The Creative Artefact: Publication Folio B (Previously LPW701B)
LPW705B
Overview
To enrol in this unit, you must be accepted into a course from the provider.
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Level of study: What does Postgraduate mean?
Postgraduate
EFTSL: What does EFTSL mean?
0.125
Delivery Method: What does delivery method mean?
Fully Online
Prerequisites: What are the prerequisites?
Duration:
13 weeks
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Domestic student fee:
$1,750.00 (AUD)
International student fee:
$1,975.00 (AUD)
Description
Investigate a range of writing genres and the work of a variety of writing practitioners. This unit invites you to consider a range of different approaches towards the creation of a major piece of work for publication. It allows you to work further on your own writing folio in conjunction with appropriate exercises in analysis and reflection. In this unit, you will continue the development of the folio of work that began in Writing and Praxis: Publication Folio A.
Please note: Assessment values are indicative only, details will be advised at the start of the unit.
Enrolment Restriction
In order to enrol in this unit, you must be accepted into one of the following courses:
If you wish to seek approval to enrol in this unit without being accepted in a course, please contact OUA regarding the process.
Prerequisites
Mandatory prerequisites
You must have successfully completed the following unit(s) before starting this unit:
- LPW705A — Writing and Praxis: Publication Folio A (Previously LPW701A)
If you have completed equivalent study at another university, please contact a Student Advisor for advice.
You should have completed the Grad Dip of Arts (Writing) and Grad Cert of Arts (Writing) before enrolling in this unit.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
Demonstrate an understanding of ways in which critical and cultural theories can contribute to writing skills.
Apply further skills in reflective practice and critical analysis to their own writing practice.
Demonstrate the capacity to complete a major piece of piece of creative or professional writing or a comparable portfolio of shorter pieces.
Demonstrate autonomy as a writer and researcher and effectively reflect on their own writing projects from plan to draft to production.
Actively participate in on-line communities of practice.
Topics
This unit addresses the following topics.
| Number | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Producing the orginial work: creativity, inspiration, perspiration |
| 2 | The student as a multi-generic writer |
| 3 | Popular fictional and non-fictional forms |
| 4 | Poetics and performance |
| 5 | Hybrid genre such as fictocriticism and narrative nonfiction |
| 6 | Genres of Writing |
Study Resources
This unit is delivered using the following methods and materials:
Print based materials
- Welcome Letter
Online materials
- Printable format materials
Textbook information for this unit is currently being updated and will be available soon. Please check back regularly for updates. Alternatively, visit the Unibooks website and enter the unit details to search for available textbooks.
Relevant Courses
This unit is a core requirement in the following courses:
This unit may be eligible for credit towards other courses:
- Many undergraduate courses on offer through OUA include 'open elective' where any OUA unit can be credited to the course. You need to check the Award Requirements on the course page for the number of allowed open electives and any level limitations.
- In other cases, the content of this unit might be relevant to a course on offer through OUA or elsewhere. In order to receive credit for this unit in the course you will need to supply the provider institution with a copy of the Unit Profile in the approved format, which you can download here. Note that the Unit Profile is set at the start of the year, and if textbooks change this may not match the Unibooks textbook list.
