Bachelor of Arts (Hons) - English Literature with Creative Writing
- 3 years
- Duration
- 15,950 GBP/year
- Price
- Sept 2024
- Start
- May 2024
- Deadline
- Bachelor
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Oxford / United Kingdom
- Location
- Oxford Brookes University
- School
Program description
On this course, you’ll explore your voice as a writer within a supportive community of peers and tutors.
You'll try out many forms and genres while pushing yourself to advance. Additionally, every step of the way, you'll receive encouraging and helpful criticism. You'll find fresh talents whether you're researching travel writing or scripts.
By researching both renowned and cutting-edge literary voices, you can also improve your writing. You'll also look at some of today's most important concerns via the prism of literature, such as:
- Black Lives Matter
- Extinction rebellion
- Climate change
You'll learn from commercially successful authors who have books out with Simon and Schuster and Penguin Random House. You will gain knowledge from literary award winners, such as those of the Costa Book Awards. Experts will work closely with you to pursue your interests.
As you make your way through the publishing process, you'll also network with literary agents and recently published authors.
Program structure
Year 1
- Reading for Meaning
- The Culture of Criticism
- Reading Wonderland: The Literature of Oxford
- Shakespeare Now
- Creative Writing 1: Voice and Craft in Poetry and Prose
- Theory, Writing and Power
- World Literatures
Optional Modules
- Understanding Digital Cultures
- Theatre Styles and Contexts
Year 2
- Creative Writing 2: Exploring Genre, Form and Style
Choose One Module (Literature in Time and Space)
- Literature in Time and Space: American Vistas: The Literature and Culture of the USA
- Literature in Time and Space: The Culture of Modernity
- Literature in Time and Space: Renaissance Tragedy and Comedy
Choose One Module (Literature, Self and Society)
- Literature, Self and Society: Landscapes and Mindscapes
- Literature, Self and Society: Crime, Culture and Transgression
- Literature, Self and Society: British Theatre, 1950 - Present
Optional Modules
- Special Topics (Genre): Robots, Cyborgs and Digital Worlds
- Special Topics (Genres): American Poetry: Origins and Legacies
- Special Topics (Periods): The Shock of the New: Avant-Gardes and Experiments in 20th Century Literature, Theatre and Cinema
- Special Topics (Periods): Renaissance Material Culture
- Special Topics (Stylistics): Advanced Stylistics
- Special Topics (Themes): Angry Writing: Protest Literature
- Special Topics (Themes): Human Animal
- Independent Project
- Professional Practice
Year 3
- Creative Writing 3: Towards Professionalism and Publication
- Major Project in Creative Writing
Choose One or More Optional Modules From Advanced Options
- Poverty and the Novel
- The Pre-Raphaelites and the Victorian Literary Imagination
- Playing House: Early Modern Domestic Spaces
- Can Literature Help Save the World?
- Windrush Stories
- Video Games, Digital Texts and Interactive Narratives
- Urban Jungle: the American City in Modern and Postmodern Literature and Culture
- Utopias
- Witchcraft and Magic in Literature
- The Theatrical City: Shakespeare and his Contemporaries
- African American Avant-Gardes
Optional Modules
- Poverty and the Novel
- The Pre-Raphaelites and the Victorian Literary Imagination
- Playing House: Early Modern Domestic Spaces
- Can Literature Help Save the World?
- Windrush Stories
- Video Games, Digital Texts and Interactive Narratives
- Urban Jungle: the American City in Modern and Postmodern Literature and Culture
- Utopias
- Witchcraft and Magic in Literature
- The Theatrical City: Shakespeare and his Contemporaries
- African American Avant-Gardes
- Contemporary Literature
- English Literature Dissertation
Price
- Tuition Fee - 15,950 GBP per year
Requirements for applicants
General Entry Requirements
- Acceptable passes in five subjects (exceptionally four subjects) at GCSE or GCE including:
- one 12-unit vocational A-level, or
- two A-levels or two 6-unit vocational A-levels, or
- one A-level or 6-unit vocational A-level plus two AS-levels, or
- two 3-unit vocational A-levels
- A National Certificate or Diploma at a good standard.
- The International Baccalaureate Diploma (minimum of 24 points) or the European Baccalaureate Diploma (minimum of 60%).
- Five subjects in SCE with two at Higher level or one at Advanced Higher level.
- Three subjects in Scottish Highers or two at Advanced Higher level.
- Any other qualifications considered by the Academic Board to be of equivalent standard.
- A recognised access course.
Specific entry requirements
- IELTS: 6.5 overall with 6.0 in reading and writing, 5.5 in listening and speaking
About the university
The history of Oxford Brookes University spans more than 150 years. We began as a modest School of Art in rented classrooms and have expanded into one of the UK's top modern universities with a reputation for distinction in teaching and research on the local, national, and worldwide levels.
Our primary goal is to provide a top-notch educational experience that helps each of our graduates to be competent, self-assured, and prosperous. The standard of instruction students receive is an integral component of this.
Oxford Brookes works with a wide range of partners both domestically and internationally. Our connections are essential to improving our instruction, research, and information sharing. Additionally, they provide our students a wealth of placement, internship, and employment options.
In cooperation with our Associate College Partners as well as directly, we offer a variety of higher education and degree apprenticeships (ACPs).
