📖Program Curriculum
In your first you'll take core modules in literature language and creative writing examining critical practical and theoretical concerns at the forefront of reading and writing literature
You'll develop skills in oral and written communication and establish a strong foundation in the study of literature and language thought interactive lectures group discussion close reading exercises and practical activities
Core modules
Reading London Drama Poetry and Prose
From Prospero to Potter Reading Through Theory
Race Nation Identity Literatures of the World
Writing that Works
n your second you'll work under supervision from your tutor to develop your research skills and improve your working practice You can also select from a range of options across the three subject areas allowing you to select particular periods of literary study creative writing specialism or further exploration of linguistics and language
You can also study abroad or take a work placement in your second at locations in Europe the United States and Australia
Core modules
Independent Research Studies
Deadly Desires Dangerous Discourse Gothic Literature and Theory
Optional modules
Content Form and Creativity
Language and Society
Being Human Self Subject Identity in Medieval and Early Modern Culture
Sex and the City From Victorian Metropolis to Modernist Wasteland
Transforming Realities Innovation and Social Change in Twentieth Century and Contemporary Literature
Screenwriting
In your final you'll take the Dissertation module enabling you to work in-depth on a topic of your choice under the supervision of a subject specialist
Seminars provide a more intimate forum for the detailed exploration of texts with student presentations and discussion
Core modules
Dissertation
Professional Communication Skills and Practice for Success in the Workplace
Optional modules
Special Study Narrative
Special Study Meaning
Special Study Discourse and Social Media
Radical Writers
Making Shakespeare Text Performance and Adaptation
American Countercultures
Black and Asian Writing
Imagined Places Humans Animals and Cyborgs
Gender and Sexuality
Special Study Narrative Techniques in Popular Fiction
Creative Writing Special Study Get a Life Forms of (Auto)biography
Creative Writing Special Study Innovations in Poetry and Prose
Box Set Drama Writing for Television
