Writing the Past, Building New Worlds: Fiction and Non-Fiction

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of how creative writers incorporate different types of research into different forms and genres of writing.
  2. Identify and analyse written works that engage with relevant historical, social, cultural, global and ethical issues within particular genres of writing.
  3. Apply specialised research skills and creative language skills to produce a narrative or other textual forms of creative writing.
  4. Create a major written work that incorporates specialised knowledge and understanding of a specific period of history, or that explores current issues within contemporary, futuristic or fantasy writing.
  5. Analyse and appraise the work of others in writing communities.

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• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Macquarie University

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Elective

• MAQ-MCW-MAS-2025 - Master of Creative Writing

Others

Admission to Master of Creative Writing.

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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