Creative Writing MLitt

The modules in this programme have varying methods of delivery and assessment. For more details of each module, including weekly contact hours, teaching methods and assessment, please see the latest module catalogue which is for the 2018–2019 academic year; some elements may be subject to change for 2019 entry.

Students take one compulsory module on research skills in Semester 1 and two modules in a chosen area over both semesters.

Complusory

• Research Skills for Creative Writers: an introduction to gathering IT resources and library materials; primary skills such as proofreading, copy-editing and basic literary theory; the literary marketplace, and the roles of editors, publishers, agents and festival organisers.

Students choose two optional modules in a chosen subject area (prose or poetry) to take over both Semesters 1 and 2.

• Writing Prose 1 and Writing Prose 2: a critical and practical study of the writing of literary prose, including short and long fiction, as well as the literary essay, life writing and other non-fiction forms.
• Writing Poetry 1 and Writing Poetry 2: a range of essential topics in poetry and its composition, including the creative process, sound and sentence, the poetic line, imagery, metaphor, metre and meaning.

Students choose two optional modules in a chosen subject area (prose or poetry) to take over both Semesters 1 and 2.

• Writing Prose 1 and Writing Prose 2: a critical and practical study of the writing of literary prose, including short and long fiction, as well as the literary essay, life writing and other non-fiction forms.
• Writing Poetry 1 and Writing Poetry 2: a range of essential topics in poetry and its composition, including the creative process, sound and sentence, the poetic line, imagery, metaphor, metre and meaning.