Co-Major (2020)
Information on this page, including unit offerings, is from the 2020 academic year.
English and Creative Writing
Title | English and Creative Writing |
Organisational Unit | Creative Media, Arts and Design |
Special requirements | There may be a reduction of choice of units if completing this course in the external mode. |
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Internet Access Requirements | Murdoch units normally include an online component comprising materials, discussions, lecture recordings and assessment activities. All students, regardless of their location or mode of study, need to have access to and be able to use computing devices with browsing capability and a connection to the Internet via Broadband (Cable, ADSL or Mobile) or Wireless. The Internet connection should be readily available and allow large amounts of data to be streamed or downloaded (approximately 100MB per lecture recording). Students also need to be able to enter into online discussions and submit assignments online. |
Description | The English and Creative Writing co-major focuses on the global significance of text as a literary form, broadly understood to include all its variants, from the short story, to the sonnet, from the blog to the bildungsroman, and from pastoral to performance poetry. Understanding the intimate relationship between the literary and the creative, students study English literature while at the same time developing knowledge, skills in critical and creative reflection, and writing practice. Students are therefore required to read, view, listen and write critically, professionally and creatively in response to a wide range of written, visual and other texts. |
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Structure
Co-Major - 18 credit points
100 Level Units - 3 credit points
Select from the following:
EGL123 Texting I: Introduction to Literature, Writing and Performance - 3 points
EGL124 Texting II: Introduction to Literature, Writing and Performance - 3 points
200 Level Units - 12 credit points
Specified Electives - 12 credit points
Literature
Students must choose at least ONE unit from each of the Literature and Creative Writing lists.
EGL244 Shakespeare and His Contemporaries: Page and Stage - 3 points
EGL231 Poetry: Sonnet to Slam - 3 points
EGL248 The Novel: Transforming the Real - 3 points
EGL235 Australian Literature and Film - 3 points
EGL246 Digital Humanities: Reading and Writing in the Online World - 3 points
EGL247 Literature, Imagination and Politics - 3 points
Creative Writing
EGL232 Professional Writing and Editing - 3 points
EGL250 Writing for Performance - 3 points
EGL249 The Short Story: Approaches to Writing and Reading - 3 points
EGL220 Creative Writing: Extended Project - 3 points
EGL243 Storytelling in Australia - 3 points
300 Level Units - 3 credit points
Core Unit - 3 credit points
EGL321 Cosmopolitan Literature: Communicating Creatively across the Globe - 3 points