Module: CWR5000-20 Short Stories

Level: 5

Credit Value: 20

Module Tutor: Lucy English

Module Tutor Contact Details: l.english@bathspa.ac.uk

1. Brief description and aims of module:

This module has two aims.

1) To introduce you to the short story form and to enable you to understand how writers across all the genres of short story-writing achieve their goals.

2) To use the short story form as the basis upon which you can explore further and in more detail the elements of narrative fiction that were introduced in Year One. You will be expected to complete a number of short stories for your final submission.

2. Outline syllabus:

All students will be expected to read and give presentations on key texts, and to workshop each other’s short stories in small seminar groups. Tutors will also give talks and conduct exercises on various aspects of fiction making – plot, structure, endings, characterisation and so on.

3. Teaching and learning activities:

Teaching will be in the form of lectures and workshops.

Assessment Item 1:

• Assessment Type: Course Work

• Description: 2,500 word author study

• % Weighting: 50%

Assessment Item 2:

• Assessment Type: Course Work

• Description: 2,500 word folder of short stories

• % Weighting: 50%