Rhedir gan School of Languages, Literatures, Linguistics and Media

20 Credyd neu 10 Credyd ECTS

Semester 1

Trefnydd: Prof Zoë Skoulding

1. To introduce the idea of literary experiment and explore it in particular contexts.
2. To examine reasons why innovative writers either break literary conventions or invent rules and constraints of their own.
3. To place literary experiments with a hisotrical, political and cultural context.
4. To explore the work of key figures in twentieth and twenty-first century literary experiment
5. To explore the practical aspects of experimental writing, from a critical-creative perspective.

Writing in all genres breaks conventions of literary form in order to express or produce cultural change. Histories of experimentation continue throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first, influencing poetry, prose and new hybrid forms. The influence of ideas from Dada and Surrealism will lead into an examination of visual texts, including 1950s concrete poetry and later developments in digital writing. The resurgence of modernist techniques such as collage and the cut-up will be traced in later postmodernist twentieth century fiction and poetry. The module explores the work of an international range of writers such as Tristan Tzara, Gertrude Stein, Eugen Gomringer, Kurt Vonnegut, Steve McCaffery, Caroline Bergvall, Claudia Rankine and Lyn Hejinian. Practical experiments in different forms of writing lead to a portfolio of innovative writing and the ability to put it in context.

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Typically, work graded B- to B+ (or 60 to 69) will show many of the following qualities: • Discusses ideas adeptly • Most of the arguments about a specific field are well-aired • Displays knowledge of the subject in question; the answer is relevant • Shows analytical and clear thought • Gives evidence of relevant reading • Shows accuracy in expression with mastery over language. • A few minor errors here and there. • Signs of creative thought deserve a higher position within the class • In creative work: shows signs of originality, having understood the requirements of the medium • Plans of well-balanced and full answers, despite some gaps

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Typically, work graded D- to D+ (or 40 to 49) will show many of the following qualities: • Unsure and lacking in confidence when discussing ideas • Referring to the subject in question in a superficial manner • Making an effort to provide fairly balanced answers • Some points in the argument irrelevant to the topic • Little evidence of background reading • Some uncertainty over language and syntax • Strengths and weaknesses fairly balanced; occasionally clumsy and unimaginative • In creative work: superficial • Not succeeding in mastering the requirements of the medium

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Typically, work graded A- to A** (or 70 to 100) will show many of the following qualities:

• Discusses ideas with confidence and precision • Demonstrates maturity and sophistication • Displays deep knowledge of the subject in question; the answer is totally relevant • Shows independent, analytical and clear thought • Gives evidence of substantial and relevant reading • Shows great accuracy in expression, displaying total mastery over all aspects of the language • Shows occasional signs of brilliance and originality of thought • In creative work: displays considerable originality • Command over medium; may have potential for publication/production

1. Understand the work of key figures in literary experimentation.

2. Be able to place literary experimentation within a historical trajectory.

3. Understand the idea of literary experimentation.

4. Understand the practical aspects of experimental writing, either from a critical or creative perspective.

5. Know the reasons why writers might experiment with literary forms.

Math	Enw	Disgrifiad	Pwysau
TRAETHAWD	Mid-term Essay or Anthology Introduction	Either an essay of 2,000 words or the introduction to an anthology of experimental writing (2,000 words).	40
LLYFR LOG NEU BORTFFOLIO	Portfolio	Creative portfolio of experimental writing (1,500 – 2,000 words) plus a commentary of 1,000 words explaining its context in relation to works studied on the module.	60

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Seminar	One two-hour seminar per week for 11 weeks One one-hour study group per week for 11 weeks	22
Private study		167
Study group		11

• Llythrennedd - Medrusrwydd mewn darllen ac ysgrifennu drwy amrywiaeth o gyfryngau
• Defnyddio cyfrifiaduron - Medrusrwydd wrth ddefnyddio ystod o feddalwedd cyfrifiadurol
• Hunanreolaeth - Gallu gweithio mewn ffordd effeithlon, prydlon a threfnus. Gallu edrych ar ganlyniadau tasgau a digwyddiadau, a barnu lefelau o ansawdd a phwysigrwydd
• Archwilio - Gallu ymchwilio ac ystyried dewisiadau eraill
• Adalw gwybodaeth - Gallu mynd at wahanol ac amrywiol ffynonellau gwybodaeth
• Sgiliau Rhyngbersonol - Gallu gofyn cwestiynau, gwrando'n astud ar atebion a'u harchwilio
• Dadansoddi Beirniadol & Datrys Problem - Gallu dadelfennu a dadansoddi problemau neu sefyllfaoedd cymhleth. Gallu canfod atebion i broblemau drwy ddadansoddiadau ac archwilio posibiliadau
• Dadl - Gallu cyflwyno, trafod a chyfiawnhau barn neu lwybr gweithredu, naill ai gydag unigolyn neu mewn grwˆp ehangach
• Hunanymwybyddiaeth & Ystyried - Bod yn ymwybodol o'ch cryfderau, gwendidau, nodau ac amcanion eich hun. Gallu adolygu ,cloriannu a myfyrio'n rheolaidd ar eich perfformiad eich hun ac eraill.

i produce clear, accurate, artistically coherent and technically sophisticated written work, which articulates a combination of research and creative ideas ii communicate orally and through the written word concrete ideas and abstract concepts iii read as a writer - with an ability to analyse texts, performances and broadcasts, and respond to the affective power of language, using appropriate approaches, terminology and creative strategies iv use language in a sophisticated and nuanced fashion, with a heightened awareness of concision, voice, idiom, idiolect, simile, metaphor, analogy, rhythm and media-specific restraints v use reflective strategies to help capture and synthesize personal experiences and other research in an imaginative form vi apply a well developed aesthetic sensibility and sense of intellectual inquiry vii employ an imaginative and divergent mode of thinking which is integral to identifying and solving problems, to the making of critical and reflective judgements, to the generation of alternatives and new ideas, and to engaging with broader issues of value viii edit their own work, and that of peers, with a high level of rigour and scrutiny, at the various levels of clause, line, sentence, stanza, paragraph but also at the structural level of overall scene, chapter, collection, book ix apply scholarly bibliographic skills when and where necessary x use the views of others in the development and enhancement of practice; formulate considered practical responses to the critical judgements of others, while developing a generous yet rigorous critical scrutiny in peer review and workshop activities xi view themselves as practitioners and reflect critically on their own creative writing practice xii conduct independent research including that which is practice based

Goblygiadau o ran adnoddau ar gyfer myfyrwyr

Some books are recommended for purchase, but are also in the library.

Rhestrau Darllen Bangor (Talis)

http://readinglists.bangor.ac.uk/modules/qxp-3093.html

Rhestr ddarllen

https://blackboard.bangor.ac.uk/ultra/courses/_107554_1/cl/outline

Gorfodol mewn cyrsiau:

• 2P78: BA English Lit with Creative Writing with International Exp year 4 (BA/ECI)
• 2P17: BA English Literature and Creative Writing year 3 (BA/ENCW)
• 2D13: BA English Literature with Creative Writing year 3 (BA/ENGLC)
• R1W8: BA French with Creative Writing year 4 (BA/FRCW)
• R2W8: BA German with Creative Writing year 4 (BA/GERCW)
• R4W8: BA Spanish with Creative Writing year 4 (BA/SPCW)
• Q2W9: MArts English Literature with Creative Writing year 3 (MARTS/ELCW)

Opsiynol mewn cyrsiau:

• W890: BA Creative&Professional Writing year 3 (BA/CPW)
• WP83: BA Media Studies & Creative Wrtng year 3 (BA/CWMS)
• 8G55: BA English Language with Creative Writing (with Int Exp) year 4 (BA/ELCIE)
• Q3WL: BA Eng Lang with Creat Writ year 3 (BA/ELCW)
• P3W8: BA Film Studies and Creative Writing year 3 (BA/FSCW)
• WW38: BA Music and Creative Writing year 3 (BA/MUSCW)