The
task:
Students are expected to use at least three
high-quality research sources to support their analysis and interpretation.
These sources must be included in a reference list. The presentation will
cover:
Analysis of at least two
significant creative writing techniques used by the author of the chosen
short story, discussing the ways in which the author uses these techniques
and offering examples from the text.
Interpretation of the short
story and discussion of the writer’s intentions, drawing on specific
evidence from the text.
Considered reflection on your
experience of reading and analysing the text, and commentary on how
specific techniques in this text might be drawn on in your own writing
practice.
Commentary on aesthetic or
thematic connections you have identified between this text and others we
have discussed in this course.
The
presentation should include at least 3 high-quality research sources.
They
might be:
Sources relating to the
specific story
Sources relating to the
author’s body of work more broadly
Sources relating to the form
(i.e. the short story form itself)
Sources relating to the style
or genre (i.e. contemporary domestic realist short fiction/ fabulist short
fiction etc)
Sources relating to specific
writing techniques.
