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Creative Writing (Distance Learning) MA

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Why Lancaster Study from anywhere in the world, whenever it suits you, with our online tutorials and conferences Sharpen your writing Read more...

• 2 years Distance without attendance degree: £5,850 per year (UK)

Creative Writing (Modular) MA

Why Lancaster Study close to the beautiful Lake District, home of the Romantic poets, and inspiration for many writers since Take part in Read more...

• 2 years Part time degree: £5,980 per year (UK)
• 1 year Full time degree: £11,960 per year (UK)
• 1 year Full time degree

Creative Writing PhD

Why Lancaster Study online or join us on campus to be close to the Lake District, home of the Romantic poets, and inspiration for many Read more...

• 48 months Part time degree: £2,393 per year (UK)
• 3 years Full time degree: £4,786 per year (UK)
• 3 years Full time degree

English Literary Studies with Creative Writing MA

The MA English Literary Studies with Creative Writing provides a rare opportunity to combine creative and critical writing at Master's Read more...

English Literature and Creative Writing PhD

Why Lancaster Read, think, and write alongside tutors who are established authors of literature of all kinds, including creative-critical Read more...

Creative Writing with English Literary Studies MA

The MA Creative Writing with English Literary Studies provides the opportunity to combine creative and critical writing at Master's level. Read more...

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Our research, as showcased by our publications, 96% of which is rated world-leading or internationally excellent (REF2021), is shaped by a juxtaposition of the critical and the creative, the city of Lancaster, with its Medieval Castle and Priory, and the Lake District where we partner with Wordsworth Grasmere. We also partner with The Duke’s Theatre, Lancaster LitFest, and The Storey, Lancaster’s Victorian-build arts venue, where our students enjoy the Postgraduate Study Space.

Our Creative Writing programme has a long and distinguished history which dates back to 1970, meaning that, in the UK, we were there at the very beginning of the discipline. And we remain at the fore with celebrated authors as tutors and students who go on to publish their work both while with us and after.

Our students, like ourselves, come from all over the world, and we research and teach literatures, both ancient and modern, from all over the world, including French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Latin, North American, Palestinian & Spanish.

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The winners of the 2024 Lancaster Playwriting Prize, run in partnership with the Department of English Literature and Creative Writing at Lancaster University and The Dukes Theatre in Lancaster, have been announced.

Geoffrey of Monmouth and George Barker -- Literature & Religion Seminar

Monday 25 November 2024, 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Informal discussion of a short pre-circulated text. All welcome. You can join in conversation or just listen in.

Lubitsch and Shakespeare on Hyper-Theatricality: Between Metaphysics and Politics: Gregor Moder, University of Ljubljana

Tuesday 26 November 2024, 5:00pm to 6:00pm

All the way from the University of Ljubljana, internationally acclaimed scholar Prof Gregor Modor will give a startling & philosophical analysis of Ernst Lubitsch's adaptation of Hamlet.

Henry V -- The Film of our 2024 Castle Performance

Thursday 28 November 2024, 6:00pm to 8:00pm

screening of the film of this summer’s performance of Henry

elcw@TheStorey: An Evening in Deep Time

Friday 29 November 2024, 7:30pm to 8:30pm

Student Drama Showcase at The Dukes

Wednesday 4 December 2024, 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Professional actors read scripts written by second year English Literature and Creative Writing students

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