English Literature with Creative Writing

Leeds University Business School

Postgraduate

In Leeds

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Leeds

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Balance the creative and the critical sides of your English studies on this prestigious degree. The School includes leading poets and academics who are experienced creative writers. You’ll be taught by researchers of international significance whose expertise spans the historical and geographical spheres of English literary tradition.
Our region is one of the most important in the history of English literature, and amongst our alumni are poets and writers of historical and contemporary significance.
You can study literature from Old English to the contemporary period, including American and postcolonial literature and world theatre. You’ll produce creative work across genres, including fiction, poetry, plays, life writing, screenplays, short fiction and/or travel accounts.
This degree combines creativity with critical thinking, developing transferable skills in research, communication, and project management that employers seek.
Leeds has fantastic facilities for English and Creative Writing students and the School of English has a rich history of creative writing. We regularly host readings and talks by well-known and emerging contemporary writers and you’ll have access to a vibrant community of researchers and creative practitioners. The highly respected literary magazine, Stand, is produced in the School, and publishes the best in new and established creative writing.
Our alumni and former staff include founding figures of African national literatures Wole Soyinka and Ngugi wa Thiong’o, poets of great acclaim such as Geoffrey Hill and our current Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage, and J. R. R. Tolkien, the leading fantasy writer of all time..
The world-class Brotherton Library has an array of archive, manuscript and early printed material in its Special Collections, including extensive archives of prominent contemporary poets including Simon Armitage and Tony Harrison

Facilities

Location

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Leeds (North Yorkshire)
Maurice Keyworth Building, The University Of Leeds, LS2 9JT

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About this course

Entry requirements
A-level: AAA including English (Language, Literature or Language and Literature) and not including General Studies or Critical Thinking.
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Access to HE Diploma
BTEC
Cambridge Pre-U
International Baccalaureate
Irish Highers (Leaving Certificate)
Scottish Highers / Advanced Highers
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Read more about UK and Republic of Ireland accepted qualifications or contact the School’s Undergraduate Admissions Team.
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Subjects

  • Creative Writing
  • English
  • School
  • Project
  • Writing
  • Poetry

Course programme

This new and exciting degree programme allows you to combine creative writing with the critical study of English literature and/or language.

In your first year, you’ll study foundational modules in English Studies and Creative Writing, designed to help you to make a successful transition to university study. You’ll develop your skills as a critic and as a writer, explore key literary genres, and we’ll introduce you to literary theory and criticism.

In the following year, you’ll continue working with our creative writing experts to develop and diversify your creative portfolio. You’ll choose from core modules focusing on different historical periods to explore how literature has evolved over time. You’ll also choose from a wide range of option modules, from Jacobean drama to African literature, crime fiction stylistics, and specialist creative writing options.

This choice of core and option modules continues into your final year, when you will also produce the highlight of your degree – your Final Year Project. This creative project, on a topic of your choice, will showcase your development as a skilled writer and a creative and critical thinker.

Course structure

These are typical modules/components studied and may change from time to time. Read more in our Terms and conditions.

Modules Year 1

Compulsory modules

  • Studying and Researching English 5 credits
  • Foundations of Creative Writing 40 credits
  • Foundations of English Studies 20 credits
Optional modules
  • English: Context, Culture and Style 20 credits
  • Poetry: Reading and Interpretation 20 credits
  • Drama: Reading and Interpretation 20 credits

Year 2

Compulsory modules

  • Developing Creative Writing 40 credits
Optional modules

Examples of the optional modules available are shown below. Please contact us for more details of the requirements and choices available.

  • Power of Language 20 credits
  • Language in Society 20 credits
  • Medieval Literature 20 credits
  • Eighteenth Century Literature 20 credits
  • Literature of the Romantic Period 20 credits
  • Renaissance Literature 20 credits
  • Disposable Lives? 20 credits
  • Quiet Rebels and Unquiet Minds: writing to contemporary anxiety 20 credits
  • Folklore and Mythology 20 credits
  • Victorian Literature 20 credits
  • ExtraOrdinary Bodies: Disability, Medicine and Normalcy in Contemporary Literatures 20 credits

Year 3

Compulsory modules

  • Final Year Project: Creative Writing Pathway 40 credits
Optional modules

Examples of the optional modules available are shown below. Please contact us for more details of the requirements and choices available.

  • Modern Literature 20 credits
  • Postcolonial Literature 20 credits

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