CWRI30001 Novels (University of Melbourne): rated 4.1/5 overall across 3 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
CWRI30001 is a University of Melbourne course taught by the Faculty of Arts in Creative Writing. This page brings together its handbook details and what UniMelb students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 小说
Type: Undergraduate subject
Subject area: Creative Writing
Faculty: Faculty of Arts
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
Novels is a practice-oriented subject to do with how we read and write the novel now. In this subject, we will explore both historical and contemporary examples of the form, reading fiction by Cervantes, Flaubert, Kafka, Plath, Woolf and Butler, alongside more contemporary contributions from Vuon.
CWRI30001 has 3 scored reviews: overall 4.1/5 · usefulness 4.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 StudentVIP review (average 4.0 stars); 2 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 4.2/5).
On Reddit: "I completed this subject and really enjoyed it!! The workshops are super engaging and the assessments are really manageable - when I did it there was a critical essay and a novel opening assignment, both due in the exam period, which makes the study load super bearable. I defini…"
On Reddit: "Hey OP, I did this subject last year! We didn't have one specific textbook we'd take regular readings from - rather, each week we had readings from different sources (e.g. a short academic article and a chapter of a Hemingway novel). All of these were provided to us as PDF's on …"
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Q: Is CWRI30001 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 3 reviews: usefulness 4.0/5, overall 4.1/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches CWRI30001, and when is it offered?
A: CWRI30001 is taught by the Faculty of Arts. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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