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MA PGDip PGCert English Literature and Creative Writing

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    MA/PGDip/PGCert 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time

Course Description

The MA English Literature and Creative Writing is a rewarding degree taught by published writers and leading researchers. The course provides you with the perfect opportunity to combine your love of studying literature with the ambition to write your own. 

Our English Literature modules take you on an exhilarating literary journey from the sixteenth century to the present day. Taught by leading scholars, our MA draws on research expertise which ranges from Shakespeare to contemporary prize-winning authors. Our modules explore diverse literary forms and delve into subjects such as literary adaptation, the politics of genre fiction, the depiction of landscape, the representation of gender and sexuality, and the city as a literary space.

Entry Requirements

Applicants should usually have a 2.2 honours degree, in a relevant subject.

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Fees

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Programme Funding

A range of bursaries, scholarships, loans and grants are available. Please visit website to find out more.

Student Destinations

Many of our students use the course to generate and hone their own writing for publication.  Our creative practice modules are designed with eventual publication in mind. Our assessments are designed around publication, performance and/or production.  Several of our students have had publication and industry success.

Module Details

In any given year, four English subject modules will run, subject to staff availability.

  • "Juvenile Trash": Rethinking Genre Fiction
  • Literature and Landscapes
  • Reading The City: From Modernism to the Twenty-First Century
  • Adaptations, Transformations, Rejections
  • Making Trouble: Gender and Sexuality in Literature 
  • Special Author Topic: The Writer and Their Work

Creative Writing Modules​

  • The Plot Thickens: How Narrative Works, and How To Work With It
  • Writing Place: Singing Horizons and Invisible Cities 
  • Writing (R)evolution: Personal and Collective Change 
  • Paths to Professional Writing: Developing Skills, Getting Published, Sustaining a Career 

Core Modules

  • Literary and Critical Theory
  • Research Methods
  • Dissertation

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