WRIT350-26S2 (C) Semester Two 2026

Creative Writing: New Narratives

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 13 July 2026
End Date: Sunday, 8 November 2026
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 26 July 2026
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 27 September 2026

Description

This course marks the culmination of students’ undergraduate creative writing journey, offering a focused experience in the development, drafting, and completion of a substantial creative writing project. Through a combination of readings, discussion, exercises, and practical workshops, students will explore new narrative forms such as the novelette, novella-in-flash, verse novel and poetic sequence. The course emphasizes revision and peer feedback, supports the development of practice-led research, and will prepare students for graduate study or continued creative practice.

Learning Outcomes

  • students will gain advanced knowledge of a wide range of new narrative forms and genres and develop the tools to analyse them in ways that improve their own writing
  • students will develop original creative writing by applying a range of writing techniques and approaches at an advanced level
  • students will undertake research relevant to their chosen form and genre
  • students will extend to a high level their creative practice through regular reflection and review of work in progress
  • students will attain advanced competency in constructive story critique; edit and revise their own writing and that of others to a high standard
  • students will understand, articulate and respond to the implications of being a writer in Aotearoa New Zealand, especially in regard to Te Ao Māori and Pacific cultures
    • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

      Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

      Employable, innovative and enterprising

      Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

      Biculturally competent and confident

      Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, and its relevance to their area of study and/or their degree.

      Globally aware

      Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

Prerequisites

Any 30 points at 200 level from WRIT or ENGL, or
any 60 points at 200 level from the Schedule V of the BA.

Restrictions

Equivalent Courses

Timetable 2026

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 16:00 - 18:00 Rehua 102
13 Jul - 23 Aug
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 16:00 - 17:00 Rehua 102
7 Sep - 18 Oct
Workshop A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 11:00 - 12:00 Jack Erskine 121
20 Jul - 23 Aug
02 Thursday 14:00 - 15:00 Jack Erskine 445
20 Jul - 23 Aug
03 Friday 12:00 - 13:00 Jack Erskine 446
20 Jul - 23 Aug
Workshop B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 11:00 - 13:00 Jack Erskine 121
7 Sep - 18 Oct
02 Thursday 14:00 - 16:00 Jack Erskine 445
7 Sep - 18 Oct
03 Friday 12:00 - 14:00 Jack Erskine 446
7 Sep - 18 Oct

Course Coordinator

Vana Manasiadis

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Project Scope 10%
Project Excerpt 20%
Final project 40%
Workshop 30%

Textbooks / Resources

Required reading:

• Solvej Balle, On the Calculation of Volume (Volume 1)    
• Anne Carson, The Autobiography of Red (in particular 'The Autobiography of Red: A Romance')
• Lynn Jenner, Lost and Gone Away
• Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These
• Luke, Kennard, Notes on the Sonnets
• Haruki Murakami, The Strange Library
• Maggie Nelson, Bluets
• Max Porter, Grief is the Thing with Feathers
• Robert Sullivan, Star Waka

Additional readings will be made available on Ako |Learn

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,896.00

International fee $8,525.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Humanities .

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