ESH4101 - Introduction to Creative Writing - 2024/25

This module introduces students to issues in creative writing as they relate to prose fiction, poetry, non-fiction writing and hybrid forms of imaginative writing. It focuses on questions of voice and technique, and on the methodologies of writing fiction, poetry and non-fictional forms from the point of view of production. It offers a critical and practical introduction to narrative technique, poetic voice and to the reading and production of writing that crosses genres and contexts. The primary focus of this module is on prose fiction, and its secondary aim is to provide a range of other contexts for the writer, with particular reference to poetry and non-fiction prose.