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Short Course in the Introduction to Creative Writing

Qualification code: 72052
Duration: Semester

Target group:

People with an interest in creative writing

Admission requirements:

Senior Certificate or an equivalent NQF level 4 qualification or equivalent experience

Registration periods:

1st semester: January/February
2nd semester: June/ July

Course leader details:

Mr. Douglas Mokoena
Lecturer (School of Arts)
Department of English Studies
Tel: 012ﾠ429 3679
E-mail: mokoeds@unisa.ac.za

Programme administrator:

Admin Officer
Unisa Centre for Lifelong Learning
360 Lillian Ngoyi Street, Pretoria Central
Solomon Mahlangu Building 2nd floor
Tel: 012 352 4288
Email address: UCL@unisa.ac.za
Application Link: www.unisa.ac.za/applyslp

Purpose statement:

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

Modules:

CCWR01A - Introduction to Creative Writing

Syllabus/Content: 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