Writing Fiction: Developing Voices and Style
offered by Oxford University

Public University
1 Campus
Estd. 1096

Writing Fiction: Developing Voices and Style
at
Oxford University
Overview

Understand sophisticated technical aspects of writing and apply them

Duration	77 days
Total fee	₹20,200
Mode of learning	Online
Course Level	UG Certificate

Writing Fiction: Developing Voices and Style
at
Oxford University
Highlights

Earn a certificate of completion from Oxford university

Writing Fiction: Developing Voices and Style
at
Oxford University
Course details

What are the course deliverables?

To develop confidence in the students' individual writing projects
To develop sophisticated writing techniques
To provide support and understanding to enable students to continue writing after course completion

More about this course

Exploring concepts in fiction for intermediate to advanced writers, students on this course will learn how to manipulate voice and literary form
Lessons will include exercises, discussions of set texts, and group workshops where you will present your own work and give and receive feedback
The weeks will alternate between those focussed on workshops and those devoted to writing tasks
The writing tasks will be related to the weekly topics and will invite you to apply the theories taught in the seminars
To give aspiring writers increased confidence in their ability to complete an individual work through a deeper understanding of advanced writing techniques

Writing Fiction: Developing Voices and Style
at
Oxford University
Curriculum

Week 0

An Introduction to Teams

Week 1

Introduction and revision

Week 2

Setting and space

Week 3

The modern story

Week 4

Interior monologue and stream-of-consciousness

Week 5

Direct, indirect and free modes of narrative discourse

Week 6

Tragedy

Week 7

Comedy

Week 8

Dialogic discourse and stylization

Week 9

Chance and constraint

Week 10

Further fictions: meta- and hyper-

Writing Fiction: Developing Voices and Style
at
Oxford University
Faculty details

Dr Gareth Dickson

Gareth Dickson is an Australian author specialising in fiction. He received a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Queensland in 2015 and was shortlisted for the Australian/Vogel Literary Awards in 2016 for his novel, 'A Minor Fifth'.