Opportunities

Bangor University

School of Lifelong Learning
MA in Writing: Practice and Context

This innovative part-time programme is designed for graduates who want to develop new directions as writers, whether in creative or professional contexts. Taught by published authors, it explores the links between different areas of writing through practice-based seminars and workshops. It also considers wider questions such as how creativity relates to writing, and how language shapes, and is shaped by, the culture in which it is produced.

The course can be taken as a Postgraduate Certificate (1 year), Diploma (2 years) or MA (3 years), subject to validation. It runs on Tuesdays in Semesters 1 and 2.

Modules offered in 2007-8 are Applications of Writing and Creative Writing, Creative Thinking. These two modules can be taken individually, or together as a Postgraduate Certificate course, or as the first stage of an MA.

October 2007: Applications of Writing 30 credits

How do writers adapt their language and style for specific purposes? Experienced tutors and visiting professional writers will present sessions on areas such as journalism, report writing, advertising, travel writing and children’s fiction. The course also offers practical advice on presenting your work to publishers.

January 2008: Creative Writing, Creative Thinking 30 credits

Can writing help us to think more creatively? Do some ways of thinking help us to write better? These ideas will be explored through workshops in poetry and fiction led by published writers.



Writing With Intent
YHE-1210
Co-ordinator: Dr Zoë Skoulding
Flexible online tuition for 12 weeks
Starts: Available from September 2007
Level: 1  20 Credits  Fee: £180

Weekly online exercises cover skills in poetry and prose, from starting a story to using dialogue and imagery. Suitable for both beginners and more advanced writers, this course is taught by experienced writer-tutors who give regular individual feedback on your writing as it develops. You will need access to an online computer.


Reading Texts, Writing Texts 
YHE-1257
Dr Kathy Hopewell and Dr Zoë Skoulding
Once a week for 12 weeks
Starts: Mon 1st October 6 – 9 pm
Bangor: LL, Dean Street
Level: 1 20 Credits  Fee:£180

This module is an introduction to the study of literature and creative writing at university level.  Texts include Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys, Stevenson’s Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and a selection of poetry from the Romantic period to the present day.  Students will be asked to respond to the texts both critically and creatively.


Introduction to American Literature 
YHE-1252
Josh Bradbury
Once a week for 12 weeks
Starts: Weds 3rd October 6 – 9 pm
Bangor: LL, Dean Street
Level: 1 20 Credits  Fee: £180

This course provides a general introduction to American literature, as well as strengthening students’ skills in textual analysis.  Writers studied include Emily Dickinson and Mark Twain, and texts such as The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Toni Morrison’s Beloved.


Creative Writing: Showing and Telling
YHE-
Liz Ashworth and Fiona Owen
Once a week for 12 weeks
Starts: Weds 3rd October 6 – 9 pm
Bangor: LL, Dean Street
Level: 2 20 Credits  Fee: £180

This course explores the ways in which poetry and fiction can be strengthened by different modes of representation: imagery, narrative, voice and dialogue are examined through practical writing workshops and discussion. As this is a level 2 module, please ask for further advice when registering.


Late 20th Century Literature
YHE-3261
Dr Kathy Hopewell and Dr Elaine Walker
Once a week for 12 weeks
Starts: Mon 1st Oct. 6 - 9 pm
Bangor: LL, Dean Street
Level: 3 20 credits  Fee: £180

This module focuses on British poetry, prose and drama published from the 1950s to the present day.  Writers studied include Samuel Beckett, Caryl Churchill, Ted Hughes and Angela Carter.  As this is a level 3 module, please ask for further advice when registering.


Starting in 2007
Creative Writing: Forms and Techniques YHE-1251
Creative Writing: The Novel YHE-3262
Literature in Transition YHE-2254
Literary Modernism YHE-2255
Literature and its Contexts YHE 1253


For further details please contact:
Lowri Owen
Telephone: 01248 383668
Email: l.owen@bangor.ac.uk
Web: www.bangor.ac.uk