Introduction to Creative Writing (CACW100)
Semester 1 & 2 / 2016

Texts

y separately published work icon Ephemeral Waters Kate Middleton , Artarmon : Giramondo Publishing , 2013 6151036 2013 selected work poetry (taught in 2 units)
y separately published work icon The Boys Gordon Graham , 1991 Paddington : Currency Press , 1994 Z273156 1991 single work drama (taught in 7 units)
y separately published work icon An Elegant Young Man Luke Carman , Artarmon : Giramondo Publishing , 2013 6591532 2013 selected work short story (taught in 6 units)

'For a long time Western Sydney has been the political flash-point of the nation, but it has been absent from Australian literature. Luke Carman’s first book of fiction is about to change all that: a collection of monologues and stories which tells it how it is on Australia’s cultural frontier. His young, self-conscious but determined hero navigates his way through the complications of his divorced family, and an often perilous social world, with its Fobs, Lebbbos, Greek, Serbs, Grubby Boys and scumbag Aussies, friends and enemies. He loves Whitman and Kerouac, Leonard Cohen and Henry Rollins, is awkward with girls, and has an invisible friend called Tom. His neighbour Wessam tells him he should write a book called How to Be Gay – and now he has. Carman’s style is packed with thought and energy: it captures the voices of the street, and conveys fear and anger, beauty and affection, with a restless intensity.' (Publisher's blurb)

y separately published work icon Still Angela Jenny Kemp , Sydney : Currency Press Playbox Theatre , 2002 Z957751 2002 single work drama (taught in 8 units)

The Art of Fiction, Lodge

A Streetcar Named Desire, Williams

Description

This subject provides an introduction to the creative writing process for students without a strong background in writing. Students will explore topics such as: finding ideas for writing; language and the writer; the drafting process; the workshop process; editing. Major forms of contemporary writing are explored, including prose fiction, poetry and scriptwriting.

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