BA (Hons) Writing and English Literature at Anglia Ruskin University

Develop as a creative and professional writer while exploring the writing that has shaped, and been shaped by, different societies. Explore professional writing techniques and learn to write compelling narratives, whether you want to write poetry, drama, short fiction, news, features or other forms. You’ll improve your writing skills with invaluable feedback from professional writers, and workshops with your fellow students.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences  |  Department: School of Humanities and Social Sciences  |  Duration: 3 years; 4 years with placement  |  Study mode: full-time (placement year available)  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

In Year 1, you’ll gain a grounding in various writing techniques, and analyse what makes existing work so engaging for different audiences. In years 2 and 3, you’ll tailor the degree to your own interests with a variety of optional modules, as well as learning the techniques and conventions of short fiction, poetry and dramatic writing, and exploring the literature and culture of the Romantic and Victorian periods. Year 1: Introduction to the Study of Literature and Writing, Introduction to Imaginative Writing, Screenwriting: The Short Film, Contemporary Publishing for Writers, Reading Critically, Old English to Enlightenment. Year 2: Writing Short Fiction, Writing for the Stage, Nineteenth Century Literature and the Environment, Crocodiles, Pirates and Moon-men: Renaissance Encounters, Ruskin Module; options include Writing Creative Non-Fiction, Nineteenth Century Afterlives and Adaptations, Online Journalism, Anglia Language Programme. Year 3: Writing Poetry, Writing and the Present; options include Major Project Writing, Major Project English Literature, Renaissance Magic, Spectacle and Representation in Renaissance Drama.

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