ESH6112

Creative Writing and Performance

Level 6 (15 credits)

This English and Creative Writing and Drama and Creative Writing module introduces students to the theory and practice of creative writing at the intersections with performance, drama and visual cultures. From playwriting to Poets Theatre, from New Narrative writing to poetry as performance, from live art to creative ways of staging criticality, the traditions and practices taught on the module will enable students to develop their own creative writing and critical understanding in relation to contemporary developments in professional publishing and performance contexts where traditional disciplinary distinctions are increasingly being displaced and eroded.

Preparing for this Module and Approximate Costs

 
Why take
Creative Writing and Performance
?

  • Take this module if you are interested in highly contemporary, innovative forms of creative writing that work across disciplinary boundaries.
  • Take this module if you are interested in decolonial, queer + trans, and anti-racist traditions of creative writing.
  • Take this module if you want to think about writing at the intersections with performance, film and the visual arts, and if you want to consider how - in a sense - writing itself might be performative.
Learning Context Long Seminar
Semester Two
Assessment
  1. Critical Commentary (1500 words), 30%
  2. Creative Portfolio (3500 words), 70%
Mode of reassessment Standard
Contact