Postgraduate Prospectus 2012 University of E xeter

92 | English
Research centres
Centre for South West Writing
The Centre for South West Writing exists
to promote the appreciation of the region’s
many important creative writers. It brings
together expertise from both the Streatham
and Cornwall campuses, and organises a
programme of readings, workshops and
conferences.
Exeter Centre for Literatures of Identity,
Place and Sustainability (ECLIPSE)
Based at our Cornwall Campus but with
regular events and research activities at the
Streatham Campus, the Centre facilitates
humanities research into environmental
issues, particularly the literary and cultural
representations of identity, place and
sustainability.
The Centre for Victorian Studies
This internationally-renowned research
centre covers all areas of Victorian Britain
and the Empire: culture and literature (high
Victorian and fin de siècle), society (gender
and sexuality, class, race, ethnicity), science
(especially biology and economics) and
technology (print, optical and sound media).
The 18th-Century Narrative Consortium
The Consortium aims to provide a focus for
research activities and publications centred
on the cultural phenomenon of 18th-century
narrative. The period that saw the dawn of
the novel also witnessed the exponential
development of a market for print culture and
huge social change.
TAUGHT degrees
Exeter (Streatham Campus)
MA Creative Writing
This MA will prepare you for entry into
writing professions across a range of genres,
and provide opportunities for you to publish
work by introducing you to national and
international publications, publishing and
broadcast media professionals and literary
agents and editors. Creative writing as practice
is studied alongside literature of the 20th and
21st centuries and in relation to other cultural
products in different media, for example, the
comparative development of creative writing
and film.
Example modules
• New Pathways in Fiction
• Writing Poetry
• Writing for the Screen
MA English Studies
This flexible programme offers pathways in
American and Atlantic Studies; Criticism and
Theory; Enlightenment to Romanticism; Film
Studies (see page 93); Renaissance Studies;
20th-Century Literature; and Victorian
Studies; along with a general pathway where
you can select from a wide choice of modules.
It embraces the particular strengths of the
department of English at Exeter and suits
many people as it is designed with very
different kinds of prospective students in
mind: those seeking high level training prior
to embarking on doctoral research; recent
graduates wishing to extend and enhance their
studies before taking up a career; individuals
already in employment who are interested in
career development; and those who simply
wish to broaden their intellectual horizons.
Example modules
• Movie Mavericks: Creativity, Crisis and
Change in 1970s Hollywood
• Romanticism: Nature Revisited
• The Body and Identity in the Age of Reason
• Current Debates in Criticism and Theory
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There is a fantastic atmosphere on campus; everybody is
always very helpful and responsive to student needs. The
teaching staff are at the top of their field, offering very inspiring
guidance and support that I feel goes beyond their call of duty.
It is not just a teaching environment here; it is a very inspiring
community of students and tutors who always seem to go
out of their way to make sure you get the best out of your
experience, both academically and socially. Tutors in particular
are very good at organising extra lectures and are always
responsive to any critical feedback that you have about the
nature of the programme, making you feel like you really have an
input in guiding the education you receive.
English postgraduate student, Streatham Campus
TAUGHT degrees
Cornwall Campus
MA Writing, Nature and Place
This unique MA is ideal for writers seeking
to enhance their professional skills and/or
specialise in writing about nature and place.
A programme of weekly writing workshops,
in the classroom and outdoors, will help you
develop your potential as a writer of nonfiction
prose, while also studying historical
and modern literatures of nature and place.
‘Publishing Place’, taught by professionals
in literary publishing, teaches key skills for
a rapidly changing industry. The programme
includes a week-long residential field trip and
day trips throughout the year.
Example modules
• Writing the Isles
• Publishing Place
• Contemporary Nature and Place
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