BA (Hons) Creative Writing And English Literature Bachelor's degree at Edge Hill University

Introduces you to the art of writing by focusing on published pieces, specifically short prose, poems and dramatic script by concentrating on the analysis of literary texts. Through the close examination of set texts, you will be supported in developing skills in reading as a writer and writerly techniques of perception, language and effect.

Assessment: 100% Coursework

Introduces you to the key skills and approaches necessary to successfully engage with academic study in the twenty-first century, providing a foundation for the exploration of English at university level. You will be introduced to a range of influential key theories from the 20th and 21st centuries, and learn how to apply these to literary and linguistic texts and approaches.

Assessment: 100% Coursework

Seeks to develop your knowledge and understanding of concepts and issues within the context of arts and humanities and the creative industries. You will develop both your understanding of contemporary employability contexts and your research skills and will also gain insight into the practice of industry speakers through presentations and workshops.

Assessment: 100% Coursework

Enables you to gain a basic understanding and knowledge of the description and classification of speech sounds and the sound system of English through study of poetry and prosody. It will also allow you to focus on associated employability skills and gain knowledge and understanding of the ways in which phonetics are directly relevant to several fields, such as speech and language therapy, second language learning, education, literary stylistics, forensic phonetics and artificial intelligence.

Assessment: 100% Coursework

Introduces you to the art of writing short fiction, poetry and dramatic script, through ongoing creative practice. Throughout the module, you will get the opportunity to create original work in each of these forms, through a process of drafting and editing, individually and through workshops, and to reflect on that process, critically.

Assessment: 100% Coursework

Based around the study of key theories and methodologies which have had a lasting impact on the disciplines of English and Creative Writing. It introduces you to significant ideas in contemporary criticism which shape scholarship in the twenty-first century. You will engage with some philosophical and some linguistic approaches which reflect changing ideas about the text and which will implement your understanding of these ideas in your interpretive, critical and analytical writing.

Assessment: 60% Practical 40% Coursework

Introduces you to various ways of exploring your writing practice through a series of exercises and writing experiments. The module will equip you with the essential skills for the writing process, enabling you to develop your own creative ideas and writing voice and reflect on the practice of creative and imaginative writing.

Assessment: 100% Coursework

Introduces you to business planning and the development stages in business start-up. You will organise and evaluate theoretical perspectives in a practical setting, informing your future learning processes and outcomes. A key element of the module is a review of entrepreneurial skills and small business development through theoretical concepts of enterprise, self-employment and small business management.

Assessment: 50% Coursework 50% Practical

Ideal if you want to learn a new language, or further develop your current language skills, as an integrated part of this degree. The module will be taught in an interactive, communicative manner, using authentic materials in the target language. Emphasis will be placed on all four areas of reading, writing, speaking and listening.

Assessment: 85% Coursework 15% Practical

Develops your awareness of publishing across literary genres with a focus on poetry, fiction, script and digital publishing. You will explore what writers and publishers are looking for in the 21st century and receive talks by guest speakers from leading publishing presses as well as industry professionals.

Assessment: 100% Coursework

Provides an introduction to texts, authors, genres and central themes from the first stirrings of what has been traditionally conceived of as the Romantic age in the 1760s, until the dawn of the Victorian age seventy years later. Poetry, the prose essay and the novel are all studied on this module.

Assessment: 100% Coursework

Enables you to write in, and experiment with, a variety of styles, to read a range of contemporary and recent poetry, and to relate that reading to an on-going process of reflection that will feedback into a robust and inventive writing practice. Emphasis will be placed upon continuous journaling, intensive reading and workshop participation.

Assessment: 100% Coursework

Offers you an opportunity to study a range of significant American literature from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in its historical, social, cultural, political, critical, and theoretical contexts. Throughout the module, you will examine various ways in which America is imagined and constructed in literature and how persistent figures, landscapes, and mythic concepts are engrained in American culture and embedded in the wider world's imagination.

Assessment: 100% Coursework

Explores the nature of the short story form and its specific demands on the writer. You will produce your own short fiction, responding to the diversity of styles and genres adopted by short story authors. You will also be given guidance on potential outlets for your work.

Assessment: 100% Coursework

Enables you to begin to develop your independent research skills within a structure which provides a clear and continuing framework of support. The module will take you through weekly subject-based sessions to structured study of your chosen extended special subject research. You will have considerable choice of subject matter within three broad pathways which draw on current staff research specialisms.

Assessment: 100% Coursework

Introduces you to various employability possibilities (commercial, trade and independent publishing), fields of contemporary literary production and the role(s) possible for working in the arts and humanities. The module offers you the opportunity to engage in professional practice via an independent (group) project (assessed through individual assignments) where you will negotiate the creation of a cultural artefact and/or cultural or arts and humanities service or take an unpaid internship, th

Assessment: 100% Coursework