Unit name | Planning a Creative Dissertation |
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Unit code | ENGLM0074 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Dr. Mimi Thebo |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
N/A |
Co-requisites |
N/A |
School/department | Department of English |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This is an independent study unit, with some tutor supervision, to allow and support students to undertake the initial stages of writing a full-length manuscript. Students will plan how they will approach writing the manuscript and construct a plan of work. At the same time, the student will be continuing to write the manuscript, with the clear understanding that considerable revision may be required both within the unit and beyond it.
By the successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
Guided Independent study forms the majority of the teaching in this unit. Students work with lecturers to evolve a plan for what materials will be produced in planning the creative dissertation. Students and lecturers will generally also, at this point, begin to formalise a literature survey to support this writing. There will be one or two supervision points during the unit, during which the student will receive formative feedback and then there will be a tutorial after summative assessment to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the student’s submission (all supervision to total 2 hours). Please note that the student will also be receiving detailed feedback on the original creative writing in Workshop 2 and that the student will be producing enough original creative writing to submit different portions of the original creative work in both units.
A portfolio of writing to include:
1 x 3000 words summative assessment (or equivalent, in the case of poetry/script) of original creative writing. [ILOs 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] (60%)
1 x 2000 word summative portfolio that documents the planning process, which might include notes, detailed chapter plans, an analysis of form, tone, register, story arcs, collection shapes, etc. This must include a time-based planning scheme demonstrating how much will be written by a series of achievable deadlines. [ILOs 1, 3, 5, 6] (40%)
Students will evolve their own reading/viewing list, together with their tutor.