BA Hons Creative Writing and English Literature

The pairing of English Literature and Creative Writing develops skills in critical thinking in relation to a range of texts. Good writing comes from attentive and sophisticated reading, and writers develop these skills in their English Literature modules, alongside the reading and analysis they undertake in some of their Creative Writing modules. Creative writing is beneficial as a mode of engagement and inquiry in relation to literary texts. The two subjects work in dialogue with one another; creative writing s practice-based focus complementing and supporting English Literature s critical and analytical approach and vice-versa.