AustLit
Texts
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Pimp Daddy's Local Member 1998 single work prose (taught in 3 units)
— Appears in: The Best Australian Essays 1998 1998; (p. 14-22) The Best Australian Profiles 2004; (p. 155-164) -
Modernity 1991 single work short story (taught in 3 units)
— Appears in: Heroines : A Contemporary Anthology of Australian Women Writers 1991; (p. 155-164) The House of Breathing 1992; (p. 11-19) Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature 2009; (p. 1269-1275) -
Lest We Forget, Baby 1994 single work short story (taught in 3 units)
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 53 no. 2 1994; (p. 355-362) Nice Shootin', Cowboy : Stories 1997; (p. 87-105) -
The Man Who Got Fat!$!William Saroyan!$!!$!!$!
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The Trans-Siberian, 1958!$!Ryszard Kapuscinski!$!!$!!$!
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Jimi Hendrix!$!Richard Willams!$!!$!!$!
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Brimmer!$!John Cheever!$!!$!!$!
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Los Angeles Notebook!$!Joan Didion!$!!$!!$!
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Driving Around Houston!$!James Crumley!$!!$!!$!
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Scott Fitzgerald!$!F!$!Pat Hobby and Orson Welles!$!!$!
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The Battler!$!Ernest Hemingway!$!!$!!$!
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Poison Pen!$!Christopher Hitchens!$!!$!!$!
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Down A Lonesome Road!$!Barry O'Connell!$!!$!!$!
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Testimony of Pilot!$!Barry Hannah!$!!$!!$!
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The Kyogle Line 1985 single work prose (taught in 3 units)
— Appears in: 12 Edmondstone Street 1985; (p. 123-134) Latitudes : New Writing from the North 1986; (p. 64-72) Coast to Coast : Recent Australian Prose Writing 1986; (p. 84-91) Displacements 2 : Multicultural Storytellers 1987; (p. 88-93) Neighbours : Multicultural Writing of the 1980s 1991; (p. 64-70) The Second Largest Island : Modern Australian Short Stories 1994; (p. 43-51)
— Appears in: ダイヤモンド・ドッグ : 《多文化を映す》現代オーストラリア短編小說集 2008;
Degrees
Description
This course instructs students in writing prose in a constructive style. Students will learn to develop ideas into three modes of contemporary writing: commercial non-fiction, the contemporary essay and the short story. Emphasis will be placed on developing coherent compositions based upon observation, argument and the dramatic rendition of ideas. Students will be assessed in two of the three available modes.
Assessment
The assessment profile of 2038HUM Prose Writing: The essay and short fiction requires the completion of three assignments. Each assignment is designed to give students the opportunity to further their own writing practice and develop their ability to analyse the coherence of professional writers.
Assignment 1 (8 x minor in class exercises) Total 40%
These eight exercises will be given out in weeks 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11 and 12. Students will be expected to write short pieces of 500 words on given topics to be handed back in the following weeks class. The topics will relate to the subject of that weeks discussion Each exercise will be worth 5% of the total mark.
Assignment 2 (Non-fiction assignment) Total 30%
In this assignment, students are required to write a coherent piece of creative non-fiction utilising one of the themes studied in the course, travel or biography. The assignment will assess your ability to write clear, concise and coherent prose. The assignment will be distributed in week 4 and will be due on Friday, 18 September, 2009. Word length: 1500 words
Assignment 3 (Short fiction assignment) 30%
In this assignment, students are required to write a coherent piece of short fiction. The fictions should engage with the themes addressed in the course, travel or biography. The assignment will assess your ability to write imaginative prose in an effective manner. The assignment will be distributed in week 8 and will be due on Friday, 23 October, 2009. Word length: 1500 words.
Other Details
Offered in:
2010, 2009
Current Campus:
Nathan
Levels:
Undergraduate
