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Writing Identity and Difference (CWRI20012)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5Not available in 2024
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Overview
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This subject explores how creative writing practice encounters identity and alterity. Students will engage with the politics of representation through critical theory, intertextual reflexivity and deconstruction of inherited categories of self and other. It addresses the authority of writing and the responsibilities of ethical representation in creative practice. Students will analyse, discuss and critique a variety of textual representations, before applying these ethical considerations and creative methods to their own writing. The subject will be delivered through a series of lectures and creative practice workshops, which focus on developing ethical and engaging writing.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Understand, analyse and respect diverse cultural identities and the way this is explored through creative writing
- Understand the practice of creative writing in local, state, national and international contexts and the politics of representation
- Develop self-reflexive and ethical reading and writing practices
- Understand the history and theory of how socio-cultural groups are shaped through cultural traditions and contemporary values
Generic skills
Students who successfully complete this subject should be able to:
- Apply analytic, independent, and critical skills to written texts
- Apply ethics in creative practice
- Apply problem-solving skills to creative and critical tasks
- Complete written tasks to a high level of literacy, creativity and communication
- Plan and develop their own work
- Work effectively with others while respecting individual differences.
Last updated: 6 December 2024