Thesis: Creative writing 990


 
Module code KSK 990
Qualification Postgraduate
Faculty Faculty of Humanities
Module content

The thesis should demonstrate creative achievement appropriate to a doctoral degree in one of the following genres:

  • poetry,
  • drama and screenplays,
  • prose (fiction), 
  • prose (creative non-fiction: biography or autobiography), or 
  • literary translation/adaptation.

The creative component should be a complete work, or set of complete shorter works and should in substance be the equivalent of at least (in fiction) a full-length novel or a collection of short stories, or (in poetry) a book-length collection of poems, or (in drama) a full-length play or a collection of at least three one-act plays.
The theoretical component should be substantive scholarly/academic research on a related topic. 
*The language of tuition depends on the language in which the creative and theoretical components are written.
 

Module credits 360.00
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Unit for Creative Writing
Period of presentation Year

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