This module will develop understanding of the themes of writing philosophy introduced in part 1 of the module with a critical emphasis on the intersections between writing and place. Advanced, contemporary, techniques in representing place and the relationship between place and identity will underpin these critical approaches. The selected texts will be studied by means of a programme of workshops and tutorials, and further tutorial time will be provided to support individual students' writing. Some workshop time will be devoted to the discussion and critical analysis by students of their work.

Fiction, Travel Writing, Psychogeographcal Writing [2,500 words] (Learning Outcomes 3, 4) and a Learning Diary [1,000 words] (Learning Outcomes 1, 2)

Key Information Set Data:
20% Presentation
80% Coursework

There will be a programme of workshops and tutorials related to the literary texts, with further individual tutorials to support the students' 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 and its movements (Modernism, Imagism, etc) so, the process of critical analysis in the programme of workshops will accompany the writing, reading and evaluating of student work.

Key Information Set Data:
20% Scheduled Teaching and Learning Activities
80% Guided Independent Learning

1. DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE AND CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING OF ADVANCED THEORETICAL CONCEPTS IN RELATION TO LITERATURE AND BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND RESPOND TO A RANGE OF WRITING STYLES AND MODES. [Knowledge and Understanding]

2. USE A RANGE OF ADVANCED LITERARY-CRITICAL THINKING TO INITIATE AND UNDERTAKE CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF LITERARY TEXTS, OR THE SKILLS OF THE DISCIPLINE TO UNDERTAKE WORKPLACE-BASED ENQUIRY.
[Analysis; Learning]

3. COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY IDEAS AND INSIGHTS IN WRITING, AND DEMONSTRATE NARRATIVE AND OTHER WRITING SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES.
[Communication]

4. RETHINK AND REDRAFT, ANALYSE AND RESTRUCTURE CREATIVE WRITING IN THE LIGHT OF THE ANALYSIS PROVIDED BY OTHERS.
[Application]

Library, Internet. The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details supplied in module handbook. Networked PC DVD/Video Projection.

Texts may include the following:
FINCH, P., 2006. The Welsh Poems. Exeter: Shearsman.
KNABB, K., 2006. Situationist International Anthology. Berkeley, CA : Bureau of Public Secrets
OLSON, C., 1983. The Maximus Poems. Berkeley: University of California Press.
PEREC, G., 2008, Species of Spaces and other pieces. London: Penguin.
SOLNIT, R., 2014. Wanderlust: A History of Walking. London: Granta.

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