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English Literature with Creative Writing BA (Hons)

University of East Anglia

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  • Qualification

    Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

  • Location

    Main Site

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    01-SEP-25

  • Duration

    3 Years

Course summary

Overview

What will you say? Can you pin your ideas with words, create a world in which a reader can lose herself, discover another perspective—and emerge changed? Immerse yourself in the written word and a thriving community of writers, as you hone your writing craft. Learn from practising, accomplished writers who will guide you in developing your voice. Sharpen your ability to sculpt language, move, and surprise the reader, build worlds, articulate the inexpressible. As you do so, plunge into literature in English from around the world, past and present, finding out how writers have expanded literary possibilities and rewritten conventions to make art of their lived experience and imaginary worlds. Become a more discerning and attentive reader and writer. Turn the page – all yours – what will you write?

About This Course

Good readers make good writers’ is the ethos of this course. You develop your craft as a writer under the supervision of our world-renowned novelists, poets and playwrights while benefitting from our first-class literature teaching. Your creative and literary training enhance one another. You’re able to draw on the wealth of literature you’ve been reading to inspire your writing, and your understanding of how literature works is deepened by writing it yourself.  The teaching of creative writing in the UK began at UEA more than fifty years ago, and we are still widely seen as the home of creative writing in this country. You will be studying at a university rich in famous creative writing alumni, including Booker Prize winner Ian McEwan and Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro. Whatever kind of writing you love the most, you’ll develop it over the course of your degree by working closely with our many practising writers in seminars and workshops. In your study of English literature, you’ll have the chance to discover a wealth of writers from the ancient classical past right up to poets and novelists writing now. You’ll explore diverse literary traditions from across the globe, and you’ll tackle a heady mix of genres, which currently range from the gothic to children’s literature, crime writing to Latin American fiction, early modern women’s writing to biography. Norwich is an extraordinary place in which to be a writer. It’s England’s first UNESCO City of Literature, awarded in recognition of the city’s vivid literary heritage and vibrant contemporary writing scene, and home to the National Centre for Writing. You’ll immerse yourself in this community, and you might find yourself sharing your work with a packed audience of students and professional writers at our UEA Live: New Writing series, or attending literary festival events with internationally renowned literary figures.  We say that UEA is the place where literature lives – when you join the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing, you’ll join a unique and supportive community of critics, writers, and drama practitioners, who bring literature to life every day. You can find out more the activities in our School by following us on Instagram.

Application deadline

29 January

Tuition fees

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£ 20,600per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

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QUALIFICATION TYPE

A level

A level : AAA

including English Literature, or one of the subjects listed belowContextual offer: ABB including English Literature, or one of the subjects listed below:English Language and Literature, English Language, History, Ancient History, History of Art, Archaeology, Anthropology, Classical Civilisation, Classical Studies, Politics, Government and Politics, Psychology, Sociology, Drama, Theatre Studies, Film Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Media Studies, Psychology or Law.

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University of East Anglia

University of East Anglia

  • University League Table

    21st

  • Campus address

    University of East Anglia UEA, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7TJ, England

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UEA is a highly-respected university offering a safe environment on the edge of the beautiful and diverse city of Norwich and traditional English countryside.
UEA's global student body is well supported from the moment of application, right through to becoming an alumnus, with student satisfaction a key priority.
Key employers for UEA's international students include Siemens, BDO, HSBC, PwC and Apple.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    English

    31st out of 96 10

    7th out of 50 1

  • Entry standards

    / Max 202
    146 72%

    27th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    65.0 65%

    77th

    2

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.08 77%

    68th

    21

  • Entry standards

    / Max 213
    159 75%

    4th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    72.0 72%

    12th

    6

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    2.96 74%

    47th

    4

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