Writing for Young Adults at Oxford University Overview
Duration | 10 weeks |
Total fee | ₹20,300 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Course Level | UG Certificate |
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Writing for Young Adults at Oxford University Highlights
- Earn a certificate of completion from Oxford university
Writing for Young Adults at Oxford University Course details
- Identify the distinctive features of successful YA writing
- Evaluate the effectiveness of these features in their own work and the work of others
- Demonstrate the use of these features in their own creative practice
- Be confident in sharing, evaluating and discussing their own YA work and that of others
- Be able to write short pieces of fiction for a YA audience using appropriate techniques
- This practical course will explore the range of linguistic, stylistic and thematic features that characterise the YA genre
- We will read and evaluate a range of successful contemporary YA texts to uncover the secrets of their success and put those lessons into practice
- Students will read a YA novel or short extracts from several novels before each session, and experiment with writing a short piece of their own in a similar style or on a related theme
- Each session will involve a critical discussion of the text, and the student's creative response to it
- This will build towards a comprehensive 'tool box-of techniques for students to use in their own practice
- The focus throughout is on how to engage readers through age-appropriate writing across various YA subgenres: Romance, Adventure, Thrillers, gritty, issue-based stories, SF/Fantasy and Historical Fiction
- Students will understand the key stylistic and thematic features of successful YA writing through their examination of selected texts and will be able to demonstrate the use of these features in their own creative work
Writing for Young Adults at Oxford University Curriculum
Week 0
An Introduction to Teams
Week 1
Introduction to YA writing. What distinguishes a YA book from an adult or a children's book?
Week 2
Sex and drugs and Rock 'n' roll: what are the boundaries of YA in theme and language? (text: extracts)
Week 3
Dark Matter: how to engage YA readers through crime writing (text:'Looking for JJ' Ann Cassidy, Point 2005)
Week 4
Adventure: how to engage YA readers through action and menace (text: 'Orphan, Monster, Spy' by Matt Killeen, Usborne 2018)
Week 5
Mystery and suspense: how to engage readers through thrillers (text: 'Lying About Last Summer. ' by Sue Wallman, Scholastic, 2016)
Week 6
Romance: how to Engage YA readers through Romantic fiction (text extracts)
Week 7
Gritty Realism: how to engage YA readers through in real-life problems (text: 'The Hate U Give' by Angie Thomas, Walker 2017)
Week 8
The Supernatural and the Fantastic: how to engage YA readers through the extraordinary (text: 'Northern Lights;Philip Pullman, Scholastic, 1995)
Week 9
Historical: how to engage readers through stories of the past ( text: 'Buffalo Soldier' Tanya Landman, Walker 2014)
Week 10
How do we engage readers in YA fiction? Summary of techniques and approaches learned
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