Practice and Practitioners
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ENGL4220 | English | 4 | 20 | Autumn UK |
- Code
- ENGL4220
- School
- English
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Autumn UK
Summary
This module investigates the relationship between the writer and creative industries. It aims to expand students’ awareness of the professional and practical contexts of their own writing, as well as between the published text and potential audience. We will focus on a range of activities in the field of publication and production of creative writing. Students will have the opportunity to explore the role of institutions and practitioners by engaging with emerging and established writers, publishers, editors, producers, and literary event organisers. The assessment will consist of a portfolio of either prose or poetry, or a combination of the two, as well as a critical essay.
Target Students
Only available to on-site postgraduate students in the School of English.
Classes
- One 2-hour workshop each week for 11 weeks
Assessment
- 70% Coursework 1: Creative writing portfolio. 3,500 words prose or up to 6 poems, or a combination of the two as agreed with module convenor.
- 30% Coursework 2: Critical essay 1,500 words
Assessed by end of autumn semester
Educational Aims
To expand students’ awareness of the professional and practical contexts of their own writing (including the role of institutions, emerging and established writers, publishers, editors, producers, and literary event organisers) as well as between the published text and potential audience.Learning Outcomes
(a) Knowledge and understanding
- A1 writing technique as practised by modern and contemporary authors
- A2 the public contexts of writing including magazine and book publication, readings and reviews
- A3 constructive responses to work in progress
- A4 the process of editorial feedback and revision
(b) Intellectual skills
- B1 thinking creatively and analytically about work in progress
- B2 applying a range of contexts to original work
- B3 constructive discussion of draft and published work
- B4 interpreting and processing peers’ and tutors’ editorial input.
(c) Professional practical skills
- C1 developing work in progress with reference to relevant contexts
- C2 independently discovering writers, books, publishers, and fields of writing relevant to your writing projects
- C3 submitting work in appropriate ways to appropriate targets
- C4 the drafting process
(d) Transferable (key) skills
- D1 reflection on your progress
- D2 representing yourself in professional context