308264 (v.1) Indigenous Writing and Performance 111

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Area:	Centre for Aboriginal Studies
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	3.0
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	An introduction to basic concepts such as performances and how the voice and body perform. Exploration of both narrative fiction and poetry, including character development, point of view, dialogue and simple structural devices. Offers Indigenous students culturally sensitive developmental modules in creative writing and performance.
Unit Outcomes:	On completion of this unit students will have - explored how words and actions relate to each other in making effective communication, explored how concepts of the body and space contribute to making a meaning in performance, developed skills in physicaland verbal communication which provide confidence in making presentations in public, explored some elements of narrative prose, poetry and "lifewriting", their various structural devices, particularly with reference to their impact on creative writing, make use of a range of readings to develop students reading and analytical skills to a level that enables informed creative text production, provide a forum and positive technical apparatus to facilitate the constructive criticism of creative work and the develop students confidence in presenting their ideas and work to such a forum.
Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.
Unit References:	Gibadli, Jospeh. (1999), MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers 5th ed. New York. Modern Language Association of America.
Unit Texts:	Sabbioni J. et al.,eds. (1998) Indigenous Australian Voices: A Reader New Brunswick. N.J: Rutegers UP.
Unit Assessment Breakdown:	Assignment 1 - 30%, Assignment 2 - 30%, Assignment 3 - 30%, Parcipation 10%. This is a Grade/Mark assessment.