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In this course students will have a series of immersive experiences of the Aotearoa environment and explore a range of poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction texts by key writers including pioneers of environmental writing, contemporary writers, and writers with a strong Aotearoa New Zealand connection. Students will participate in daily lectures, writing workshops and guided writing exercises and walks, will engage in close observation and explore ways to effectively and powerfully communicate ideas about the environment, landforms and lifeforms through creative writing. This course will take place over five Tuesdays and will require that students attend two full day fieldtrips to Hinewai on Banks Peninsula and Cass Field Station in the Southern Alps, as well as three on-campus days. Students can book a place in the UC vans on the fieldtrip days, and are strongly advised to email pieta.gray@canterbury.ac.nz or vana.manasiadis@canterbury.ac.nz to confirm a place, if required, before enrolling. The fee for a place in the van is $40.
On the successful completion of this course students will be able to: Analyse how literary works have represented the environment and ecological issues, and explored issues of human connectivity and protest against environmental degradation. Appraise how the environment has featured in Aotearoa New Zealand literature across a range of genres including poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction; articulate the implications of being a writer in Aotearoa New Zealand Apply a wide range of creative writing skills to generate works of poetry, fiction and non-fiction and analyse the technical aspects of creative writing by others.
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.
Engaged with the community
Students will have observed and understood a culture within a community by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.
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.
Any 15 points at 100 level from ENGL; or any 60 points at 100 level from the Schedule V of the BA; or permission of the Head of Department
Students must attend one activity from each section.
This course will require that students attend two full-day fieldtrips to Hinewai on Horomaka Banks Peninsula and Cass Field Station in Kā Tiritiri o te Moana Southern Alps.
Paul Millar
Melanie Dixon
This course will be taught by Melanie Dixon and Lawrence Patchett.
Domestic fee $894.00
International fee $4,100.00
* 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.
Maximum enrolment is 22
For further information see Humanities .