CRWT40090 Line and Structural Editing 1

Academic Year 2021/2022


The focus of this course is on the novel or collection of short stories on which a student is working. Close, frequent supervision and direction of this work in progress is provided by the course director. The main elements for consideration are;

1. Language, including clarity, vividness, register and diction, avoidance of cliché, grammar, syntax and punctuation.
2. Form, including narrative structure, point of view, voice, dialogue, setting, characterisation, pacing, continuity, timing.
2.Content, including plausibility, consistency, originality of approach, dramatisation.
3. Awareness of reader, including engagement, story-telling, control, tension, resolution.


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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

A student can expect to learn how to edit his or her own work effectively, using the criteria established in the course of this module. This ought to apply to all elements of that work.
1. Language, including clarity, vividness, register and diction, avoidance of cliché, grammar, syntax and punctuation.
2. Form, including narrative structure, point of view, voice, dialogue, setting, characterisation, pacing, continuity, timing.
2.Content, including plausibility, consistency, originality of approach, dramatisation.
3. Awareness of reader, including engagement, story-telling, control, tension, resolution.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

120
Total

120
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
The student learns in a collaborative workshop setting, where work is submitted and read by their peers. This is a practical course in which he student learns through the practice and refinement of their craft. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Equivalents:
Line and Structural Editing 1 (ENG41420)


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: The student will submit a piece (max 5000 words) that has been rewritten in response to workshop feedback. End of trimester MCQ n/a Graded Yes

100

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring 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?

The student will get feedback during the workshops and in on to one sessions with Prof Enright. A grade will be given for the final assignment.

Name Role
Professor Paul Perry Tutor