AustLit
Texts
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Worry No More 1993 single work short story crime (taught in 5 units)
— Appears in: Case Reopened 1993; (p. 1-47) -
The Novella Reader 2012:
The novellas and readings listed below are all contained in the Novella Reader 2012 available at the Bookshop.
Novellas:
The Metamorphosis, Kafka, Franz In Franz Kafka Collected Stories, 1993
Keller’s Happy Campers in The Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God, Keret, Etga 2001
Brokeback Mountain appears in the New Yorker, October 13, Proulx, Annie, 1997
Readings:
Why Not a Novella? In The Granta Book of the American Long Story, Ford, Richard 1998
Creative Writing 2: Readings, Baranay, Inez and Nigel Krauth. Downloaded from the Griffith University Creative Writing 2 website [now archived]
Degrees
Description
Based on students own creative writing of a novella in prose or verse, and on reading and critiquing novellas by established writers, this course examines the processes by which creative practitioners produce and publish texts in sustained fiction forms in today's publishing contexts. The course examines theory and techniques applicable to these forms while it explores strategies for the enhancement and application of individual creative writing skills. Incompatible: 2104ART Creative Writing 2 Incompatible: 3104ART The Novella.
The course aims to:
• examine theories and practical processes related to contemporary text production in the novel and novella forms, including the verse novella;
• explore and utilise a wide range of practical, critical and editorial strategies applicable to these genres;
• examine, in critical depth, texts related to practical process and contemporary issues written by recognised practitioners and commentators in the field;
• produce a body of new original work which reflects your development during the semester;
• examine aspects of the nature of creativity and creative/professional skills, and strategies for their enhancement and application.
Assessment
Workshop participation 10%
Proposal/outline deadline 5%
Seminar or symposium presentation 30%
Folio deadline 1 - written assignment 25%
Folio deadline 2 - written assignment 30%
Other Details
Previously known as 3104ART, 2104ART.
Offered in:
2009, 2010, 2012
Current Campus:
Gold Coast
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