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 106-062 Writing Non-Fictional Forms

Note

Formerly available as 106-288/388. Students who have completed 106-288/388 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. Special entry conditions apply. Students must consult the Department of English.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Marion M Campbell

Prerequisites

Usually 25 points of first year English including completion of first year creative writing prerequisites.

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

2.5 hours of seminars per week

Subject Description

This subject asks students to 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. The subject enables students to develop and draft a number of related or unrelated essays and other creative non-fictions, and to gain an understanding of the writing workshop process.

Assessment

Class participation, and a folio totalling 4000 words, comprising 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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