Course code: 3773 + Course fees: domestic students -
fee-waived RTS places available + 2 years full-time (1 year minimum), 4 years
part-time
Coordinator: Chandani Lokuge
The
MA in Creative Writing is offered by 100% research. At the completion of the
course, candidates will be required to submit for examination a component of
their own creative writing of 20,000 to 25,000 words, together with an exegesis
of 10,000 to 15,000 words, the combined word total normally not to exceed
40,000 words or be less than 30,000 words. Approval may be given to a candidate
to write a creative work component of more than 25,000 words when that greater
length is appropriate to the genre. However, in this event, the exegesis
must still remain at the prescribed length of 10,000 to 15,000 words. Approval
should be sought at the time of the review of candidature.
For the purpose of this course, `a component of creative writing' will be a
novel or a novella or a group of short stories or a play or a group of plays or
a sequence of poems of a portfolio of creative works of various genres. The
creative writing component submitted for examination as part of the thesis must
be undertaken during the enrolment in the MA, under supervision. The `exegesis'
will constitute a scholarly, self-reflexive critique, based on research into
the theory and practice of the creative process focused on the student's
creative writing component, the writing of which will itself be considered as
an act of research into the nature of literary creativity. The exegesis will
involve thoroughly researching the various aspects of the creative writing
project: the creative process, the characteristics of the attempted genre, the
mechanics of handling language and narrative, the influence of other relevant
writers, context, and the shaping elements in a work of art.
An
honours degree with a grade of H2A or above as well as: (a) a representative
collection of the candidate's creative work, completed or in progress,
published or unpublished, in the genre or genres which the candidate proposes
to work in for the purposes of obtaining a degree; (b) a research proposal; (c)
a covering letter explaining the candidate's interest in the degree and a
curriculum vitae outlining the candidate's current situation, relevant awards
and scholarships, professional interests and publications, if any.
Note that work submitted in the portfolio for admission may not be part of the
thesis submitted for examination.
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