Reading and Writing

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  After successfully completing this subject, students will be able to:

  1. Identify, critically evaluate, and analytically reflect on the theories and methodologies of literary and creativity theory relevant to writing and reading practice
  2. Demonstrate a high level of reflexivity in evaluating which theoretical approaches to reading and writing can be applied to their own writing and critically analyse the choices of theory by their classmates 
  3. Generate a piece of writing that applies the complex knowledge, skills and methods of literary theory to a narrative or document and demonstrate a mastery of specific elements of writing practice.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Swinburne University of Technology

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

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

Elective

• OUA-PSU-GCE-2025 - Postgraduate Single Subjects

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

• SWI-LPW600 (Not currently available)

Others

Students must first complete the 4 subjects comprising the Graduate Certificate of Writing, or equivalent thereof, before enrolling in this subject.

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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