Diary of a Bad Year
Melbourne
:
Text Publishing
,
2007
Z1421986
2007
single work
novel
(taught in 10 units)
'J. M. Coetzee's Diary of a Bad Year is about loneliness, friendship and the possibility of love. It takes the reader from Australian democracy to Guantanamo Bay, from the meaning of dishonour to the creative truth of dreams.' (Publisher's blurb)
A practice-based course in cross-generic writing, this course builds on foundations in the analysis and writing of creative texts. You will have experimented with a range of writing genres in Level 1 and 2 Writing courses. You will develop research methodologies associated with documentation, sourcing your own material. As a Level 3 course this course will provide a sustained opportunity for you to improve and extend your writing skills and to work on a larger writing project based on your own original research. You will be introduced to the theoretical issues associated with fictocriticism and cross-generic writing, and analyse key sample texts from this field. The course will provide for more in-depth workshopping than a Level 2 course. This course aims to foster a peer-centred co-operative learning process which encourages you to take responsibility for your own development and learning.
