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
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- 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 |
- Critical Commentary (1500 words), 30%
- Creative Portfolio (3500 words), 70%
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Mode of reassessment |
Standard |
Contact |
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There is some content covered on the programme that you may find challenging and sensitive. We do not issue content notes for individual texts (written, performance, visual, sonic etc.), but please do contact your module tutor and/or convenor and/or adviser if you have concerns or problems relating any of the content, themes or discussions.