Presentation: 20%
15 minute presentation [LO 1, 4]

Coursework: piece(s) of prose and/or dialogue: 70% [2,500 words or equivalent] [LO 1, 3]

Literary analysis 10% [500 words] [LO 2, 4]

1. DEMONSTRATE A CRITICAL AND CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF WRITING IN THE MODE OF SOCIAL REALISM
Knowledge & Understanding

2. CRITICALLY ANALYSE DIFFERENT TYPES OF REALISM
Analysis

3. WRITE A SUBSTANTIAL, COHERENT BODY OF PROSE AND/OR DRAMATIC DIALOGUE
Communication

4. EVALUATE YOUR OWN AND OTHERS' WORK WITH SOME CONCEPTUAL AND CRITICAL INSIGHT Reflection

Class time will be split between group discussion of the reference texts, writing exercises, and workshopping of your creative work. You will study a number of writers / practitioners whose work, in one way or another, falls into the category of social realism. You’ll also look at other closely-related forms of literary realism. Over the course of the module, you will produce your own creative work and you will reflect on your processes and influences in your Presentation, which is designed to mimic the public-facing duty of a working writer in line with the University’s Authentic Assessment Policy. You will also produce a Literary Analysis, the format of which may be negotiated with your tutor.

There will be a programme of seminars and/or workshops related to the literary texts, with individual tutorials available to support your own creative writing. One of the principles underlying this module is the belief that the practice of writing can be assisted by knowledge and understanding of literature, so, the process of critical analysis in the programme of workshops will accompany creative writing, reading and evaluations of student work in the sessions. We will consider a number of literary forms as an aid to students' own writing in the genre of social realism.

Please see module Handbook and VLE for the latest reading list.

VLE, Library.