Educational Aims
More specifically, this topic aims to:
* Encourage students to read and write short fiction and gain expertise in writing and editing
* Introduce a variety of texts from a range of historical and national contexts and respond to diverse forms and styles of short narratives
* Demonstrate how the short story is particularly appropriate for encouraging comparative analysis between national cultures and periods of literary development
* Consider writers' own responses to the creative process and thus further develop students' skills as critical readers and editors
* Promote discussion of issues to do with students' own reading and writing of short fiction in a collaborative atmosphere, while considering major critical issues
* Encourage writing for possible publication
Expected Learning Outcomes
Students will have:
* Developed their writing and reading skills
* Responded critically and imaginatively to a diverse range of short stories from Australia and beyond
* Developed their critical reading skills
* Related current critical debates about writing to their own work
* Written creatively and developed their editing skills
* Developed their ability to work collaboratively and creatively with other students
