This course aims to consider the legal, material, mechanical and wider cultural (media) contexts for creative work, and the issues that arise from them. It allows students to study publishing and the culture of reception, and to identify the transmission of texts through print, performance, recording and the new media. It also gives students the opportunity to meet, hear and interrogate professional writers and to access the work and thought of a wide range of literary artists.

10 x 2 hour weekly seminars as scheduled on MyCampus.

CRWRT5024

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The standard assessments for this course are: 

■ 2000 word portfolio of revised and edited set exercises (40%),  

■ 3000 word Written Assignment consisting of book review and essay (60%) 

If required, for instance where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, the following alternatives are available: 

■ There are no alternatives to the assessments, but flexible deadlines can be offered as reasonable adjustment (Students should follow the usual process for extensions). 

Further reasonable adjustments may be provided where necessary. Students are encouraged to consult with the course convenor.  

The course aims to:

■ Consider the legal, material, mechanical and wider cultural (media) contexts for creative work and the issues that arise from them;

■ Provide students with an understanding of the process of book reviewing, the literary magazine, the role of the agent, the publishing contract, and models of publishing including PoD and the Web;

■ Enable students to study copyright, publishing and the culture of reception, and identify the transmission of texts through print, performance, recording and the new media;

■ Enable students to meet, hear and interrogate professional writers/publishers/agents/translators/festival organizers and various others who work in the book industry.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ Explain the mechanisms (historical and contemporary) of literary textual transmission and other forms of transmission; 

■ Recognize various elements of literary textual transmission, including performance, in terms of technological, commercial and artistic aspects;

■ Perform a variety of practical editorial tasks related to the publication and promotion of literary texts, such as writing book reviews, blurbs, author bios, etc;

■ Contextualize and market their own creative work in relation to current trends in the editing and publishing industry.