2nd Year Modules
|
Title |
Tutors | Overview | Code |
Convenor: Gonzalo C GarciaInstructors:Gonzalo C Garcia + Johnny Lynas |
This is a core module for second years of QP36 ‘English Literature and Creative Writing’ only. It is available only as a 100% fully assessed module. It proceeds in the form of writing workshops and seminars. Absence from these workshops will severely limit your capacity for achieving strong work. It is not available as an optional module. |
CW215 |
|
|
The Practice of PoetryLink opens in a new window Mondays |
David Morley |
This module is an option solely for Year Two students taking English Literature and Creative Writing. The module offers a practical, imaginative progression to the Year 3 Personal Writing Project in which you work one-to-one with a tutor. It is vital that applicants have read and written poetry and possess experience of writing workshops. Workshops are two hours long. Students of this module have gone on to establish significant reputations as poets, performers, film-makers, spoken word artists, editors, conceptual artists, and publishers. |
CW209 |
|
The module is aimed at second and third year students. The course will introduce students to contemporary screenwriting practice. There are no formal entry requirements. It introduces students to the principles of screenwriting craft and the current film climate in the UK. For further information click hereLink opens in a new window |
CW201 |
||
| Love Will Tear Us Apart: The Contemporary Realist Romance |
Convenor: Gonzalo C Garcia |
The module is aimed at Second Year students (optional module for the English Literature pathways). It will focus on studying the narrative traditions of romance. The principal aim is to provide students with an understanding of how these narratives fit into the wider scope of contemporary narrative productions (for example, understanding their connections to counter-culture writing, youth identities and movements, including digital impact), and crucially the practice of said narratives, taking into account unique characteristics in the medium, such as conflict-driven narrative, objective characterisation based on desire, unreliable point of views, and love as a metaphor for wider social-political conflicts. | CW216 |
| Songwriting |
Convenor:Dragan Todorovic |
Song is defined as a musical composition performed by the human voice. Contemporary pop song combines lyrics, music accompaniment, and performance. To write a pop song means to reach into several artistic forms and combine their elements into a short form that can be quite striking in its emotional and artistic delivery. Students of Creative Writing will be familiar with almost all these elements, but in different forms: lyrics are a form of poetry, performance is included in the training for public reading and promotional activities but also—and more importantly—into the tradition of oral literature. Rhythm is a key element in both poetry and prose. The principles of harmony in a song are not that different from the principles of harmony applied in composing a literary text. Thus, songwriting as a discipline involving all these elements represents a unique chance to offer the students a unified approach, training them in something that can be used towards their literary works, but also as a standalone art. | CW217 |
Representative Additional English Department Modules:Link opens in a new window
*Please see the English website for full list of available modules
| Modern American Poetry |
| The English Country House |
| US Writing and Culture 1780-1920 |
| Romantic and Victorian Poetry |
Please note: We update our modules every year based on availability and demand, and we update our course content too. The content on these pages give you a really strong indication of what your course will offer, but given the interval between the publication of courses and enrolment, some of the information may change. Read our terms and conditions to find out more.