Critical-Creative Writing Practices (CWRI40004)
HonoursPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
Overview
| Availability | Semester 1 |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
This subject explores the relationship between critical writing and creative writing. Over the course of semester, we’ll read a selection of texts that challenge the boundary between critical and creative writing, and we’ll discuss the relationship between critical schools of thought and students’ own writing practices. We’ll look at critical-creative writing practices on a range of topics and from diverse perspectives including identity, environment, politics, affect, disability, neurodiversity, activism, colonialism, race, gender, queerness and emotion. Weekly exercises will guide students towards producing their own piece of writing which engages with the critical-creative nexus.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:
- Articulate possible relationships between critical theory and creative writing.
- Experiment with forms of writing that operate at the nexus between critical and creative practices.
- Write both analytically and creatively in response to theoretical texts.
- Articulate how their own creative practices might intersect with matters of identity, environment, politics, disability, neurodiversity, activism, colonialism, race, gender, queerness or emotion.
Generic skills
At the completion of this subject, students should gain the following generic skills:
- Be able to engage in debates and discussion in a group setting
- Be able to produce an interplay of theory and practice in written work
- Be able to devise questions, analyse schools of thought and develop creative projects.
Last updated: 27 February 2025
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
| Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| CWRI90020 | Critical-Creative Writing Practices | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
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: 27 February 2025
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
A reading response delivered as a 10-minute oral presentation in class
| From Week 2 to Week 9 | 20% |
A reflection on the relationship between critical writing and creative writing
| Week 9 | 20% |
A piece of writing that activates and/or enacts a nexus between theory/criticism and practice/creativity.
| During the examination period | 60% |
| Hurdle requirement: 1. Attendance hurdle requirement: This subject has a minimum requirement of 80% attendance at tutorials, seminars, or workshops. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
| Hurdle requirement: 2. Late Penalty and Assessment hurdle requirement: Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at five per cent (5%) of the possible marks available for the assessment task per day or part thereof. All pieces of assessment must be submitted to pass the subject. Each submitted assessment must be complete, constitute a genuine attempt to address the requirements of the task and will not be accepted after 20 University business days from the original assessment due date without written approval. | Throughout the semester | N/A |
Last updated: 27 February 2025
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Coordinator Elizabeth MacFarlane Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours: a 2-hour seminar per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 3 March 2025 to 1 June 2025 Last self-enrol date 14 March 2025 Census date 31 March 2025 Last date to withdraw without fail 9 May 2025 Assessment period ends 27 June 2025 Semester 1 contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
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Last updated: 27 February 2025
Further information
- Texts
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced) Course Bachelor of Arts (Degree with Honours) - 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: 27 February 2025