Creative and Critical Writing PhD

Bangor University

If you take this Creative and Critical Writing PhD or MPhil course you will experience:One-to-one teaching and supervision by established writers and academics.The opportunity to develop your own specific interests, working in the genre and style of your choice.The flexibility to study on a full or part-time basis.The opportunity to develop an awareness of your own writing and writing processes through combining creative and critical work, preparing you for a future career in writing or as an academic.The Creative and Critical writing course provides you with the opportunity to work over an extended period on a collection of short stories, a novel or a collection of poems under the individual supervision of a writer actively publishing in your field. Your creative work will be accompanied by a critical commentary; researching this element will ensure that you are well read in your chosen field and have a good knowledge of current trends in writing. The thesis, comprising both the creative and critical components, is expected to have a word count of about 100,000 words (for prose).