AustLit
Texts
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I See Red 2007 single work short story humour (taught in 1 units)
— Appears in: The Best Australian Stories 2007 2007; (p. 235-237) The Advertiser , 22 December 2007; (p. 2-3) Where There's Smoke : Outstanding Short Stories by Australian Men 2015; -
Letter to A 2007 single work short story (taught in 1 units)
— Appears in: The Best Australian Stories 2007 2007; (p. 44-48) Something Special, Something Rare : Outstanding Short Stories by Australian Women 2015; (p. 178-183) -
Repossession 2007 single work short story (taught in 1 units)
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 66 no. 2 2007; (p. 144-146) The Best Australian Stories 2007 2007; (p. 86-89) The Best Australian Stories : A Ten Year Collection 2011; (p. 395-398) -
When You Hold Me ... (The Bra Monologues) 2007 single work short story (taught in 1 units)
— Appears in: The Best Australian Stories 2007 2007; (p. 335-338) -
I Am So Sweet and Truthful and Once I Was Betrayed 2007 single work short story (taught in 1 units)
— Appears in: Indigo , Winter no. 1 2007; (p. 36-37) The Best Australian Stories 2007 2007; (p. 333-334) -
People Whose Names Bob Dylan Doesn't Know People Whose Names Bob Dylan Ought to Know 2006 single work short story (taught in 1 units)
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 65 no. 3 2006; (p. 28-30) The Best Australian Stories 2007 2007; (p. 188-190)
Description
RATIONALE:
This unit examines various forms of creative writing in order to provide skills in written creative language as well as a basic theoretical background. It is appropriate in developing writing and critical skills for professional writers such as literary creative writers and journalists, as well as for para-writing professions such as law or health communication.
AIM:
This unit aims to facilitate the development of introductory creative, critical and analytical skills in reading and writing including poetry and short fiction.
CONTENT:
The unit addresses content such as poetry and short fiction. The unit looks at the development of these literary forms as a way of understanding how a practitioner might best approach both the writing and critical analysis of them in the contemporary context.
Other Details
Although a link to this unit exists for Semester 1 2014, the Blackboard site for the unit is empty, signalling that perhaps it did not go ahead in this year.
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