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BA (Hons) English Literature and Creative Writing

Northumbria University Newcastle, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

In Literature modules you will cover topics from Shakespeare to contemporary fiction, fostering your appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of literary texts. You will produce independent interpretations of texts and concepts, and share your insights with others confidently. In Creative Writing modules, you will hone your craft as a writer with an emphasis on voice, structure, and critical reflection. Workshops will allow you to reflect on your practice as you develop your own creative projects. The course combines academic rigor with a concern for employability skills such as communication and analysis.

General Eligibility

120 UCAS Tariff points From a combination of acceptable Level 3 qualifications which may include: A-level, BTEC Diplomas/Extended Diplomas, Scottish and Irish Highers, Access to HE Diplomas, or the International Baccalaureate. GCSE Requirements: Applicants will need Maths and English Language at minimum grade 4/C, or an equivalent.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1

  • Introduction to Literary Studies (Core)

  • Reading Poetry (Core)

  • Story (Core)

  • Creative and Critical Practice (Core)

  • Talking Texts (Core)

  • Gothic Stories: Nineteenth Century to the Present (Core)

2 Year 2

  • Humanities Study Abroad (Optional,40 Credits)

  • Early Modern Cultures (Core)

  • Modernism and Modernity (Core)

  • Thinking About Voice (Core)

  • Working With Structure (Core)

  • Literary Revolutions, Eighteenth Century to Romanticism (Core)

  • Pitch to Publication (Core)

3 Year 3

  • Humanities Work Placement Year (Optional)

  • Humanities Study Abroad Year (Optional)

  • Year in International Business (Optional)

  • Year in International Multidisciplinary Innovation (Optional)

4 Year 4

  • English Dissertation (Optional)

  • Vamps and Virgins: Gothic Sexualities (Optional)

  • History, Myth, Narrative: Prose Writing about the First World War (Optional)

  • The Black Atlantic: Literature, Slavery and Race (Optional)

  • Boxing with Byron: Romanticism and Popular Culture (Optional)

  • Shaking up Shakespeare (Optional)

  • Creative Writing Project (Optional)

  • Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction (Optional)

  • Political Theatre in Early Modern Britain (Optional)

  • Advanced Creative Writing (Optional)

  • Twenty First Century Literature: Writing in the Present (Optional)

  • Making Books (Optional)

  • Writing and Environment (Optional)

  • Thieves, Harlots, Pirates, Murderers: Criminal Lives in the Long Eighteenth Century (Optional)

  • Academic Language Skills for Humanities and Social Sciences (Core – for International and EU students only)

Language Requirement

  • IELTS6.0
  • TOEFL78
  • PTE58
  • Duolingo79
International applicants should have a minimum overall IELTS (Academic) score of 6.0 with 5.5 in each component (or an approved equivalent*).

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