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Writing 1: Lifelines-Autobiography
- Level:
- 1 (HE4)
- Credits:
- 40
- Length:
- 12 months approx.
8hrs per week
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Course Overview
Course Sample(Adobe PDF Format)
This course develops the techniques of autobiographical writing. It is suitable for students who have completed Writing 1: Starting to Write or students who already have some writing experience and are considering writing an autobiography or a family biography. It offers examples and practical strategies for your writing and encourages you first to accumulate stories from different moments in your life, then to express them vividly and put them together in a satisfying way. You will also be exploring different approaches to narrative and testing out ways of structuring your material.
- Reasons for writing
- Diaries and letters
- A sense of self
- Milestones in your life
- Homes and places
- The family.
To view a sample of this course online, click HERE or to download a PDF of the sample, click HERE.
The course aims to develop an understanding of the genre of autobiography and awareness of your own place in contemporary society; develop understanding and skills in structure and narrative techniques; support students in creating and collating pieces of autobiographical writing.
44 projects and five assignments. Students also maintain a learning log.
Related information
Assessment and how to get qualified booklet
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