University of Technology SydneyHandbook 2007

57143 Experiments in Writing

8cp

Requisite(s): 57041 Advanced Narrative Writing OR 57142 Writing for the Screen OR 50359 Screenwriting OR 50309 Advanced Screenwriting

These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses.

There are also course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.


Graduate subject – Writing – 400 level

This subject addresses the boundaries of contemporary writing practice as well as looking at the recent histories of innovative literary forms which have influenced both mainstream and avant-garde literature, whether modernist or post-modernist. The subject asks students to research both familiar and unfamiliar generic and practical possibilities within contemporary literary forms, whether of fiction, script, narrative or essay. In particular, it asks students to respond to how new forms of writing are generated by new nonlinear technologies and formats, as well as more broadly by aesthetic sensibilities formed by decades of cinematic, multimedia and intermedia creative practice. Students are encouraged to engage with these emerging and multimedia forms throughout the subject whereby texts, images and concepts are manipulated to create hybrid or ficto-critical forms.

Throughout the semester students produce and critically reflect on their own creative work and practice. Students are encouraged to experiment with form while remaining strongly engaged with the specific materials they have gathered, and the contexts they create or use for publication or performance.


For detailed information, see the full subject description at:
http://www.hss.uts.edu.au/subject_descriptions/57143.pdf

Fee information

2007 contribution for post-2004 Commonwealth-supported students: $832.67
2007 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,760.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.167
Note: The above fees are applicable in 2007 for Commonwealth-supported students who commenced after 2004 and domestic fee-paying undergraduate students only. Pre-2005 Commonwealth-supported students should consult the Student contribution charges for Commonwealth supported students webpage.
Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth supported places, and not all subjects are available to Commonwealth supported students. Domestic fee-paying students and international students should refer to the Fees webpage.

Access conditions

Note: The requisite information presented in this subject description covers only academic requisites. Full details of all enforced rules, covering both academic and admission requisites, are available at Access conditions and My Student Admin.