Subject objectives/outcomes
At the completion of this subject, students are expected to be able to:
1. write using creative and imaginative practices
2. analyse and edit self-reflectively and critically
3. describe fictional forms
4. develop a specific form of a narrative
5. collaborate with peers
Objective(s): a, b, d
Weighting: 30%
Length: 1,000 words
Assessment criteria:
* Accomplishment of narrative
* Inventiveness and originality of writing
* Integration of critical feedback
* Level of informed and creative exchange
Assessment item 2: Critical presentation
Objective(s): b, c, e
Weighting: 20%
Assessment criteria:
* Insight and originality in discussion of chosen material
* Level of critical analysis
* Level of informative and creative exchange
* Timely use of UTS Online
Assessment item 3: Major Narrative or Equivalent in Selected Fictional Form
Objective(s): a, b, e
Weighting: 50%
Assessment criteria:
* Inventiveness, originality and consistency of writing
* Structure of work
* Integration of self-assessment and critical feedback
* Level of informative and creative exchange
* Timely use of UTS Online
Marguerite Duras, The Lover. Any edition.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold. Any edition.
Adrian Hunter, The Cambridge Introduction to the Short Story in English (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007)
Robert McKee, Story: Substance, structure, style and the principles of screenwriting (London: Methuen, 1999)
Pat Cooper and Ken Dancyger, Writing the Short Film (Oxford: Focal, 2005)