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English Literature and Creative Writing - MA/PgD/PgC

English Literature and Creative Writing - MA/PgD/PgC

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Full time | Cyncoed Campus | 1 year | 30-SEP-24

Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

30-SEP-24

Key information
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Qualification type

MA - Master of Arts

Subject areas

English Literature Creative Writing

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

MA English Literature and Creative Writing is a rewarding taught degree taught by published writers and researchers. The course is aimed to support you while you develop and hone your creative and critical writing skills across the fields of fiction, creative non-fiction, script and poetry. You can take our MA for professional development purposes, in order to enhance your career and to prepare your writing for publication. The MA will also help you specialise in the areas of creative practice in order to pave the way for doctoral study.

We have expertise across a number of fields and our academic community is vibrant and dynamic with strong industry links. One of the great strengths of the programme is its flexibility. MA English Literature and Creative Writing can be studied either full or part time. Modules can be taken individually, allowing you to control the pace and depth of your postgraduate study. Programme delivery is enhanced by the University's commitment to e-learning.

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. The MA is also a great choice for those wishing to enhance their employment and professional opportunities in editorial and publishing careers. The programme is suitable for those who would like to become teachers of English literature and creative writing as well as those who are already teachers. For example, teachers of English at 'A' Level and GCSE often find the course suitable for professional development purposes, providing them with skills to enhance their teaching of English literature creative writing within their current curricula.

Our MA is appropriate for those who would like careers in community-based education and practice. The course also prepares you for further study at PhD level at Cardiff Metropolitan University and beyond. This degree will encourage you to develop the valuable transferable skills of autonomy, effective collaboration, self-direction, organisation, initiative and adaptability that are highly regarded in the workplace. Students can exit at Postgraduate Certificate and Postgraduate Diploma levels.

Modules

This module aims to: provide students with a detailed understanding of the approaches and techniques associated with a well-established fictional form ? the short story - and to understand the development of that form in the context of the culture of consumerism and literary criticism; enable students to critically engage and experiment with diverse forms, including scriptwriting, digital media, genre writing, children's fiction, collaboration, writing for performance and poetry; to enhance student's critical skills and develop individual's creative practice through weekly workshops focussing on new writing and feedback; to develop student's understanding of the role of structure, form, genre, media and markets in the context of individual creative practice; to contextualise an entrepreneurial approach to creative writing in relation to literary criticism and market conditions; to demonstrate industry-relevant creative skills and techniques, confirming that they can succeed in competitive and diverse markets for innovative fiction.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£11,000

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£17,600

Entry requirements

Applicants should usually have a first or upper second-class honours degree, in a relevant subject. Students that meet the criteria will be invited for interviews.

University information

Cardiff Metropolitan University offers degree courses across a range of disciplines. Students can choose to study on either a full-time or part-time basis. Over 11,500 students from 140 countries study across its Cyncoed and Llandaff campuses. In addition, over 10,000 students attend its 17 partner institutions across 15 countries globally. As well as its undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, the university also undertakes impactful...more

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