Creative Writing BA

Typical Modules

Level 1

• Participation and Presentation (10 credits)
  
• Introduction to Writing Fiction (20 credits)
• Introduction to Writing Drama (20 credits)
• Introduction to Writing Poetry (20 credits)
• Writing London (20 credits)
  
• Learning London (30 credits)
• Reading Resilience (30 credits)
• Critical Reading Portfolio (30 credits)
  

Level 2

• Writing Contemporary Poetry (20 credits)
• Writing the Short Story (20 credits)
• Writing Journalism (20 credits)
• Screenwriting (20 credits)
• Horror, Sci-fi and Fantasy (20 credits)
• Nineteeth-Century Novel (20 credits)
• Shakespeare Text and Performance (20 credits)
• The Women's Movement and 20th Century Writing (20 credits)
• Post-Colonial Writing (20 credits)
• Modernism (20 credits)
• Romaticism and Revolution (20 credits)
• Contemporary British Fiction (20 credits)
• Genre Fiction (20 credits)

Level 3

• Major Project or Dissertation (40 credits)
• Writing Modern Fiction (20 credits)
• Writing Comedy (20 credits)
• Minor Project or Dissertation
• Writing Modern Drama (20 credits)
• The Creative Industries (20 credits)
• Psychogeography (20 credits)
• Performance Poetry (20 credits)
• Special Author (20 credits)
• Postcolonial Perspectives (20 credits)
• Victorian Literature and Culture (20 credits)
• Jane Austen (20 credits)
• Postmillennial Fictions (20 credits)
• A Sinking Island? British Poetry's Response to Modernism and Postmodernism (20 credits)
• Post War and Late Twentieth Century Literature 1945-2001  (20 credits)
• The Long Novel (20 credits)
• Violence (20 credits)

In the final year, you will be able to create a major writing project, which may take the form of a short story, a novel fragment, a portfolio of poems, a short play, a short script or a collection of journalism, as well as a minor project in another discipline.

You will work on a critical project that supports your writing – so if you choose to write a film comedy, you will be encouraged to study contemporary screen comedy, or if you opt for a short story on a post-colonial theme, you will similarly be expected to study post-colonial fiction.

This is your opportunity to pursue your individual interest. Whether it’s writing an epic poem, a blockbuster screenplay or a portfolio of journalism, we have members of staff who will share your enthusiasm and help you to achieve your aim.

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