肯特大学巴黎艺术与文化学院

Overview

Alongside your creative writing modules, you are encouraged to consider choosing modules from the broad range of options offered our Paris centre. This programme offers students a unique opportunity to find inspiration both in and out of the classroom and to develop a creative voice in the stimulating surroundings of Montparnasse.

You can choose to begin your studies in September or January and can take a standard (90 ECTS) or an extended (120 ECTS) version of the programme. Part-time study is only available for EU/EEA passport holders, and for those who have the right to remain in France for the duration of their degree.

Programme aims

This programme aims to:

• provide you with the opportunity to obtain a postgraduate qualification (MA) in one year, and to allow you, if required, a smooth transition to doctoral studies
• give you the breadth of experience of studying creative writing modules in Paris to include an ‘in residence’ module
• extend and deepen your understanding of your own writing practice through coursework and research
• enable you to develop an historical awareness of literary and creative writing traditions, particularly those that have been located in, or in some other way focussed on, Paris
• develop your independent critical thinking and judgement
• develop your independent creative thinking and practice
• develop your knowledge and understanding of relevant aspects of contemporary Paris and the literary history of the city with a view to you incorporating some of these aspects into your own creative and critical writing
• develop your understanding and critical appreciation of the expressive resources of language
• enable you to make connections across your various modules and transfer knowledge between modules
• provide you with teaching, workshops and other learning opportunities that are informed by current research and practice and that require you to engage with aspects of work and practice at the frontiers of knowledge.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding

You will gain knowledge and understanding of:

• key texts from contemporary British, American, postcolonial and world literatures
• the main aspects of literary techniques and theory in either fiction or poetry, including point of view, form, style, voice, characterisation, structure and theme
• key literary traditions and movements, both contemporary and historical
• the cultural history of modern Paris, as reflected in art and literature
• terminology used in literary criticism
• terminology used in creative practice
• the cultural and historical contexts in which literature is written, published and read
• critical theory and its applications to both reading and writing
• the study and creation of the ‘text’ and how this is influenced by cultural factors
• inter- and multidisciplinary approaches to the advanced practice of creative and critical writing
• research methods.

Careers

Many career paths can benefit from the writing and analytical skills that you develop as a postgraduate student in the School of English. Our students have gone on to work in academia, journalism, broadcasting and media, publishing, writing and teaching; as well as more general areas such as banking, marketing analysis and project management.