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 106-288 Writing Non-Fictional Forms

Note

Available as 106-388 at 3rd-year level.

Special entry conditions apply. Students should consult the Department of English.

Credit Points

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator

George Papaellinas

Semester

2

Contact

One 1.5 hour seminar and one 1.5 hour workshop per week

Subject Description

Students will develop their own non-fiction writing, short or longer, through the study of course materials, through class discussions, workshop sessions and submission of draft material. They will develop creative essays and other non-fictions, an understanding of the writing workshop process and an understanding of the classical essay form as well as other creative non-fictional writings.

Assessment

A folio of not more than 5000 words to be submitted at the end of the subject, composed of a selection of the student's own writing.

Prescribed Texts
  • G Orwell, Homage to Catalonia. Penguin.
  • B Chatwin, Songlines. Picador.
  • B Hill, Sitting In. Heinemann.
  • B Hill, The Rock: Travelling to Uluru. Allen & Unwin.
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