Experimental Writing
UndergraduateGRF-LHS3112026
Course information for 2026 intake
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- Enrol by
- 22 Feb 2026
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- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 2 Mar 2026
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Experimental Writing
About this subject
On completing this subject, students will be able to:
- Recognise and understand theoretical and practical issues relevant to the craft of writing in a range of experimental fiction and poetry forms;
- Analyse and discuss issues relevant to creativity and creative/professional skills in your own work and in the work of others;
- Engage with the content of the course through written skills, i.e. in the production of a creative project in an experimental form (in light of cross-artform practice and new technologies as publishing environments) along with related exegetical writing developed during the semester; and
- Engage with the content of the course through strong communication skills, i.e. in workshop discussions.
- A guide to the topics you will explore in this subject will be provided in your study materials.
Experimental Writing takes what you thought you knew about creative writing and turns it upside down. As a third-year subject in the Creative Writing major, Experimental Writing is an opportunity for Creative Writing students to spread their wings and explore far-off and hitherto forbidden (and forbidding) regions of creative practice. The subject examines experimental theory and technique, and draws on literary histories of innovative poetry & prose. In the first half of the subject, students are introduced to a rich field of experimental possibilities, and are encouraged to utilise these in the development of their own projects. Then, through ongoing discussions with their tutor and peers, students are supported to produce the boldest, most original and most unusual project of their degrees.
- Class participation/discussion board contributions (20%)
- Development Portfolio (including a drafted excerpt of the Project and a preliminary exegesis) (20%)
- Project Deadline (including a completed project and exegesis) (60%)
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- 0.125 EFTSL
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UndergraduateGRF-CWR-DIP
Advanced Diploma in Creative Writing
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