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EN5007 Writing Prose 2

Academic year(s): 2019-2020

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 60

ECTS credits : 30

Level : SCQF level 11

Semester: 2

Availability restrictions: Available only to students on MLitt /MFA in Creative Writing (Prose)

Planned timetable: To be arranged

Students will extend their study of prose writing and its techniques through discussion and critical and practical analysis. Emphasis will be given to exploring the wider possibilities of prose writing, with reference to the work of those contemporary or recent writers whose work defies easy categorisation. Students will be encouraged to experiment appropriately in genre and form, as well as to use a variety of stylistic innovations.

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: 1 seminar and 1 practical class; tutorials by appointment

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment: One new submission equivalent in length and nature to the failed piece of coursework. The piece submitted for reassessment must be entirely new work.

Personnel

Module coordinator: Ms L G Glaister
Module teaching staff: Team taught