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 106-086 Creative Writing 1: Autofictions

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Marion M Campbell

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

A 1-hour lecture and a 1.5-hour tutorial per week

Subject Description

This is an introductory creative writing subject offering students an appreciation of the specific craft involved in the practice of different genres and the chance to hone writing skills through workshop exercises, readings and discussion. The lectures provide students with an idea of the range of past and contemporary practices which can be usefully identified as autofictions; and specific lectures will be devoted to writing skills in given genres: poetry; short and extended fiction; scriptwriting; playwriting; and writing for performance. By the end of semester you should have developed skills in researching larger narratives (mythical, socio-cultural, historical and political) impinging on your own life stories, which will enhance your own autofictional practices.

Assessment

Class participation, and written work totalling 4000 words.

Prescribed Texts

A subject reader will be available.

  • R Barthes, Richard Howard (trans), A Lover's Discourse: Fragments. Hill & Wang.
  • F Jaeggy, Sweet Days of Discipline.
  • J Kincaid, The Autobiography of My Mother. Farrar, Strauss, Giroux.


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