Course Title: Refine writing and editing techniques - Short Story
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2007
Course Code: COMM5412
Course Title: Refine writing and editing techniques - Short Story
School: 345T Creative Media
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5181 - Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing
Course Contact : Professional Writing and Editing Administration
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4368
Course Contact Email:Brendan.lee@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Laurie Clancy
9925 4340 (w)
lclancy@bigpond.net.au
Ania Walwicz
ania.walwicz@rmit.edu.au
Nominal Hours: 85
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Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
Produce Writings – Short Story (VBVP552)
Course Description
This course covers the knowledge and skills required to research and experiment with writing and editing techniques and media to generate writings. It investigates the short story format through discussion of the works of a wide variety of authors. This involves reading their work, textual analysis, class discussion and exploring approaches to creative writing.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
VBP553 Refine writing and editing techniques - Short Story |
Learning Outcomes
Not applicable
Details of Learning Activities
Students learn through classroom-based lectures, workshopping and group exercises. Students are expected to do their own research and writing off-campus.
Teaching Schedule
| Weeks | Topic |
| 1–4 | Origin and development of the form of the short story |
| 5–8 | The nineteenth century short story |
| 9–17 | The modernist movement – Joyce, Chekhov etc. |
| 18 | Revision and overview of Semester 1 |
| 19–22 | The short story in the twentieth century |
| 23–30 | Modes and genres of the short story – fantasy, magic realism, dirty realism, etc. |
| 31–35 | The contemporary short story |
| 36 | Conclusion and overview of Semester 2 |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Students will be given resource material in class.
Overview of Assessment
Assessment includes short stories, a short written commentary, a class presentation and class exercises.
Assessment Tasks
At the end of the course students must submit a total of 10,000 words of short fiction in any form – for example, one long story or four stories of about 2,500 words each.
Assessment Matrix
Not applicable
Other Information
Students are invited to bring photocopied samples of their own work, which are then handed out to the class who discuss and critique them in workshops. Students are permitted to submit the same samples more than once for comment. Various exercises are handed out by the teacher for the students to perform, either in class or at home. Students’ attention is also directed to appropriate anthologies of short stories and collections by major authors, which may help their work.
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