Creative Writing and English Literature York St John University

Overview

Engage with a wide range of contemporary and historical texts, exploring intertextuality, adaptation, and literary inheritance. You’ll study texts in depth while considering their wider contexts, using this to develop your skills as a writer and examining the practice of writing in the contemporary world.

This course will also give you an in depth understanding not just of individual literary texts, but of how they relate to each other, to their wider literary and global context, and to our changing perceptions of literary value. The focus of the modules capitalises on the particular areas of expertise of our dynamic and supportive academic team, but they have also been developed in consultation with industry experts, to ensure your learning is relevant to many different potential career paths. 

Career outcomes

By developing your writing and creative process, you will be well positions to enter into a various careers. Your skills in critical analysis, working to deadlines and both independent and collaborative work will can be applied in industries such as:

• Journalism
• Publishing
• Editing
• Copywriting
• Academia
• Libraries and archives
• Arts administration
• Heritage
• Marketing and PR
• Media and broadcasting
• Teaching