Creative Writing Essentials 2: Narrative Theories, Forms and Approaches to Practice

Undergraduate | 2026

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Area/Catalogue
WRIT 2000
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Course ID
200901
Level of study
Level of study
Undergraduate
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Unit value
6
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Course level
2
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Inbound study abroad and exchange
Inbound study abroad and exchange
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University-wide elective course
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Single course enrolment
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Course data is interim and subject to change

Course overview

This second-year course aims to familiarise students with a wide variety of approaches to narrative theory and to an array of practice-based narrative techniques relevant to creative writing. Students will consider narrative in multiple literary forms, including prose (fiction and nonfiction), poetry, and writing for stage and screen. The course works to develop students critical and analytical skills in addition to affording opportunities to explore different forms and genres in their own creative practice.

Course learning outcomes

  • Interpret and reflect on a broad range of creative, critical, and theoretical texts relevant to the history and ongoing development of narrative theory and its practical applications
  • Conceptualise creative and critical projects, devise plans for their research and execution, and fulfil these to deadlines
  • Analyse creative, critical, and theoretical texts informed by the global and historical contexts of their production
  • Write and revise polished creative and critical works that demonstrate significant levels of clarity, insight, narrative innovation, and sophistication
  • Evaluate their own and others’ writing, both in seminar-based workshops and through written feedback

Prerequisite(s)

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Corequisite(s)

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Antirequisite(s)

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