English & Creative Writing
If you love living in a world of imagination and creativity, studying English and Creative Writing is sure to be right up your street. If Literature is what appeals to you most, join us to explore the widest possible range of literary texts and cultures with superb choice from the early medieval period to the present day. If Creative Writing is more your thing, come and learn the craft of writing poetry, fiction, non-fiction, screenplays and more. You can even combine the two.
Perhaps the use of language is something that particularly interests you, in which case choose English Studies with one of the available combinations - Climate Change or TESOL. You will gain a thorough and critical understanding of the ideological debates that shape the ways we read and write, challenge our perceptions of the places we read and write about, and interrogate who we are.
Whichever path you choose, you will develop your own powers of expression, hone your critical thinking, and establish specialist knowledge and research skills - all grounded in a detailed and broad understanding of literary history and an applied knowledge of literary theory.
Why study English & Creative Writing at Aberystwyth University?
- You will be immersed in a supportive and vibrant community of creative and critical thinkers, literary experts, and published authors from every field.
- Our staff are distinguished practising writers and published authors across a broad spectrum of literary genres, and world leaders in their fields of expertise.
- You will have opportunities to engage with a wide variety of approaches to literature and cultural history, combining critical thinking with scholarship.
- You will explore literary theory - philosophical and conceptual ideas that inform, challenge and problematise the ways we read.
- You will be encouraged to develop your creative and critical writing skills and to expand your range and capabilities as a writer to enable you to work confidently in a variety of forms and genres. You will join a close-knit community of students and staff in a place full of energy and new ideas, and have the opportunity to work with other young people who are passionate about English in all its forms.
- You will be surrounded by stunning landscape and are sure to take inspiration for your academic journey from the natural beauty that is all around.
- If you study Creative Writing, you will have the opportunity to take part in a writing retreat at a country house in mid Wales in your final year - an amazing opportunity to spend time with fellow students and staff, developing your final year projects and dissertations, in a splendid rural setting.
