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CRWT40030

Academic Year 2024/2025

CHAPTER ONE: BEGINNING A NOVEL (CRWT40030)

Subject:
Creative Writing
College:
Arts & Humanities
School:
English, Drama & Film
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
10
Module Coordinator:
Professor Anne Enright
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This module will provide students with an understanding of how a novel might be approached. The module aims to improve students' critical and creative understanding through close reading from established literary texts, as well as from their own and their fellow students' work. They will also start to plan and write a novel, while reflecting on their practice throughout.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
• display a critically informed analytical awareness of the benefits of close critical reading for writers
• engage in intellectually sophisticated debates concerning ideas of literary canonicity and value
• exhibit a developed awareness of established and innovative literary techniques
• work constructively to develop their writing independently and through engagement with workshop groups

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Specified Learning Activities

86
Autonomous Student Learning

100
Total

210

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
PDFs of great novel openings will be posted in Brightspace for discussion in the workshop. The students' own creative texts will be submitted each week to the workshop for practical feedback from the tutor and peers. Each student typically submits twice in the term. The student learns through the practice and refinement of their craft. 

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Equivalents:
Reading & Writing the Novel (ENG41120)


 

Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Assignment(Including Essay): This is a workshop based module, so students will be assessed on their engagement with this process as well as on the final product. Week 15 Graded No

100

 No

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Summer No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Feedback given during the workshop will be complemented by individual discussion, during office hours, with Professor Enright.

Name Role
Professor Paul Perry Tutor
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