Keele University Prospectus Postgraduate | 2016 | Page 33
Overview
Our MA in Creative Writing
offers a distinctive and exciting
opportunity to develop your
creative and professional skills
as a writer.
Working with published writers
from within and outside the
university, our MA in Creative
Writing offers the opportunity to
improve your writing and to bring
it up to publishable standard
while learning more about the
critical and intellectual context in
which your work is situated.
You will also participate
directly in the development
and maintenance of the events,
publications, workshops and short
courses which constitute Keele’s
vibrant writing culture and gain
experience in one of the areas
in which writers often establish
a secondary income; reviewing,
editing and teaching.
You can study full-time or
part-time for this MA. It is also
possible to take short courses in
Creative Writing, delivered as part
of our MA programme, as well
as certificate and diploma level
courses in the subject.
Additional information
We aim to provide you with:
• Opportunities for the practice
and study of creative writing at
an advanced, publishable level
Module titles
The course is delivered as three
standalone taught modules.
In addition you will complete
a portfolio of original work. You
have the opportunity to take any
single module as a short course
or to combine two modules
and be awarded a postgraduate
certificate (60 credits) or to
complete four modules and
receive a postgraduate diploma
(120 credits).
The core module The Writer
as Critic, The Critic as Writer
looks at questions of influence,
the critical process of reading
other writers’ work and the
cultural context in which a writer
lives and works. You will study
contemporary examples of script,
poetry and fiction. Writing Fiction
is a workshop based module on
writing short fiction and novels.
Writing Poetry is a workshop
based module on writing poetry.
Life Writing considers the
modes and approaches of auto/
biographical writing. The Writer in
the Community is an independent
study module which offers the
opportunity to design and deliver
a project such as teaching, literary
editing or event management.
Key Information
Course type
HUMANITIES
Creative Writing
MA
Mode of study
Full-time or part-time
Entry
requirements
Typically, applicants
should hold a second
class honours degree
(2.1) and evidence of
an ability in creative
writing. Strong evidence
of the latter can in
certain circumstances
compensate for
the former.
Contact email
postgraduate.
[email protected]
Note – The modules listed above
are indicative.
• A supportive and constructively
critical environment in which
you can work with published
writers and their peers to
improve your writing
• Necessary skills to write at an
advanced, publishable level
www.keele.ac.uk/pgtcourses/creativewriting
Good to know
Keele has a vibrant
writing culture
which includes
events and readings
by visiting writers
as well as a strong
Creative Writing
Society. The course
is programmed so
that all contact time
can happen on a
single day of the
week throughout
the course, allowing
maximum flexibility
for those in work.
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