Creative Writing and Contemporary Studies
Programme overview
Main Subject
English Language and Literature
Degree
MA
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
The MA Creative Writing and Contemporary Studies is run by experienced and forward-thinking teachers who have been enabling dynamic groups of students to improve their creative work and develop as writers for nearly two decades. They are proud of a growing list of published and prizewinning authors whose work started life in their seminars.
If you have been writing creatively for a while and feel the need for professional support and feedback and the guidance of published authors and a cohort of like-minded people, then this course is for you.
The MA Creative Writing and Contemporary Studies will help you to develop the craft of writing in various genres to a professional level. You will also develop your critical-thinking skills exploring critical methods and debates on experimental literature, media, popular culture, technology and cultural development.
It will give you the opportunity to:
- gain a deepened awareness of literary forms and a practical understanding of the writer’s craft
- develop confidence, sensitivity and discernment in analysis of your own and others’ work
- combine both practice-based learning with specialism in contemporary literature, culture and criticism, as well as the development of your own creative writing projects
- place your own writing in the context of developments in contemporary poetry, screenwriting, fiction and creative non-fiction
- cultivate a greater practical knowledge and understanding of the markets for poetry, fiction, screenwriting and non-fiction.
Programme overview
Main Subject
English Language and Literature
Degree
MA
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
The MA Creative Writing and Contemporary Studies is run by experienced and forward-thinking teachers who have been enabling dynamic groups of students to improve their creative work and develop as writers for nearly two decades. They are proud of a growing list of published and prizewinning authors whose work started life in their seminars.
If you have been writing creatively for a while and feel the need for professional support and feedback and the guidance of published authors and a cohort of like-minded people, then this course is for you.
The MA Creative Writing and Contemporary Studies will help you to develop the craft of writing in various genres to a professional level. You will also develop your critical-thinking skills exploring critical methods and debates on experimental literature, media, popular culture, technology and cultural development.
It will give you the opportunity to:
- gain a deepened awareness of literary forms and a practical understanding of the writer’s craft
- develop confidence, sensitivity and discernment in analysis of your own and others’ work
- combine both practice-based learning with specialism in contemporary literature, culture and criticism, as well as the development of your own creative writing projects
- place your own writing in the context of developments in contemporary poetry, screenwriting, fiction and creative non-fiction
- cultivate a greater practical knowledge and understanding of the markets for poetry, fiction, screenwriting and non-fiction.
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