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2020/21 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

PECI5405M Research Perspectives (Writing for Performance and Publication)

30 creditsClass Size: 20

Module manager: Dr Campbell Edinborough
Email: C.Edinborough@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2020/21

Pre-requisite qualifications

Entry to the programme

Module replaces

This module is one of a suite of interlocking, subject-specific modules designed to replace Research Perspectives PECI 5101M within the School of PCI

This module is not approved as an Elective

Module summary

This compulsory module is a programme-specific induction into postgraduate-level research designed for the particular needs of students undertaking the MA Writing for Performance and Publication. It is one of a suite of parallel PGT modules within the School of Performance and Cultural Industries, offering a similar but programme-inflected experience to all Masters students within the School. Core lectures of generic interest will be shared with MAs from other programmes. But the chief objective of Research Perspectives (Writing for Performance and Publication) is to provide a thorough grounding in a wide range of research methods and methodologies relevant to Creative Writing as an academic discipline, equipping students to research and analyse their own compositional projects as well as undertake more traditional forms of critical inquiry within the field. Weekly lectures and seminars focus on topics of key importance to the Creative Writing student, from project conceptualisation and planning and the framing of research approaches, through to the collection and synthesising of material, legal and ethical considerations, reflective evaluation and critical engagement in current issues and debates. Assessment takes two forms – a researched case study Critique and a practice-led Project Proposal incorporating a Critical Commentary that identifies and demonstrates the research rationale

Objectives

The objectives of this module are to enable students to:
-Become emergent writer-researchers who understand the nature of research within the discipline of Creative Writing, and appreciate the importance and challenges of undertaking research

-Acquire working skills in research methods appropriate to Writing for Performance and Publication

Learning outcomes
On completion of this module students should be able to:
- Understand the roles and responsibilities of the researcher within the Arts, Humanities and Culture, both to the research enterprise and to the wider world
- Identify the principal methods and methodologies of research and assess their relevance to Creative Writing
- Identify relevant ethical issues within the field of Creative Writing, and know how to apply/implement appropriate measures, including University procedures on ethical reviewDevelop research strategies relevant to Creative Writing
- Comprehend the principles of practice-based research as relevant to Writing for Performance and Publication, and the relationship between Creative Writing and practice-based research
- Identify the chief strengths and weaknesses of other research approaches appropriate to Creative Writing, and be able to assess their impact on the value of research findings
- Employ a range of data collection, analysis and interpretation methods as applicable to Creative Writing research
- Have a working knowledge of University research resources and how to access them

Skills outcomes
Practice-based and practice-led research skills relevant to Creative Writing;

The ability to distinguish between modes of imaginative and critical writing, and to execute writing to a high level in both


Syllabus

Students develop their perspectives and skills as emergent writer-researchers through a series of topic-based lectures, seminars and practical workshops. The first half of the module, preparing students for their first assignment, will include a number of lectures shared with students on other MAs within PCI. These lectures will cover topics of general relevance to Performance and Cultural Industries, and therefore to all postgraduates in the School. In the second half of the module, students will work exclusively within their own programme group, to allow time for focus on subject-specific research methodologies and approaches, in preparation for specialist Research Project proposals.

Generic lecture/seminar topics delivered in the first half of the module will include:

Contrasting forms and models of research in the Performing Arts and Cultural Industries
The roles and responsibilities of Arts and Humanities research
Ethical considerations in research
Resources and data gathering/analysis
Subject-specific topics delivered throughout the module, but mainly in the second half, will include:
Practice-based research methodologies and methods within Creative Writing
Research sources, methods of collection, interpretation, synthesis• Reflective practice and the practice/theory cycle
Ethnography and auto-ethnography
Narratological and textual analysis
Adaptation theory and intermediality
Analysis of production processes and industrial/institutional contexts

Teaching methods

Delivery typeNumberLength hoursStudent hours
Lecture41.004.00
Practical13.003.00
Seminar41.004.00
Seminar52.0010.00
Tutorial20.501.00
Private study hours278.00
Total Contact hours22.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)300.00

Private study

Preparation for lectures and seminars 100 hours
Familiarisation with University research resources 20 hours
Preparation for practical workshop 10 hours
Preparation of assignments 148 hours

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Students are monitored through performance in seminars and tutorials, and through oral presentation of their project proposal. They are offered detailed oral and written feedback on their first formal assignment, and formative assessment at this stage halfway through the module enhances progress monitoring.

Methods of assessment


Coursework
Assessment typeNotes% of formal assessment
EssayProject Proposal 3500-4000 words60.00
CritiqueCritique 3000-350040.00
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: 18/09/2020

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