English Literature and Creative Writing Liverpool Hope University

Overview

Throughout the English Literature and Creative Writing programme from Liverpool Hope University you will study a varied range of English Literature with the option of an Advanced Creative Writing Workshop for those who wish to publish in professional contexts. Our MA has an emphasis on literature and locality, with a core module focused upon Liverpool and Merseyside, and northern England. Further modules enable you to study and respond to authors and texts across different historical periods, and in different forms and genres, in relation to key critical questions that are emerging at the cutting edge of our discipline. 

You will be taught by leading academics and creative writers, and will have opportunities to go on field trips and interact with regional cultural institutions such as Tate Liverpool, The Reader, and Shakespeare North. The MA provides valuable transferable and professional skills in creative and critical thought, research, editing, and digital content management. Contemporary assessment pathways offer options for the demonstration of your knowledge. You can write a new poem or a critical essay, for example, to convey your understanding of a module.

Career opportunities:

The MA English Literature & Creative Writing can act as a foundation for further postgraduate work, including doctoral research. It also fosters a range of transferable skills valued in professional and creative sector contexts, such as critical and lateral thinking, the ability to formulate narrative and persuasive argument, the capacity to work both independently and collaboratively, the presentation of ideas and research findings, editing and information/content management. It develops students' ability to interpret and analyse cultural products, and enables them to develop confidence and advanced abilities in narrative and storycraft, which are now recognised as key to success in business and public policy-making. Teachers may follow this course in order to enhance their subject knowledge and to support their career progression.

Graduates go into a range of professions, including in the creative industries; education; community and charity sectors; publishing; libraries and heritage; marketing and communication; and the university sector. Some will develop freelance careers as writers.