This course explores reading and writing as cross-genre, cross-disciplinary practices, interrogating ideas of hybridity, slipstream, migration and nomadic writing against sample texts drawn from different traditions, time periods and genres. Introducing key concepts and theories that underpin hybrid writing, the aim of the course is to facilitate the development of writing and reading practices that problematize, resist and critique genre dichotomies and transgress disciplinary boundaries.

1 x 2hr session each week over ten weeks as scheduled on MyCampus.  This will be split into 5 x 1hr seminars and 15 hours of workshops. 

This is one of the Honours options in English Literature and may not run every year. The options that are running this session are available on MyCampus.

ENGLIT4079 and ENGLIT4119 Creative Writing Fiction

ENGLIT4081 and ENGLIT4121 Creative Writing Poetry

ENGLIT4024P and 4118P Creative Writing Dissertation

ENGLIT 4080 Creative Writing Hybrid Forms

The standard assessments for this course are: 

■ Portfolio of creative writing (5000 words): 90%  

■ Seminar presentation of 5 minutes: 10% 

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 Portfolio of creative writing (5000 words), but flexible deadlines can be offered as reasonable adjustment (Students should follow the usual process for extensions). 

■ Recorded presentation or One-to-one presentation / discussion/Q&A with staff (where presentation would normally be in class) as alternative to presentation.

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

This course will provide the opportunity to:

■ understand theories and concepts of hybridity in literature

■ develop reading practices from a broad range of time periods and geographical areas

■ produce original creative texts informed by theories of hybridity

■ acquire the analytical and linguistic tools to be involved in their own assessment and criticism.

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

■ articulate a sophisticated knowledge of theories of hybridity and apply this in their own writing

■ evaluate the cultural significance of hybridity in relation to literary form

■ appraise the linguistic and formal elements of texts and apply these in their own writing

■ assess their own creative process while putting it in a larger and relevant context of creative practice

■ reflect constructively on the work of self and others in a workshop and seminar context.

■ demonstrate resilience and time management through effectively planning, undertaking and submitting coursework.

■ deal with change and new challenges by applying their disciplinary skills and knowledge to previously unfamiliar research areas and questions.