Word, Image, Form: Language-Based Strategies in Poetry and Prose
PostgraduateMAQ-ENGX80502026
Course information for 2026 intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 19 July 2026
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 27 July 2026
- Price from
- $3,195
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Word, Image, Form: Language-Based Strategies in Poetry and Prose
About this subject
On successful completion, a student will be able to:
- Identify, analyse and apply literary tropes as applicable to poetry and literary writing.
- Understand and apply approaches to form and the relationship between form and content.
- Identify, analyse and create written works that engage with relevant social, cultural, global and ethical issues.
- Demonstrate the capacity to think creatively, critically and imaginatively to evaluate and present complex ideas, concepts, problems and processes through creative writing.
- Analyse and appraise the work of others in writing communities.
- A week-by-week guide to the topics you will explore in this subject will be provided in your study materials.
This unit trains students in poetics and language-usage as applicable to poetry and prose. The unit focuses on experimentation in craft and technique with particular attention to language, including poetic tropes, traditional and contemporary approaches to form as well as strategies for sequencing poetry and short-form prose works.
In addition to writing workshops, students undertake close reading and analysis of published Australian and international poetry and prose and explore theoretical texts that investigate questions of form and the relationship of the reader to the text. Activities are structured so that students can make productive links between theoretical concepts and their own writing. At the outcome of the unit students will have produced major and minor works of creative writing and extended their skills in practical analysis of poetry and language-focused prose.
- Writing exercises, workshopping, discussion and analysis activities (30%)
- Creative Work (Minor) (30%)
- Creative Work (Major) (40%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- MAQ-MCW-MAS-2026 - Master of Creative Writing
Others
Pre-requisite Admission to MCrWrit
NCCW (2020 and onwards)
ENGL8050 Word, Image, Form: Language-Based Strategies in Poetry and Prose
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
PostgraduateMAQ-MCW-MAS