SEL8321 : Portfolio of Work/Dissertation (CW)
- Offered for Year: 2024/25
- Module Leader(s): Professor Alex Pheby
- Owning School: English Lit, Language & Linguistics
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 3 Credit Value: | 60 |
| ECTS Credits: | 30.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
To extend and nuance the range of skills and subject matter of students writing prose, poetry and script, and to encourage formal and thematic experimentation.
To develop the writing, editing, critical and organisational skills learnt during the modules by preparing and presenting either a body of creative writing, normally in a single genre, or by preparing and presenting a self-contained piece of literary research.
Outline Of Syllabus
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Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 596:00 | 596:00 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Dissertation/project related supervision | 1 | 1:00 | 1:00 | An introductory plenary session for the student cohort (synchronous teaching activities) |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Dissertation/project related supervision | 3 | 1:00 | 3:00 | One to one tutorials (synchronous teaching activities) |
| Total | 600:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
Students will be introduced to the course structure and submission requirements through an introductory plenary session.
Through close reading, discussion, and feedback received in the one to one tutorials, students will apply their knowledge of a range of forms, techniques and thematic concerns to their own writing practice.
They will incorporate the skills of revision, self-evaluation, and selection into the preparation of their final creative portfolio.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio | 3 | A | 100 | Up to 15,000 words of prose; or, up to 40 poems; or, up to 6,000 words of script, plus a synopsis. |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
For prose writers, the portfolio will consist of whole stories, or chapters. With Script, the portfolio should be a self-contained one act play or an act (not necessarily self-contained) of a screenplay for tv or film.
Self- contained theatre plays (5,5000 - 6,000 words), should be accompanied by a synopsis of between 300 and 500 words. Screenplays (6,000 words), either self-contained or an extract of a feature film or TV series episode, should be accompanied by a synopsis of between 500 and 1,000 words.
The portfolio allows the student to bring their work to a stage of completion based on both thorough revision and integration of learning acquired across the course.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- SEL8321's Timetable