The combination of Writing and English is a very natural one. All good writers are good readers and the study of literary texts is always enhanced by the opportunity to practise your own creative writing. This degree offers you the opportunity to study in a Department that has a long and successful history of teaching different forms of writing as well as a very strong and internationally recognised academic research culture.
Writing at Anglia Ruskin explores both creative and professional writing skills, while flexibility in your choice of modules allows you to focus on areas of particular interest. Teaching is delivered by published writers, critics, journalists, and professionals from other related disciplines. Methods of teaching have a distinctly practical flavour, the emphasis being on interactive workshops (there are no lectures on the Writing side of the course). There is also considerable scope for independently directed work.
Reading English allows you to study some of the most interesting and exciting books ever written. The English programme strikes a balance between the study of writers such as Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth, Dickens, and Woolf, and the exploration of less traditional areas like modern science fiction, children's literature and contemporary women's writing. Extra-curricular activities include a three-day Stratford-upon-Avon theatre study trip and frequent poetry readings.
Students take half their degree from Writing and half from English.
Module guide
Year one modules:
Introduction to Imaginative Writing (compulsory)
Language and Criticism for Writers (compulsory)
Writing to Entertain, Inform and Persuade
Film Reviewing
Introduction to English Literature 1 and 2 (compulsory)
Ways of Reading (compulsory)
Year two modules:
Writing Short Fiction (compulsory)
Writing for the Web
Screenwriting: The Short Film
Creative Writing
Writing at Work
News and Feature Writing
Writing Drama
Shakespeare and His Contemporaries (compulsory)
Romantic Conflicts
The Victorian Experience: Texts and Contexts
Poetry from Marlowe to Milton
Myth and Medievalism
Imperial and Postcolonial Writing
Special Topic 1 (currently Writing Nations)
News and Feature Writing
Enlightenment in England and France
Performance and Identity
Year three modules:
Major Project in Writing or English
Portfolio
Writing Poetry
Writing for Radio
Creative and Professional Non-Fiction
Modernism and the City
Women's Writing, Gender and Sexuality
Special Topic 2 (currently Theorizing Children?s Literature)
After the Deluge: Writing, Film, Culture and Society since 1945
Contemporary Fiction
Modern Science Fiction
Synoptic Course Review
Writing Poetry
Film Art
Genocide: Perspectives on the Holocaust
Autobiography: Self, Narrative and Truth
200 tariff points at A Level or equivalent. Required subject(s): A Level English or English Language or English - Language & Literature at grade C Non-Academic Conditions: Samples of written work required For an explanation of qualifications, have a look at our IAG page on this site www.creativeway.org.uk/quals.
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