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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
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Full Time
Sep 2027
3 Year
By combining the study of Creative Writing with Drama, you'll gain a deeper understanding of how theatre performance and creative writing interact - whether you specialise as a playwright, or choose to take the poetry or fiction options in creative writing.Choosing to study Drama at Royal Holloway will put you at the centre of one of the largest and most influential Drama and Theatre departments in the world. You'll create performances, analyse texts, and bring a range of critical ideas to bear on both. On this course the text and the body, thinking and doing, work together. There's no barrier between theory and practice: theory helps you understand and make the most of practice, while practice sheds light on theory. By moving between the two, you'll find your place as an informed theatre-maker, and by studying a variety of practices, by yourself and with others, you'll get knowledge of the industry as a whole, and learn how your interests could fit into the bigger picture.We are top-rated for teaching and research, with a campus community recognised for its creativity. Our staff cover a huge range of theatre and performance studies, but we're particularly strong in contemporary British theatre, international and intercultural performance, theatre history, dance and physical theatre, and contemporary performance practices.Duration: 3 years full time
Students will take the following modules in Drama: Theatre and Performance Making 1; Theatre and Text. Students will take the following modules in Creative Writing: Introduction to Creative Writing; Why Write? The History and Theory of Creative Writing.
In this module you will develop an understanding of a range of literary and cultural writing forms through reading, discussion and practice. You will look at poetry, drama and prose fiction alongside stand-up comedy, adaptation, translation, songwriting, and other forms of creative expression and articulation. You will learn how to offer clear, constructive, sensitive critical appraisals, and how to accept and appropriately value criticism of your own work.
Students will take the following modules in Drama: Theatre and Performance Making 1; Theatre and Text. Students will take the following modules in Creative Writing: Introduction to Creative Writing; Why Write? The History and Theory of Creative Writing.
Students will take the following modules in Drama: Theatre and Performance Making 1; Theatre and Text. Students will take the following modules in Creative Writing: Introduction to Creative Writing; Why Write? The History and Theory of Creative Writing.
Students will take the following modules in Drama: Theatre and Performance Making 1; Theatre and Text. Students will take the following modules in Creative Writing: Introduction to Creative Writing; Why Write? The History and Theory of Creative Writing.
In this module you will develop an understanding of a range historical perspectives on the function, forms, and value of creative writing. You will look at the genesis of particular genres, such as the short story, the novel and the manifesto, and consider relationships between historical genres and the contemporary writer. You will interrogate your own assumptions about creative writing and critically examine the relationship between creative writing and society.
Students will study two modules from: Playwriting; Fiction; Poetry.
Students will study two modules from: Playwriting; Fiction; Poetry.
Students will study two modules from: Playwriting; Fiction; Poetry.
Students will take one of the following modules: Playwriting 2; Fiction 2; Poetry 2.
This module concentrates on a particular mode of writing, genre, theme, issue or idea. You will be encouraged to make creative work in relation to the focus, and develop your writing practice in relation to wider contexts relevant to the contemporary writer.
Students will take one of the following modules: Playwriting 2; Fiction 2; Poetry 2.
This module concentrates on a particular mode of writing, genre, theme, issue or idea. You will be encouraged to make creative work in relation to the focus, and develop your writing practice in relation to wider contexts relevant to the contemporary writer.
Students will take one of the following modules: Playwriting 2; Fiction 2; Poetry 2.
Students will take one of the following modules: Playwriting 2; Fiction 2; Poetry 2.
Students will take one of the following modules: Playwriting 2; Fiction 2; Poetry 2.
Placement Year Fee: 20 Percentage of your Annual Tuition fee
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