UNISA Short Course in the Introduction to Creative Writing
University of South Africa Short Course in the Introduction to Creative Writing
- To introduce the basics of creative writing in prose and poetry
- To enable the student to approach a creative writing task with
discipline and direction
People with an interest in creative writing
Senior Certificate or an equivalent NQF level 4 qualification or equivalent experience
Semester
English
1st semester: January/February
2nd semester: June/ July
UNISA open distance learning
Note:
Formative assessment and examination admission will comply with UNISA’s formative assessment rules and policies
Formative assessment:
Assignments
Summative assessment:
Portfolios of evidence
- Words: denotation and connotation
- Paradox words, images and symbols: in themselves and in literary contexts
- Words and the senses: the five basic senses as well as sixth (or eidetic) sense
- Words and rhyme, rhythm
- Words and sounds: assonance, alliteration, onomatopoeia, sibilants, plosives
- Words and sentences: simple, compound, and complex; subject and predicate
- The leitmotif: a case study
- Rules and exceptions of poetry writing:
- Metaphor,
- Form and content of a poem,
- Praise poetry, Free verse, Epiphanic moments,
- The Sonnet, the Ballad,
- Parody, Allegory and Satire
Prof M M K Lephalala Teachers Dip (English and Mathematics)BA (English, Education) (VISTA)BA Ed (UNISA)MA (Language and Literature) (RAU) PhD (Edinburgh University, UK)
Discipline expertise: 20 years secondary, tertiary teaching experience, and ODL experience
Department of English Studies
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E-mail: lephammk@unisa.ac.za
Ms. Molebogeng Modikwe
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Ms. Dineo Mkhari
Tel: (012) 429 2690
Email: poveycentre@unisa.ac.za
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