English Literature and Creative Writing (BA Hons)

Pursue your passion for story literature and creativity immersing yourself in great literary works while developing your own creative writing skills The mixture of English Literature and Creative Writing will help you become both a critical and creative writer You ll be mentored by published authors in both fields such as Professor John Hughes famous for Invisible Now Bob Dylan in the 1960s and author Tyler Keevil winner of the Journey Prize and the 2014 Wales Book of the Year People s Prize On the course you ll develop skills in different writing strands including prose poetry and drama both from a creative and critical perspective As you progress you can explore specialisms such as transgressive writing crime fiction sci-fi and American literature In your final year you ll also learn about the publishing industry and how to submit your work to professional magazines and markets As one of our writers you ll have the opportunity to work closely with professionals from the Everyman Theatre and see your work performed by actors in a staged reading You ll also be able to get published in our student-led magazine Show Don t Tell as well as our annual paperback anthology the New Writing Series Internships are also available for career preparation You ll benefit from industry links with the Parabola Arts Centre the Everyman Theatre and London-based literary agency Johnson Alcock which judges our annual novel writing contest Cheltenham is also home to The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival that attracts writers journalists philosophers and historians from around the globe Our students volunteer interview speakers and blog about the event

Duration: 13

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