COURSE OVERVIEW

The MA Creative Writing and Contemporary Studies is run by experienced and forward-thinking teachers who have been enabling dynamic groups of students to improve their creative work and develop as writers for nearly two decades. They are proud of a growing list of published and prizewinning authors whose work started life in their seminars.

If you have been writing creatively for a while and feel the need for professional support and feedback and the guidance of published authors and a cohort of like-minded people, then this course is for you.

The MA Creative Writing and Contemporary Studies will help you to develop the craft of writing in various genres to a professional level. You will also develop your critical-thinking skills exploring critical methods and debates on experimental literature, media, popular culture, technology and cultural development.

It will give you the opportunity to:

gain a deepened awareness of literary forms and a practical understanding of the writer’s craft

develop confidence, sensitivity and discernment in analysis of your own and others’ work

combine both practice-based learning with specialism in contemporary literature, culture and criticism, as well as the development of your own creative writing projects

place your own writing in the context of developments in contemporary poetry, screenwriting, fiction and creative non-fiction

cultivate a greater practical knowledge and understanding of the markets for poetry, fiction, screenwriting and non-fiction.

CAREERS AND EMPLOYABILITY

On successful completion of this MA Creative Writing and Contemporary Studies, you will have developed a set of valuable attributes, including:

the ability to use language more confidently, precisely and imaginatively

independent research skills

the ability to convey your ideas and build an effective argument

the ability to analyse and process complex ideas.