Writers are Readers

Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

Humanities and Social Science

Learning Methods

Seminar

Module Offerings

4041CW-SEP-MTP

Aims

1. To embed an understanding of the importance of reading, and engaging with the work of other writers, as a key element of writers' practice and a professional requirement.
2. To introduce students to a broad range of texts including reflections on process, personal essays, fiction and non-fiction, and to develop students' ability to contextualise their own work within the writing traditions that precede and surround them.
3. To encourage and enable students to participate in shared close reading, textual analysis and discussion, enabling them to adopt a range of reading strategies in relation to their own work and to that of others.
4. To develop students' understanding of the importance of research to creative writing, and develop their skills in research, referencing and bibliographies, and clear written communication.

Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate an engagement with the work of other writers and the ability to contextualise their own work in relation to relevant writing traditions.

Demonstrate an understanding of reflective and analytical approaches to reading and writing.

Demonstrate the ability to research a topic and write up their findings in clearly structured and fully referenced form.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:
Students will:
• Engage in in-class close reading, textual analysis and discussion, developing their confidence in sharing responses and ideas
• Be introduced to a variety of texts in different genres, including writers on writing and the creative process, personal essays, creative non-fiction, etc
• Share their own interests and enthusiasms as readers and be encouraged to develop a sense of how their own creative work can develop through this readerly engagement
• Be introduced to the importance of research for creative writers, and enabled to develop their own skills in research, using the library, referencing and bibliographies.

Module Overview:
This module helps students become better writers by reading and understanding different kinds of writing. They'll explore what they like to write about, become more confident in sharing their ideas, and learn how research can make their writing better. This course mixes reading, writing, and research to make students well-rounded writers who can create great stories and essays.

Additional Information:
This module has been designed to embed 'reading as a writer' essay writing skills as a foundation for the deeper levels of critical writing expected in Levels 5 and 6.

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