It is also possible to add a Creative or Practice-based element. The Dissertation can be researched and written solely through utilising and developing high-level research and writing skills. To direct and focus attention on relevant IT or hard-copy sources, using resources provided to support learning provided by the library facilities. The aims of the module are to develop organisational skills in planning, researching, preparing and revising a substantial piece of written work. The module will be delivered through seminars that will introduce students to a basic theoretical background (which includes references to Functional Grammar and Visual Design Grammar) and provide space for group work and class discussion. Students will develop their awareness of language as a complex phenomenon that is not restricted to verbal semiotics. What are the languages used in all these contexts and environments and how do they work in integration? The aim of the module is to introduce students to the study of texts that are created not just by using verbal language in a variety of communicative contexts.Įmphasis will be on providing students with tools for analysing and critically engaging with multimodal communication strategies that inform multimodal texts such as posters, advertisements, covers, websites, videogames, social media templates, etc. Multimedia advertising, social media, online role-playing games, websites, blogs, vlogs, virtual tours: communication happens through digital hyperspace and non-digital space in a variety of modes. You will also be required to undertake a major piece of creative writing as part of your dissertation in your final year.
You will have the opportunity to study all of the major genres of creative writing (poetry and prose), and will be encouraged to reflect analytically and critically on their developing practice as writers. The curriculum for our English with Creative Writing degree offers you the freedom to tailor the course to your interests - covering creative writing, literature and language within a broad range of fields and approaches, providing a stimulating environment for your degree work.
Their knowledge of these subject areas and enthusiasm for their research and teaching make this a vibrant and supportive place for you to study, a place where you can learn the many different skills you will need, including transferable skills for your future employment.
Just as our academic staff are recognised for their expertise in areas such as contemporary poetry and theory, playwriting, culture and communication, and literature, your creative writing lecturers are practitioners in poetry, fiction and life-writing. This degree offers great flexibility through its mixture of optional and compulsory modules in creative writing, literary history and the study of language, allowing you to tailor the course to suit your interests.
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