Creative Writing

Major/Minor/Specialisation !D22-AA-SPC+1010 (2011)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.

Year and Campus: 2011

Coordinator

Assoc Prof Kevin Brophy
Email:kevinjb@unimelb.edu.au

Contact

The Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Email: arts-gradstudies@unimelb.edu.au

Overview:

This specialisation offers students the opportunity to explore their creative potential and to extend their work to avant-garde, cross-genre and experimental forms of writing. Students are encouraged to critically test the creative potential and the influence of contemporary theoretical and philosophical schools of thought in all forms of writing. Areas of specialisation include fiction, poetry, poetics, non-fiction, performance and writing for theatre and autobiography.
Objectives: See course objectives.
Structure & Available Subjects: A specialisation in Creative Writing in the Graduate Diploma of Arts consists of:

Level 1

  • 12.5 points one level one Creative Writing subject
Level 2

  • 37.5 points from the Creative Writing level two subject list

Level 3

  • The compulsory subject Encounters with Writing (12.5 points)
  • and 37.5 points from the Creative Writing level three subject list.
Total 100 points
Subject Options:

Creative Writing: Level 1 Subject

12.5 points
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:

Creative Writing: Level 2 Subjects

37.5 points
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 2
12.50
Semester 2
12.50

Creative Writing: Compulsory Subject

Subject
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Creative Writing: Level 3 Subjects

37.5 points
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 2
12.50
Links to further information: http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/creative-writing/
Related Course(s): Graduate Diploma in Arts

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