English Literary Studies with Creative Writing MA 12 months Postgraduate Program By Lancaster University |Top Universities
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Program Duration

12 monthsProgram duration

Tuitionfee

24,830 GBPTuition Fee/year

Main Subject Area

English Language and LiteratureMain Subject Area

Program overview

Main Subject

English Language and Literature

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Why Lancaster?

  • Develop your own scholarly, theoretical, critical, or even critical-creative writing with support from widely published scholars, critics, and authors
  • Be inspired by our rich programme of literary events on campus, online, and in the city’s historic Castle Quarter
  • Study on campus in the University Library’s bespoke Postgraduate Study Space, or in the Castle Quarter within the University’s Postgraduate Study Hub at The Storey, the city’s Victorian-build arts venue
  • Present your work at the Department’s Masters Literary Studies Conference, usually held in the impressive surrounds of the Castle.
  • Enjoy the benefits of our partnership with the archive-rich Wordsworth Grasmere, including internship opportunities
  • Get involved with our four student-run literary journals: Cake, Lux, Flash, and Errant


This degree provides a rare opportunity to develop both your critical and creative writing at Master's level, and indeed to explore, if you wish, radical fusions of these two modes.



You will take two in-common modules in Research Methods, developing your understanding of the many ways that literature works both within the academy and beyond. In addition, you will select two modules in English Literary Studies, and two modules in Creative Writing. You will also complete an English Literary Studies dissertation which could, if you wish, fuse critical and creative writing.
Acts of reading Literary Studies at Lancaster means not only a deep and close engagement with literature itself but the opportunity, if you wish, to explore how literature opens onto many other worlds – politics, ecology, philosophy, psychology, theology, film, and fashion, etc. To support this, you can if you wish take one a module from outside of the Department -- in, say, History, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Politics, Sociology or Film Studies (subject to availability).



Supportive community


You will be taught in weekly small-group seminars, and have regular one-to-one tutorials with a supervisor when working on your Dissertation, a long-form project exploring a topic of your own choosing – this could be a traditional scholarly work, or creative-critical, or indeed a study of how literature works in the world(s) outside the university. We also encourage you to meet in person with all your tutors to discuss your work. And you will have an academic advisor who you meet to review your progress.



Literary Community Many of our special literary events, such as talks from visiting scholars and authors, take place in the Castle Quarter, with the Department’s October Lecture and May Gathering being usually held at Lancaster’s ancient Priory. In addition, we have a unique partnership with the archive-rich Wordsworth Museum at Grasmere, which includes internships, an annual study retreat day, and free entry at any time of the year.



Department Bursaries and Prizes


Thanks to a generous endowment, the Department is able to offer: The Bailrigg Awards – these are awards of up to £150 and are open to any student in the Department who is suffering financial hardship endowment. A number of end-of-programme prizes for our MA students.



Libraries


You will have access to a rich array of libraries, archives and special collections, enabling you not only to develop as a critic or author but also, if you wish, to develop skills relating to work as an archivist, librarian, or curator. For more, see here



Careers


This programme will enable you to develop a host of high-level professional skills from within literary studies such as researching, persuading, and presenting. Your skills will be valued by a range of sectors -- from marketing to law, social work to professional services, and business to the media. Our extensive events programme will provide many opportunities to network and create the connections needed to progress beyond Masters.


Some of our graduates continue their studies at PhD level, and then progress to an academic career. Many others go on to careers outside the academy in fields such as:

  • Publishing
  • Journalism
  • Copywriting
  • Television and the media
  • Teaching
  • Archives
  • Museums
  • Librarianship

Program overview

Main Subject

English Language and Literature

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Why Lancaster?

  • Develop your own scholarly, theoretical, critical, or even critical-creative writing with support from widely published scholars, critics, and authors
  • Be inspired by our rich programme of literary events on campus, online, and in the city’s historic Castle Quarter
  • Study on campus in the University Library’s bespoke Postgraduate Study Space, or in the Castle Quarter within the University’s Postgraduate Study Hub at The Storey, the city’s Victorian-build arts venue
  • Present your work at the Department’s Masters Literary Studies Conference, usually held in the impressive surrounds of the Castle.
  • Enjoy the benefits of our partnership with the archive-rich Wordsworth Grasmere, including internship opportunities
  • Get involved with our four student-run literary journals: Cake, Lux, Flash, and Errant


This degree provides a rare opportunity to develop both your critical and creative writing at Master's level, and indeed to explore, if you wish, radical fusions of these two modes.



You will take two in-common modules in Research Methods, developing your understanding of the many ways that literature works both within the academy and beyond. In addition, you will select two modules in English Literary Studies, and two modules in Creative Writing. You will also complete an English Literary Studies dissertation which could, if you wish, fuse critical and creative writing.
Acts of reading Literary Studies at Lancaster means not only a deep and close engagement with literature itself but the opportunity, if you wish, to explore how literature opens onto many other worlds – politics, ecology, philosophy, psychology, theology, film, and fashion, etc. To support this, you can if you wish take one a module from outside of the Department -- in, say, History, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Politics, Sociology or Film Studies (subject to availability).



Supportive community


You will be taught in weekly small-group seminars, and have regular one-to-one tutorials with a supervisor when working on your Dissertation, a long-form project exploring a topic of your own choosing – this could be a traditional scholarly work, or creative-critical, or indeed a study of how literature works in the world(s) outside the university. We also encourage you to meet in person with all your tutors to discuss your work. And you will have an academic advisor who you meet to review your progress.



Literary Community Many of our special literary events, such as talks from visiting scholars and authors, take place in the Castle Quarter, with the Department’s October Lecture and May Gathering being usually held at Lancaster’s ancient Priory. In addition, we have a unique partnership with the archive-rich Wordsworth Museum at Grasmere, which includes internships, an annual study retreat day, and free entry at any time of the year.



Department Bursaries and Prizes


Thanks to a generous endowment, the Department is able to offer: The Bailrigg Awards – these are awards of up to £150 and are open to any student in the Department who is suffering financial hardship endowment. A number of end-of-programme prizes for our MA students.



Libraries


You will have access to a rich array of libraries, archives and special collections, enabling you not only to develop as a critic or author but also, if you wish, to develop skills relating to work as an archivist, librarian, or curator. For more, see here



Careers


This programme will enable you to develop a host of high-level professional skills from within literary studies such as researching, persuading, and presenting. Your skills will be valued by a range of sectors -- from marketing to law, social work to professional services, and business to the media. Our extensive events programme will provide many opportunities to network and create the connections needed to progress beyond Masters.


Some of our graduates continue their studies at PhD level, and then progress to an academic career. Many others go on to careers outside the academy in fields such as:

  • Publishing
  • Journalism
  • Copywriting
  • Television and the media
  • Teaching
  • Archives
  • Museums
  • Librarianship

Admission Requirements

7+
3.3+
94+
65+
2:1 degree in a related subject is normally required. We will also consider applications on an individual basis where you have a degree in other subjects, have a 2:2 or equivalent result or extensive relevant experience. We ask that all applicants on this programme submit a sample of writing.

1 Year
Oct

Tuition fees

Domestic Students

11,960 GBP
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International Students

24,830 GBP
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