Creative Writing 3: Narrative Fiction

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

  1. Apply skills in relation to craft and technique to the writing of short-form fiction
  2. Critique and evaluate their own creative writing processes
  3.  Critique and evaluate their own creative writing processes
  4. Utilise technical creative writing terms, vocabulary and narrative studies in discussion
  5. Undertake close reading and analysis of literary and theoretical texts
  6. Appraise and critique students’ creative writing in a workshop environment

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Macquarie University

Entry requirements

Prior study

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

one of

• MAQ-ENGX233-Creative Writing 2: Concept and Practice (no longer available)

• MAQ-ENGX2033-Creative Writing 2: Concept and Practice

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

• MAQ-ENGX307-Creative Writing 3: Narrative Fiction (no longer available)

Additional requirements

• Other requirements -

  Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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