Genealogies of Place (CWRI40009)
HonoursPoints: 12.5Not available in 2019
About this subject
Overview
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In this subject students will engage with creative and intellectual concepts that deal with an understanding of place (and places) and its relationship to individuals, communities and cultural formations. These places may be physical, social or psychological, and can include "natural". landscapes, urban/industrial environments, the genealogies of family or place and the connections between memory and physical space. This subject asks students to engage with writings by novelists and poets in addition to non-fictional texts to stimulate their own creative writing project that will be developed and workshopped in the seminars. Students will explore the relationship between the creative process and the development of written and performative texts. On completion of the subject students will have produced a folio of writing that can include prose-fiction, poetry, performance/script or non-fiction.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should have:
- creatively engaged with texts that deal with the relationship between physical and natural landscapes;
- creatively engaged with texts that deal with the relationship between the individual, family and communities;
- reatively engaged with ideas dealing with social/political memory and place;
- developed skills in creative writing that draw upon materials and concepts presented and discussed in seminars;
- acquired a transportable set of interpretive skills;
- developed their capacity for independent thinking; and
- developed their ability to communicate ideas through creative writing.
Generic skills
At the completion of this subject, students should gain the following generic skills:
- developed skills in creative writing that draw upon materials and concepts presented and discussed in seminars;
- acquired a transportable set of interpretive skills;
- developed their capacity for independent thinking; and
- developed their ability to communicate ideas through creative writing.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- Written work of 3,000 words (60%), due in the examination period; plus
- Written critical work of 2,000 words due in mid semester (30%); plus
- Class participation, including workshopping creative drafts, throughout semester (10%).
OR
- Written creative folio of work, comprising 5,000 words; plus
- Class participation, including workshopping creative drafts, throughout semester (10%).
- Hurdle: Students are required to attend a minimum of 80% (or 10 out of 12) classes in order to qualify to have their written work assessed. Any student who fails to meet this hurdle without valid reason will not be eligible to pass the subject. All required written work must be submitted in order to pass the subject. Essays submitted after the due date without an extension will be penalised 2% per day. Essays submitted after two weeks of the assessment due date without a formally approved application for special consideration or an extension will only be marked on a pass/fail basis if accepted.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
Not available in 2019
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Creative Writing, Publishing and Editing Specialisation (formal) Creative Writing Specialisation (formal) Creative Writing Specialisation (formal) Creative Writing Informal specialisation PD-ARTS Creative Writing Informal specialisation Creative Writing - Links to additional information
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Please note Single Subject Studies via Community Access Program is not available to student visa holders or applicants
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Additional information for this subject
Subject coordinator approval required
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
Last updated: 3 November 2022