CRWT40100 Line and Structural Editing 2

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 - tone, precision; grammar, syntax, punctuation; avoidance of cliché.
2. Form - suitability; plot, narrative, point of view; dialogue, setting, characterisation; pacing, continuity, timing.
3. Awareness of reader - originality of approach, fidelity of tone, tension, resolution.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

A student can expect to learn how to edit his/her/their own work effectively, using the criteria established in the course of this module. A student can also expect to confidently give critical context to his/her/their own work.

Indicative Module Content:

Content is informed by the major work that each student brings to the module.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

120
Total

120
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Active/task-based learning; group work; critical writing; reflective learning; debates. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Equivalents:
Line and Structural Editing 2 (ENG41430)


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: 2,500-word written assignment Week 12 n/a Graded No

100

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
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
• Peer review activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Weekly feedback will be provided by the tutor to each student, in class, of an excerpt of that student's major work-in-progress. Feedback will also be provided by peers on weekly excerpts. Written feedback will be provided by the tutor on each student's end-of-semester assignment.

Name Role
Professor Anne Enright Tutor