How can you become a far better writer? Workshops on core writing that is creative will enrich your comprehension of short stories, novels, poetry, scriptwriting and narrative non-fiction, and encourage you to reflect on your personal craft.
Our range that is broad of modules explore the political and social debates raised by literature, uncover the cultural and historical contexts that shape literary forms, and expose you to writing from around the planet. Your project that is final gives the opportunity to complete a long little bit of imaginative writing, guided by our award-winning novelists, journalists, and playwrights.
Course Facts
Programme Overview
Each year of the course provides you with a variety of core options in creative writing and English studies, enabling you to build your understanding of writing in a range of genres and traditions. You will be encouraged to produce connections in the middle of your critical and practice that is creative their education programme. You may want to enrich your degree in accordance with optional modules off their subject matter, including film studies and languages
We support your professional practice with an arts ambassador scheme, regular readings and writers’ events, and possibilities to take paid internships in a selection of arts organisations. Certainly one of our modules offers a schools placement, and you’ll have vocational opportunities in Southampton arts institutions. You can find active student societies for film, TV and radio, offering media experience.
Programme Structure
As part of your degree you are able to:
- join certainly one of forty student-led performing arts groups
- study film and visual culture
- indulge in writing workshops at Nuffield Southampton Theatres
- use a unique assortment of rare books at Chawton House Library
- learn a language that is modern any level
- join a student-run English society for social events
- explore experimental writing at Entropics, hosted by the John Hansard Gallery
- get media experience with our student societies for film, TV and radio