Writing Specialist Fiction
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ENGL4429 | English | 4 | N/A | April Full Year UK, Full Year UK, January Full Year UK |
- Code
- ENGL4429
- School
- English
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- N/A
- Semesters
- April Full Year UK, Full Year UK, January Full Year UK
Summary
Students will be introduced to a range of techniques and skills for writing their own examples of specialist fiction, and for reflecting on their own creative practices. Students will also be guided through explorations of existing examples of fiction from a variety of genres and forms from historical fiction to science fiction and from short stories to novels, in order to consider matters of structure, style, tone and other key features of fictional narratives in various settings. Attention will also be paid to the social, cultural and historical indices and settings of creative practice. Students will be encouraged to develop both a critical and practical understanding of their own output. The pod will provide prompts, directions and advice to generate new work in historical fiction. Students will also be given the opportunity to reflect on and strengthen their own craft and voice as writers, and to develop their feedback and revision process.
Target Students
Students registered on the School of English online masters scheme.
Assessment
- 100% Participation: Student Participation
Assessed by end of designated period
Educational Aims
This module comprises an optional component in the following pathways: Applied English, Creative Writing, English Literature, Modern and Contemporary Literature. As such, it contributes in its specific aims to the programme-level coverage of these pathways.Learning Outcomes
Write, edit and revise original fiction, demonstrating an awareness and control of stylistic and narratological patterns.
Conduct sustained critical analysis and exploration of fiction with reference to the norms and expectations of one or more specialist genres or forms.
Apply knowledge of technical elements to the production of fiction.
Demonstrate knowledge and skills acquired to the appropriate disciplinary and professional standard.
Assimilate and present subject-specific material in an appropriate format (assessed within the ‘Assessment Portfolio’ 1, 2 or 3).