139.109 Prize-Winning Fiction Assessment Two: Case StudyC/C++

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Assessment Two: Case Study

Length: 1800-2000 words

Weight: 45%

TASK

This case study consists of two parts:

1.   A written judge’s report

2.   A design for a literary prize

For Part 1, the judges report, imagine yourself on a judging panel for a prestigious international literary prize awarded for excellence in short story writing. You have been asked to writeup a report, to be delivered to an eagerly awaiting audience.

The report will identify the prize-winning author and her/his story and will thoughtfully detail the reasons behind the judging panel’s selection. The report will pay attention to what makes the chosen short story a particularly worthy piece of literature and outline why it has been selected for special distinction.

Engage closely with the text, offering brief examples from its pages (e.g., quotes, summary, and paraphrase) that serve as supporting evidence and offer meaningful reasons for the panel’s verdict. Highlight particular language techniques and narrative strategies for the audience, and reflect on their effects.

Based on the convincing argument you have made, accompanied by relevant evidence from the text, by the end of your Report it should be clear why this particular text has won the award.

The list of short story finalists is as follows:

•   Patricia Grace, “Parade” (1975)

•   George Saunders, “The Falls” (2000)

•   Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, “A Private Experience” (2009)

•   Tina Makereti, “Black Milk” (2016)

(.Pdfs of the short stories can be found on Stream).

You do not need to provide a works cited page or secondary sources, but please do include page numbers when you are directly quoting, or closely paraphrasing, from the chosen short story.

You do not need to familiarise yourself with published Judges’ Reports for real literary prizes. Instead, use your skills of invention and creativity to imagine what such a Report or announcement should contain (based on the assignment instructions). I am interested in reading your personal, critical response to literature.

For Part 2, design aliterary prize, follow on from Part 1 of your Case Study by making up a literary priz 139.109 Prize-Winning Fiction Assessment Two: Case StudyC/C++ e to be awarded to the short story of your choosing. This exercise is a mix of creative, analytical and practical considerations. The document you write should take the form. of a prize announcement, to be circulated within the literary and media industries, and posted to the website for your newly created prize.

In designing your literary prize, you should spend considerable time and thought on the rationale you offer for its necessity. What is the raison d’être of your prize? Why does the field of literature need this particular prize? Does it seek to complement prizes already in existence, or, does it seek to supplement them by offering something new to fill a gap in the world of prizes? You might remark on how yours is similar to, or distinct from, other prizes that populate the literary and cultural landscape.

You are asked to give your prize a sensible name, thoughtfully explain and justify its motivating purpose, and describe what sort of writing, or writers, it intends to reward. For instance, is it aimed at recognising writers from a specific gender, nation, race, or linguistic background, and if so, why? Is the prize directed toward a particular genre or medium of writing (translated fiction, short story, experimental, historical fiction, graphic memoirs, etc.), and if so, why? Who can make submissions and how have you drawn the necessary borders of eligibility for your particular prize? Strong submissions will demonstrate understanding of the inherent and unavoidable politics of prizes and prizing.

Alongside the document’s primary focus on outlining the broader aspirations and terms of the prize, this assessment asks you to carefully consider what’s required in setting up a prize, including bureaucratic, practical, and behind-the-scenes matters of administration. What exactly is the prize? (A statue of some sort, a cash prize, a writer’s residency overseas, a print run with a major publisher?)

You might discuss how frequently you envision the prize being awarded, and how it will be funded, or what plans you have in place to secure its financial future. (Will you be cultivating relationships with major philanthropists, for example, or will you be seeking input or collaboration from the private sector, and under what terms?)

Where appropriate, you might also elaborate on the mechanics of how submissions can be made, how judging panels will be established and judges selected, what judging criteria and voting procedures will look like, and where the prize ceremony will beheld