MA Literature and Creative Writing at University of Essex

The MA Literature and Creative Writing is a one-year full-time degree that blends the study of literature across time, geography and genre with practice-based creative writing modules, including a Creative Writing workshop. Students usually attend a two-hour weekly seminar per module in groups of about 10-15 and can publish in the annual creative writing journal Creel.

Department: School of Language, Literature, and Media  |  Duration: 1 year full-time  |  Intake: October 2027  |  Study mode: full-time; part-time  |  Location: Colchester, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core and compulsory modules are an 80-credit Dissertation and Dissertation Preparation: Postgraduate Research and Writing Skills (20 credits), plus 40 credits of literature options and 40 credits of creative writing options; topics include European Avant-Gardes of the Early Twentieth Century, Global Writing and Literature in English, Lyric Poetry, Psychogeography and Writing Audio and Digital Drama.

Career pathways

Graduates have worked as writers, editors, publishers, scholars, university lecturers, teachers, journalists, arts administrators, theatre artistic directors, drama advisers and translators.

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