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Study Details: MA
12 months full time 24 months part time
The MA in Creative Writing offers the opportunity to develop your skills in creative writing within the context of a School of English with a long and distinguished history in creative writing. The course appeals both to those who wish to deepen and broaden their creative writing practice, and to those who are working towards a single publishable piece of work.
With expert guidance from teaching staff who are actively engaged in producing and publishing creative writing, you will engage with a wide variety of literary genres, including poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction. You will also have the chance to develop your literary and critical skills more broadly.
Throughout the course, you will be able to explore areas of personal interest and participate in workshops to hone your skills in diverse forms of writing.
A bachelor degree with a 2:1 (hons) in English Literature or a related subject.
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This course will equip you with advanced transferable skills which are valuable in a wide range of careers.
You’ll be a confident researcher who can work independently as well as within a team. You’ll be a strong communicator, both verbally and in writing, and be able to think critically and analytically. In addition, you’ll have a strong level of cultural and critical awareness, and you’ll be able to look at a situation from different points of view.
All of these qualities are attractive to employers across sectors, and you’ll be well equipped to pursue a career in a wide range of fields depending on your interests. These could include teaching, journalism, publishing, advertising, broadcasting and law. Many of our graduates also progress to PhD-level study and you’ll be in a good position to develop a career in academia. Students from our programmes have gone on to have successful careers as literary agents, journalists and researchers, as well as to become published novelists and award-winning poets.
Year 1 compulsory modules
Approaches to Creative Writing 30
Creative Writing Research Project 60
Year 1 optional modules (selection of typical options shown below)
The Long Poem: Self, Land, Witness 30
So Where do you come from? Selves, Families, Stories 30
Writing Poetry 30
Writing Prose Fiction 30
Caribbean and Black British Writing 30
Romantic Identities: Literary Constructions of the Self, 1789-1821 30
Writing Places and Identities 30
Medical Humanities: Representing Illness, Disability, and Care 30
The Digital & English Studies 30
Postcolonialism, Animals and the Environment 30
Shakespeare’s Tyrants 30
Planetary Aesthetics: Animism, Mimesis and Indigeneity 30
Digital and Intermedial Storytelling 30
Script Development for Film and Television 30
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