922-117 LaTrobe-Creative Writing & Journalism

Special enrolment arrangements apply. Students must contact the Faculty of Arts Office for application forms and further details.

922-115 LaTrobe-Formal Standard Greek or equivalent.

In this subject students analyse, discuss and experiment with various types of Greek creative writing and journalism. Both the general principles and specifically Greek conventions of genre and style are identified, and students are encouraged to think critically about their own and other authors' writing in Greek by drafting, rewriting, editing and transposing the texts. Students' mastery of Modern Greek grammar, vocabulary and usage will be developed in the process. Linguistic skills will also be extended through projects developed and reported on in class, and involving interaction with the local Greek community.

• an enhanced understanding of significant aspects of Modern Greek culture and developed skills in analysis and in critical assessment of existing views of those aspects;

• have developed written and oral skills in discussion of the issues raised and also have a heightened awareness of cultural diversity.

One 3000-word folio of selected writings (due at end of semester) 60%; one 1500-word critical essay (due week 10) 30%; one 10-minute end of semester oral-aural test 10%. Third-year students will be expected to show a greater achievement of discipline-specific skills in their written work than second-year students.

Materials prepared by the department

• D Stavropoulos and A Hornby, Oxford English-Greek Learner's Dictionary. OUP 1982.
• D Stavropoulos, Oxford Greek-English Learner's Dictionary. OUP 1988.