AustLit
Creative Writing
(ENGL2076/ENGL6037)
School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics (a new School entity from former School of Humanities)
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Australian National University
Semester 1 /
2016
Texts
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The Art of Disappearing i "The moon that broke on the fencepost will not hold.", 2007 single work poetry (taught in 2 units)
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 8 September 2007; (p. 29) The Best Australian Poetry 2008 2008; (p. 42) Thirty Australian Poets 2011; (p. 126) Young Poets : An Australian Anthology 2011; (p. 50) Falling and Flying : Poems on Ageing 2015; (p. 31) -
Ars Poetica i "I used to want", 2008 single work poetry (taught in 2 units)
— Appears in: The Other Way Out 2008; (p. 38) -
Eating Paint i "Inspired by the effects of water-colours", 2001 single work poetry (taught in 2 units)
— Appears in: New Music : An Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry 2001; (p. 42) Bestseller 2001; (p. 28-29) Australian Poetry Library 2004-; -
The Colour of Success 2004 single work essay (taught in 1 units)
— Appears in: Australian Author , December vol. 36 no. 3 2004; (p. 8-12) -
9.7 Milligrams of Heaven 2006 single work short story (taught in 1 units)
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 65 no. 4 2006; (p. 165-169) The Best Australian Stories 2007 2007; (p. 238-241) Meanjin Online 2011; -
Singing My Sister Down 2004 single work short story science fiction horror fantasy (taught in 3 units)
— Appears in: Black Juice 2004; (p. 1-18) Sunset : Penguin Australian Summer Stories 2005; (p. 203-216) The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy : Volume 1 2005; (p. 15-26) The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection 2005; (p. 337-343) Black Juice 2005; (p. 3-16) Black Juice 2006; (p. 1-16) -
I 2002 single work essay (taught in 2 units)
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 61 no. 1 2002; (p. 40-43) The Best Australian Essays 2002 2002; (p. 149-153) Meanjin , Summer vol. 69 no. 4 2010; (p. 132-135) Meanjin Anthology 2012; (p. 297-300) Helen Garner explores the new and different persona a writer must adopt in each successive work
Description
Who would not wish to be a published author? This course provides an introduction to creative writing of various kinds, chiefly short fiction and poetry, in a workshop situation in which recent and, in particular, contemporary writing, made available in a reading brick, will be critically analysed and, where appropriate, used as a model. Stylistic diversity will be encouraged and the workshop will ensure close discussion of, and feedback on, student work. The course will include some consideration of the practical process of publishing.
Assessment
1. Portfolio of Creative Work (60%) [Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 5]
Comprising drafts and rewrites of 3 poems and one story of approximately 3,500 words.
2. Written and oral comments on peers' work (15%) [Learning Outcome 4]
3. 1,000 – 1,500 word essay (25%) [Learning Outcomes 3, 5]
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