising often used by contemporary practitioners. Students may take part in readings of their own work as well as that of others from the group to establish an original voice. Students will be expected to keep a workbook which will include set exercises (including analyses of published works), as well as their own reflections on and evaluation of the workshop. In addition, students will create a portfolio containing the creative writing which they choose to submit for evaluation.

Reading Strategy

Students will be encouraged to read widely using the library catalogue, a variety of bibliographic and full text databases, and Internet resources. Essential reading will be provided electronically or as printed study packs. Guidance to some key authors and journal titles available through the Library will be given on UWEonline. It is expected that assignment bibliographies and reference lists will reflect the range of reading carried out. It is important that students can identify and retrieve appropriate reading. At the start of the module, students will attend a workshop on the selection of appropriate databases and search skills.

Indicative Reading List: (see guidance notes)

The following list is offered to provide validation panels/accrediting bodies with an indication of the type and level of information students may be expected to consult. As such, its currency may wane during the life span of the module specification. However, as indicated above, CURRENT advice on readings will be available via other more frequently updated mechanisms.

Beckett, Samuel.	The Complete Dramatic Works (London: Faber, 1986).
Eco, Umberto.	The Name of the Rose. (London: Vintage, 1998).
Forbes, Peter.	Scanning the century: the Penguin book of the twentieth century in poetry (London: Penguin, 2000).
Field, Syd.	Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting (New York: Delta, 2005).
Goldman, William.	Adventures in the Screen Trade (New York: Abbacus, 1996).
Greenblatt, Stephen, Ed.	The Norton Shakespeare (New York: Norton, 1997).
Quinn, Justin.	The Cambridge Introduction to Modern Irish Poetry (CUP, 2008).
Stoppard, Tom.	Four Plays for Radio (London, Faber, 1994).
Welsh, Irvine.	Trainspotting. (London: Minerva, 1996).
Worthen, W.B. Ed.	The Wadsworth Anthology of Drama (London: Cengage, 2003).

Assessment

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Assessment:

This is a project Module and therefore has only one component of assessment.

ATTEMPT 1

First Assessment Opportunity

Component A

Description of each element Element weighting

1. Reflective workbook (40%)

2. Creative Writing Portfolio Final Element of assessment (50%)

3. Participation (for the whole module) (10%)

Second Assessment Opportunity (further attendance at taught classes is not required)

Component A

Due to the second assessment opportunity requiring greater independent learning, the values of each element are as follows.

Description of each element Element weighting

1. Reflective Workbook (50%)

2. Creative Writing Portfolio Final Element of assessment (50%)

EXCEPTIONAL SECOND ATTEMPT (Retake): Attendance at taught classes is required.

Specification confirmed by …………………………………………………Date ……………………………

(Associate Dean/Programme Director)