Creative Writing

Convenors: Kirsty Gunn and Jim Stewart

For those of you interested in extending and exploring your writing we're offering a n exciting new mlitt degree in writing practise and study.

Taught in a combination of highly practical workshops tutorials and seminars along with modules that develop your close reading skills and understanding of publishing processes our new mlitt is a distinctive and highly creative way of identifying and developing your writing abilities - whether for prose, poetry, non fiction or drama. For more details call k.j.gunn@dundee.ac.uk.

Teaching

Altogether the Module combines practical writing help with inspired teaching and quiet writing time on your own to create a postgraduate learning atmosphere that is both serious and fun, interesting, varied, and committed to giving you, the student, a real sense of creative output.

It is taught in one introductory writing practice workshop, three "Wordcraft" and interdisciplinary seminars and workshops, and three individual tutorials.

The Module is designed to be individually oriented as well as highly creative - fitting nicely with your other MLitt interests and giving those of you who don't wish to embark on a full course of postgraduate study the opportunity to identify and develop your writing abilities - whether for prose, poetry, non fiction or drama.