Creative Writing

Summary

Louise joined the university in 2009 and currently teaches the two units of study mentioned below. Previously she taught creative writing at the University of Technology, Sydney. Her background is originally in visual arts and she is also a novelist. Louise came later to the teaching of communication skills in industry contexts and from there to teaching academic writing.

Supervisor

Dr Louise Katz.

Research location

English, School of Art, Communication and English (SACE)

Synopsis

Research interests

Monsters and monstrosity in literature and politics
Cultural impacts of Corporatese and other ‘newspeak’ forms in the academic and wider community
Expressions of religious and mythic sensibilities in contemporary literature
Theories of creativity, and the relationship between creative and critical writing processes
The ethics of the Slow movement in relation to education
Practice-led research

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Opportunity ID

The opportunity ID for this research opportunity is 3047