Course overview
This course explores approaches to practice-based research in creative writing. Students will conceptualise a research question and plan a structure for a large-scale project. They will be exposed to a range of research methods, as well as the ethical implications of conducting those methods. Students will also learn how to express their research in a range of fiction and creative nonfiction, including prose forms and poetry.
- Creative writing and/as research
- Practical research and research praxis
- Creative writing and the archive
- Completing a project
Course learning outcomes
- Identify a creative project and develop a research plan to complete this project
- Demonstrate an understanding of the practicalities of research, including ethics
- Create an original piece of publishable writing by drawing on varied and project-appropriate research methods
- Evaluate and reflect on research practices and methodologies
- Critically read and assess creative and critical writing produced by students themselves, their peers and other writers; offer sensitive feedback to other writers' work
Availability
Class details
Adelaide City Campus East
Group 1
Class number 28795
Section CW01
Size 40
Available 28
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