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ENG-10046 - Module Specification
School of Humanities
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 08 May 2024

ENG-10046 - Writing for Other Platforms
Coordinator: James Sheard Tel: +44 1782 7 33302
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 4
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733147

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25


Aims
The module aims to help students classify and analyse the range of non-traditional platforms for the delivery of creative texts, and to raise ideas about how these might be used for their own creative practice. Whilst primarily focused on existing digital platforms, primarily in social media and internet forms, it also considers such platforms as installations, projections and discrete non-textual media delivery systems for creative writing. Through an understanding of the forms and features of such 'alternative texts', the students will produce creative work of their own which uses such platforms.

Intended Learning Outcomes

analyse and understand the features of non-traditional publishing/dissemination platforms: 1,2,3
connect their understanding of creative writing to digital and related forms of writing: 1,2,3
produce creative texts which exploit and are enhanced by alternative writing platforms: 2
gain experience of using one or more digital platform(s) for creative purposes: 2
analyse and critique existing uses of alternative writing platforms in their work and the work of others: 1,3

Study hours

Lectures: 6 hours
Seminars: 6 hours
Knowledge Exchange Sessions: 6 hours
Open Advice Sessions: 5 hours
Peer Workshops: 12 hours
1-1 Feedback: 1 hour
Individual Study: 72 hours
Workshop/Assessment Prep: 42 hours

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Presentation weighted 10%
An Analysis of Creative Platform Use
A 2-3 slide presentation on the VLE identifying, analysing and critiquing an existing example of poetry, fiction or script enhanced by the platform on which it resides.

2: Portfolio weighted 65%
A Piece of Digital or Other Work
A piece of original creative work (Poetry - 3-5 poems, Prose 500-1000 words; Script 2-3 mins) written for, and presented on, a digital platform.

3: Commentary weighted 25%
A Reflective Commentary on the Creative Work
A 1000-word Commentary on the creative assessment, reflecting on and analysing the process.

Please note that for the 2022/23 Academic Year programmes may be adapted to operate in accordance with a flexible, digital approach. This means that there may be some changes made to how modules are delivered and assessed. The latest information will be provided to you by your School in module handbooks. We endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes and details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/student-terms-and-conditions/

Last Updated: 08 May 2024