2020/21 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

LLLC2262 Travel and Journalistic Writing

20 creditsClass Size: 25

Module manager: Becky Cherriman
Email: cw@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2020/21

Pre-requisite qualifications

Experience of developing written work, commitment to wider reading and an active interest in either travel or journalism.

This module is approved as a discovery module

Module summary

This is an opportunity to develop skills in journalistic writing and in travel writing. You will learn how to write in ways that arrest a reader's interest and convey complex messages in clear and thought provoking ways. Whether it's about travel that you have engaged with or something that excites you in your subject area. This is a skill that can be transferred across a wide range of careers.This module explores journalistic and travel writing, how these forms have developed and how contemporary writers might approach them within this context. You will be encouraged to explore each form critically and practically, by exploring existing texts and by developing new writing. This will also emphasise the development of your voice as a writer.

Objectives

At the end of this module students will be able to:
-Define and work with the criteria inherent in journalistic and travel writing;
-Evaluate the concept of writing about travel and writing journalistically whilst also working within the constraints and expectations of narrative structure;
-Through original writing, explore the ways in which specific criteria can be used, developed and subverted;
-Critically evaluate the value and appeal of journalistic and travel writing;
-Write within these forms.

Learning outcomes
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
-Identify and write within the parameters of journalistic and travel writing;
-Subvert the parameters of these forms to achieve specific goals;
-Write effectively within at least one of these forms;
-Critically engage with the historical development and current practice within these forms.

Skills outcomes
The ability to think and write critically and creatively. A willingness to engage with these forms across a variety of mediums and to develop this understanding through the creation of original writing.

Syllabus

This module examines the forms of journalistic and travel writing from a range of critical and creative perspectives. Beginning with definitions of each form of writing, with an appreciation of the variety of mediums through which these might be expressed, students will be asked to develop their understanding of how they might both convey information and tell story within these respective forms. This will lead to an evaluation of the concept of journalism and of travel writing, the parameters that these forms are supposed to work within and the ways in which writers can work outside prescribed boundaries. The module will also look at the value and appeal of journalism and travel writing. Issues and areas to be discussed in this respect will include: truth and authenticity; writing for others; perspective; news values; agendas in writing; and developing tone, style and your voice as a writer. These subjects will be studied across a variety of mediums, including short and longer prose, audio and visual media, and comics.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Seminar	11	2.00	22.00
Independent online learning hours			11.00
Private study hours			167.00
Total Contact hours			22.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

Reading 57 hours
Writing 70 hours
Research 40 hours
Independent Online Learning 11 (timetabled activity)

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Student progress will be monitored throughout the module via engagement within group workshops.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Written Work	2,000 word reflective blog summary	40.00
Written Work	Example of journalistic and / or travel writing developed from course work, e.g. either: prose: 3,000 words; or other to be negotiated with the tutor; plus 1,000 word critical / contextual commentary	60.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 30/06/2020 18:16:17

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