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Study Details: MA 1 year full-time
The Aberystwyth Master’s course in Literature and Creative Writing is your opportunity to combine the practice of creative writing with an in-depth exploration of literary studies. You will be required to engage with a range of writers and writing techniques so that you can develop your own creative approach and improve your own writing. You will also engage in discussions about theory and the wider issues of textual analysis and the craft of writing, including writing for publication and the importance of research.
You will receive individual tuition from expert departmental staff and, under their guidance, produce a substantial dissertation or portfolio of creative writing. In addition, you will develop a host of key transferable skills which will help you excel in further academic study or employment.
This MA course is designed to help you develop your creative vision and critical approach to both writing and textual analysis. In a balanced programme of writing workshops and study of literary texts, you will choose modules to a total of 60 credits in Creative Writing and a total of 60 credits from Literary Studies. You will then demonstrate your learning through the completion of a 60-credit project in the form of a Creative Writing portfolio or a Literary Studies dissertation. By the time you graduate, you will be a more productive writer, reader and researcher, capable of constructive and critical evaluation of your own and others’ work.
An important part of the MA is your Literary Studies dissertation or Creative Writing portfolio. Aberystwyth University takes great care in assigning a supervisor to each student whose interests will be as closely matched to yours as possible. In tackling the subject, you will be required to produce original writing that is rigorously researched, and justified in appropriate analytical terms. This piece may define your way forward into writing-related work or further study, either as a writer or critic and researcher.
This degree will suit you:
A minimum of a 2.2 (UK) (or above) equating to a mark of 56.5 or above in a relevant subject area, plus the relevant application documentation and a sample of work. European and International applicants can find their grade equivalence on our website.
In addition to completing the standard university application package, candidates are asked by the Department to supply the following supplementary documents:
For details of fees, please view this page: https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/postgrad/fees-finance/all-fees/
See http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/english/postgrad-studies/fees-funding/
Semesters One and Two
Candidates will follow the Semester 1 core module, choosing either the ‘Literary Studies’ or ‘Creative Writing’ pathway:
ENM0520 Research Skills
Depending on their choice of Semester 1 core module pathway, candidates will take a second core module in Semester 2:
ENM0620 Research Skills 2: Tackling Textuality
or
ENM0420 Writing and Publication
Candidates will be required to select two of the following 20-credit Creative Writing option modules:
ENM5020 Writing Fiction: Methods And Techniques
ENM5220 Writing Poetry: Rhymes And Reasons
ENM5120 Writing Fiction: Wider Explorations
ENM5320 Writing Poetry: Modes In Contemporary Poetry
Candidates will also choose one 40-credit Literary Studies option module:
ENM2040 City, Court And Country In Renaissance Drama
ENM2140 Ethnic American Literature And Cultural Memory
ENM2640 Women, Fiction and Female Community: From Cavendish to Wollestonecraft
ENM2340 Medieval And Renaissance Lives
ENM2440 Postmodern Genres
ENM2540 Romanticism’s Radical Cultures, 1789-1823
ENM2740 Women Writing Wales, 1650 – Present Day
Semesters Two and Three
ENM0560 Dissertation
or
ENM0660 Writing Portfolio
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