English Literature and Creative Writing
University of Brighton
UCAS Code: Q311 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
University of Brighton
UCAS Code: Q311 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
A-levels must include English literature or combined English language and literature.
Access to HE Diploma
Pass Access to HE Diploma with 60 credits, to include at least 45 credits at Level 3. Access courses in Humanities, History or Politics are preferred.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Must include three subjects at Higher Level.
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
Or equivalent combination of grades.,
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
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About this course
If you are passionate about literature and eager to enhance your writing skills, our English Literature and Creative Writing degree is perfect for you.
You will blend studying literary theory with your own creative writing, learning how to use writing to explore and challenge ideas.
Through examining diverse texts and their political, aesthetic, and cultural contexts, you will refine your work.
With trips, research projects, and hands-on opportunities to connect theory with practice, you will develop as a confident thinker and writer.
Our award-winning tutors and collaborations with local publishers will prepare you for a professional writing career, offering unique experiences within community groups and companies.
**TOP REASONS TO CHOOSE THIS COURSE**
- Staff are active writers – you will learn from published novelists, poets and screenwriters.
- Strong local publishing connections – we organise a programme of visiting writers and publishing professionals. Take a look at some of our prizes and partnerships.
- Scrivener talks give you the chance to speak to a professional writer about their work.
- Our focus on employability, including a placement, ensures you will graduate as an emerging writer with a strong skillset.
- Extracurricular activities such as the Performance and Community Research and Enterprise Group and the student-led Creative Writing Society.
- Alumni making a difference – graduates from our programmes include Paris Lees, Merci Roberts, Munroe Bergdorf and Tanaka Mhisi.
- Excellent student support and a warm and encouraging community.
- Weekly roundup of writing competitions and opportunities to encourage you to promote your work and consider future careers.
- Workshops and spoken word events help you find your writing voice.
- Professional feedback on any aspect of your writing from our resident Royal Literary Fund Fellow.
Modules
Year 1
Brighton Writes
The World, the Text and the Critic
Poetry-Politics-Protest
Staging Politics
Storying The Self
Writers on Writing
Year 2
Stories that Transform
The Nineteenth Century in Literature
British Literature and Twentieth-century History
Research and Practice
Options*
Genres
Travel Narratives through Time and Space
Twentieth-century Literary Experiments
Queer Writing
Literature and Art History
Professional Practice and Placement
American Literature 1850–1945
Image and Text: The Language of Comics and Graphic Novels
Writing for Stage, Radio and Screen
Contemporary Narratives and Society
Power and Persuasion
Television Studio Production
Photography: From Painting with Light to Zeroes and Ones
Final Year
Dissertation
Brighton Rocks: Final Year Show
Options*
Community Placement: Theory in Practice
Russian Literature and Culture: The Golden Age and Beyond
(Re)viewing Shakespeare
Apocalypse, Utopia and Dystopia
Literature and Philosophy
Post-war American Literature
Literature and the World Wars
Women's Writing and Feminist Theory
Restoration Dramas
Adaptations
Citizen Journalism: Theory and Practice
Creative Writing Project
From Script to Screen
Conflict, Migration, Borders
Reading and Writing Landscape
Autoethnography
Gothic: Texts and Contexts
Victorian Sexualities
Brighton Rocks
Writing the Contemporary
Postcolonial Literatures
European Literatures and Film
World Englishes
Language of Gender and Sexuality
Approaches to Analysing Discourse
English Language Teaching
Popular Culture: Europe and Beyond
Autobiography of the Screen
*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.
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