Creative Writing - Investigating Genre - Arnold Library - Adult Learning

About this course

Look at different genres of writing through examining published work and taking part in writing exercises 

What will be covered on the course?  

• Science Fiction 
• The Wild West 
• Mystery 
• Fantasy 
• Coming-of-age 
• Historical 

What will learners achieve by the end of the course?  

• To recall key writing terms 
• To recognise different elements of individual genres 
• To demonstrate understanding through short writing exercises in different genres/ styles 
• To examine techniques used in published works 
• To evaluate others’ work through peer feedback 
• To create individual piece of extended writing  

Suggested Reading for the course -  

It would be useful to read on book for each genre: 

The Wild West: 

• No Country for Old Men: Cormac McCarthy 
• All the Pretty Horses: Cormac McCarthy 
• True Grit: Charles Portis 

Fantasy: 

• The Buried Giant: Kazuo Ishiguro 
• The Night Circus: Erin Morgenstern 
• Alice in Wonderland: Lewis Carroll 

Science Fiction: 

• The Power: Naomi Alderman 
• Kindred: Octavia Butler 
• 1984: George Orwell 

Mystery: 

• A Murder is Announced: Agatha Christie 
• The Hound of the Baskervilles: Arthur Conan Doyle 
• The Thirteenth Tale: Diane Setterfield 
• Gone Girl: Gillian Flynn 

Coming of age: 

• Catcher in the Rye: J.D. Salinger 
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Mark Twain 
• Normal People: Sally Rooney 
• The Vanishing Half: Brit Bennett 

Historical: 

• Longbourn: Jo Baker 
• The Colour Purple: Alice Walker 
• Kindred: Octavia Butler 

Booking your place and fee information

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