Literary Industry Practice
Overview
This unit explores the Australian literary industry for authors and industry practitioners. Students are offered opportunities to build professional skills useful for working within Melbourne’s thriving literary scene. Literary culture will be critically analysed through the relationships between writers, readers, editors, publishers, sales outlets, festivals, literary events, literary magazines, prizes and funding bodies. Students will work on a writing-related project.
Requisites
27-October-2024
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Investigate and analyse the Australian literary industry and its stakeholder relationships, including First Nations perspectives
- Research and apply industry standard skills in literary production and practice
- Strategise, develop and manage a creative output or literary industry project for an industry partner
- Use professional collaboration practices to evaluate and critically reflect on their own work and the work of others
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live Online Lecture | 1.00 | 9 weeks | 9 |
| Online Lecture | 1.00 | 3 weeks | 3 |
| On-campus Class | 2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
| Specified Activities Various | 3.00 | 12 weeks | 36 |
| Unspecified Activities Various | 6.50 | 12 weeks | 78 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class Exercises | Individual | 30% | 1,3,4 |
| Presentation | Individual | 20% | 1,2 |
| Project | Individual | 50% | 2,3,4 |
| Applied Project | Individual | 50% | 1,2,3,4 |
| Class Exercises | Individual | 30% | 1,2,3,4 |
| Presentation | Individual | 20% | 1,2,3,4 |
| Assignment 1 | Individual | 20% | 1,2,3,4 |
| Assignment 2 | Individual | 50% | 1,2,3,4 |
| Class Exercises | Individual | 30% | 1,2,3,4 |
Content
•   Project possibilities
•   Collaboration
•   Editing practices
•   Interview techniques
•   Festival cultureÂ
•   Literary magazines
•   Publishing processes
•   Employability strategies
•   Literary entrepreneurship
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.