LT905-7-FY-CO:
Research for Creative Practice
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2023/24
Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Postgraduate: Level 7
Inactive
Thursday 05 October 2023
Friday 28 June 2024
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20 August 2019
Requisites for this module
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This is a ten-week module running throughout the autumn and spring terms that prepares MA Creative Writing, Wild Writing, Scriptwriting, Theatre Practice and Film Studies students for conducting effective project research and equips them for their creative dissertation. The dissertation is a crucial component of all these MA schemes and this module offers students the chance to develop their creative practice in terms of the different modes of research that inform a creative dissertation.
The module is a companion to LT901 Research Methods, which guides postgraduate students through primary and secondary research methods required by critical and analytical humanities disciplines. Taught components of LT905 Research for Creative Practice will sometimes coincide with taught components of LT901 Research Methods, where relevant bringing the taught cohort together in interdisciplinary exchange, and also offer specific instruction to students working on their creative dissertation.
The purpose of this module is to show students that creative work across disciplines can arise from creative research practice, and that creative work can be a response to research material. The module will also expand the students' understanding of research from other primary and secondary textual and digital sources to include archives and experiential research. This module will show students how research can shape and guide multiple outputs and will demonstrate potential pathways from the genesis to delivery and dissemination of creative projects.
The course is also recommended to first-year LiFTS PhD & MA by Dissertation students undertaking a creative project as the main component of their doctorate.
• To introduce students to the various research methods involved in creative practice.
• To help students through the conception and execution of their dissertation.
• To understand and apply research skills utilised by creative practitioners.
• To provide students with structured inspiration and preparation that will orientate their expectations and working practices for future creative projects.
At the end of the module, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate advanced knowledge and understanding of the research methods involved in creative practice
2. Critically evaluate the pertinence of particular research methods in relation to their own creative practice
3. Deploy research methods appropriately for their creative practice
4. Develop their creative practice in line with expectations and standards of commercial and/or academic bodies
No additional information available.
The module is organised into two-hour sessions, running fortnightly over the autumn and spring terms. There will be set readings for some sessions, and on occasion students may be required to prepare materials in advance.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Mr Matthew De Abaitua, email: mjdeab@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Annecy Lax, email: alax@essex.ac.uk.
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LiFTS General Office – email: liftstt@essex.ac.uk
Telephone 01206 872626
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No external examiner information available for this module.
Available via Moodle
Of 20 hours, 18 (90%) hours available to students:
2 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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