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EN3CWA: Dissertation for Art and Creative Writing Joint Honours Students
Module code: EN3CWA
Module provider: English Literature; School of Humanities
Credits: 40
Level: Level 3 (Honours)
When you'll be taught: Semester 1 / 2
Module convenor: Ms Shelley Harris, email: shelley.harris@reading.ac.uk
Pre-requisite module(s): Before taking this module, you must successfully complete 40 credits of Creative Writing modules at Part 2, or, in special cases (including visiting students registered to creative writing programmes) you may seek the consent of the convenor. (Open)BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST TAKE EN1CW (Compulsory)
Co-requisite module(s):
Pre-requisite or Co-requisite module(s):
Module(s) excluded: IN TAKING THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT TAKE EN3DIS OR TAKE FT3DISS OR TAKE EN3CW (Compulsory)
Placement information: NA
Academic year: 2024/5
Available to visiting students: No
Talis reading list: Yes
Last updated: 21 May 2024
Overview
Module aims and purpose
This module allows students in their final year to develop a sustained piece of independent writing of 7000-7500 words. In consultation with a member of staff, students will write an original, stand-alone creative work, whether that be a short story, a play, a screenplay or a collection of verse. The student will also work in close contact with a peer community of creative writers working on their own dissertations. This group will self-organise to meet regularly through Spring term to conduct workshops on individual member’s creative pieces. These sessions will allow for serious critical discussion of the work and form the basis for ongoing revision. They will also inform the student’s critical essay of 2500 – 3000 words, which will focus on their own work but also include reference to influences. The module develops advanced research and writing skills and qualities of independence and active learning.Â
Module learning outcomes
By the end of the module, it is expected that students will be able to:
- Initiate, devise, compose and conclude creative projects in which their own and other people’s ideas are articulated concisely, accurately and clearly
- Demonstrate the deployment of language in a sophisticated and nuanced fashion, with a heightened awareness of concision, voice, idiom, idiolect, simile, metaphor, analogy, rhythm and media-specific restraints
- Edit their own work, and that of peers, with a high level of rigour and scrutiny, at the various levels of clause, line, sentence, stanza, paragraph but also at the structural level of overall scene, chapter, collection, book
- Recognise what and how they have learnt, through self-reflection and through constructive dialogue with other people
Module content
The module will be delivered through a combination of one-to-one tutorials with a member of the academic staff and hour-long group workshops. In the case of the former, discussion would normally include the process of choosing topic and/or genre, questions of influence and originality, the nature of the presumed audience for the piece, technical concerns such as point--of view, tense, lexis, character, narrative structure etc.: critical issues with a bearing on the project.Â
Structure
Teaching and learning methods
Group discussion in 2-hour seminars. Students will also receive at least four individual tutorials on their own creative writing portfolio.Â
Study hours
At least 6 hours of scheduled teaching and learning activities will be delivered in person, with the remaining hours for scheduled and self-scheduled teaching and learning activities delivered either in person or online. You will receive further details about how these hours will be delivered before the start of the module.
 Scheduled teaching and learning activities |  Semester 1 |  Semester 2 | Ìý³§³Ü³¾³¾±ð°ù |
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Lectures | |||
Seminars | 1 | 2 | |
Tutorials | 2.5 | 3 | |
Project Supervision | |||
Demonstrations | |||
Practical classes and workshops | |||
Supervised time in studio / workshop | |||
Scheduled revision sessions | |||
Feedback meetings with staff | |||
Fieldwork | |||
External visits | |||
Work-based learning | |||
 Self-scheduled teaching and learning activities |  Semester 1 |  Semester 2 | Ìý³§³Ü³¾³¾±ð°ù |
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Directed viewing of video materials/screencasts | |||
Participation in discussion boards/other discussions | |||
Feedback meetings with staff | |||
Other | |||
Other (details) | |||
 Placement and study abroad |  Semester 1 |  Semester 2 | Ìý³§³Ü³¾³¾±ð°ù |
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Placement | |||
Study abroad | |||
 Independent study hours |  Semester 1 |  Semester 2 | Ìý³§³Ü³¾³¾±ð°ù |
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Independent study hours | 196.5 | 195 |
Please note the independent study hours above are notional numbers of hours; each student will approach studying in different ways. We would advise you to reflect on your learning and the number of hours you are allocating to these tasks.
Semester 1 The hours in this column may include hours during the Christmas holiday period.
Semester 2 The hours in this column may include hours during the Easter holiday period.
Summer The hours in this column will take place during the summer holidays and may be at the start and/or end of the module.
Assessment
Requirements for a pass
Students need to achieve an overall module mark of 40% to pass this module.
Summative assessment
Type of assessment | Detail of assessment | % contribution towards module mark | Size of assessment | Submission date | Additional information |
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Capstone project | Dissertation | 100 | 10,000 words | Semester 2, Teaching Week 7 | Original Creative Work: 7000-7500 words Critical Essay: 2500-3000 words |
Penalties for late submission of summative assessment
The Support Centres will apply the following penalties for work submitted late:
Assessments with numerical marks
- where the piece of work is submitted after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): 10% of the total marks available for that piece of work will be deducted from the mark for each working day (or part thereof) following the deadline up to a total of three working days;
- the mark awarded due to the imposition of the penalty shall not fall below the threshold pass mark, namely 40% in the case of modules at Levels 4-6 (i.e. undergraduate modules for Parts 1-3) and 50% in the case of Level 7 modules offered as part of an Integrated Masters or taught postgraduate degree programme;
- where the piece of work is awarded a mark below the threshold pass mark prior to any penalty being imposed, and is submitted up to three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline), no penalty shall be imposed;
- where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): a mark of zero will be recorded.
Assessments marked Pass/Fail
- where the piece of work is submitted within three working days of the deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): no penalty will be applied;
- where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): a grade of Fail will be awarded.
The University policy statement on penalties for late submission can be found at: /cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/qap/penaltiesforlatesubmission.pdf
You are strongly advised to ensure that coursework is submitted by the relevant deadline. You should note that it is advisable to submit work in an unfinished state rather than to fail to submit any work.
Formative assessment
Formative assessment is any task or activity which creates feedback (or feedforward) for you about your learning, but which does not contribute towards your overall module mark.
The supervisor will comment on draft extracts in both Autumn and Spring semesters.Â
Reassessment
Type of reassessment | Detail of reassessment | % contribution towards module mark | Size of reassessment | Submission date | Additional information |
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Capstone project | Dissertation | 100 | 10,000 words | During the University resit period | Original Creative Work: 7000-7500 words Critical Essay: 2500-3000 words |
Additional costs
Item | Additional information | Cost |
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Computers and devices with a particular specification | ||
Required textbooks | ||
Specialist equipment or materials | ||
Specialist clothing, footwear, or headgear | ||
Printing and binding | ||
Travel, accommodation, and subsistence |
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MODULE DESCRIPTION DOES NOT FORM ANY PART OF A STUDENT'S CONTRACT.