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EDD100
English Essentials
This is a skills-based module which will equip students with the technical and critical expertise that is necessary for their academic journey in English Literature and Creative Writing. It is designed to support the transition from post- 16 study to undergraduate study and to show students *how* to become successful scholars of English. How should we read texts? How do we write essays? Focusing on an exciting anthology of texts selected by the English academics at Swansea, this team-taught module uncovers the power of written language. We will explore how writers inspire and challenge their readers, how to think critically, how to close-read, how to construct powerful arguments and how to produce written work that is rigorous, academic and convincing. This module empowers students to think, write, and persuade.
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EDD200
Film in Context
This module aims to introduce key critical and theoretical concepts in studying film.
Throughout the module you will learn how to ¿read¿ a film and how to break it down into its individual components to understand how each part of a film helps communicate its themes and values.
You will then apply these to two films from the following movements. You will then pick one as the focus of your essay:
The French New Wave ¿ Une Femme est Une Femme & Breathless
The Surrealist Film Movement ¿ The Phantom of Liberty & Head
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EDD202
Comedy writing
This module aims to introduce key critical, theoretical, and practical concepts in writing comedy.
Throughout the module students will study the various genres and styles of comedy writing and take a critical look at concepts of pushing comedy boundaries, historic context, and writing for different modes of distribution.
During the module students will be shown how to develop and pitch comedy ideas for the UK and the American market, develop an understanding of the basic structures used by comedy writers, critically analyse the work of key comedy performers and writers which have been chosen to reflect a variety of ethnicities, genders, and sexualities.
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EDD303
Film in Context
This module aims to introduce key critical and theoretical concepts in studying film.
Throughout the module you will learn how to ¿read¿ a film and how to break it down into its individual components to understand how each part of a film helps communicate its themes and values.
You will then apply these to two films from the following movements. You will then pick one as the focus of your essay:
The French New Wave ¿ Une Femme est Une Femme & Breathless
The Surrealist Film Movement ¿ The Phantom of Liberty & Head
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EDD304
Comedy writing
This module aims to introduce key critical, theoretical, and practical concepts in writing comedy.
Throughout the module students will study the various genres and styles of comedy writing and take a critical look at concepts of pushing comedy boundaries, historic context, and writing for different modes of distribution.
During the module students will be shown how to develop and pitch comedy ideas for the UK and the American market, develop an understanding of the basic structures used by comedy writers, critically analyse the work of key comedy performers and writers which have been chosen to reflect a variety of ethnicities, genders, and sexualities.
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EN-117
Creative Writing: Fiction Genres
An innovative module that will introduce the student to the art of writing within a broad range of genres.
Weekly lectures will introduce each student to authors of specific genres, such as crime writing, historical fiction, fairytale, horror, fantasy, science fiction, romance and writing desire. Each lecture will be followed by a seminar that will focus on a variety of methods used to write in that specific genre.
Regular assignments will offer the student a opportunity to write creatively - a unique opportunity to expand, discover, and explore their emerging writerly voice.
Built into the module is a wide reaching reading programme that will assist each student to be conversant with the traditions of writing in a specific genre, whilst encouraging close reading and editing skills.
Students will be taught by published authors who work within these particular genres, and will also have the opportunity to hear these authors read & discuss their own new work and works-in-progress.
The module aims to examine the structure, voice, setting and genre, of specific written material so as to initiate curiosity, create empathy, and focus on increasing an understanding of the structures used within writing character, setting and historical context in a specific genre. Emphasis will be placed on the theory and practice of reading, comprehension and writing.
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EN-118
Creative Writing: Styles of Fiction
An innovative module that will introduce the student to the art of writing within a broad range of styles.
Weekly lectures will introduce each student to authors of specific styles, such as poetry, writing for theatre, song writing and professional writing. Each lecture will be followed by a seminar that will focus on a variety of methods used to write in that specific style.
Regular assignments will offer the student an opportunity to write creatively - a unique opportunity to expand, discover, and explore their emerging writerly voice.
Built into the module is a wide reaching reading programme that will assist each student to be conversant with the traditions of writing in a specific genre, whilst encouraging close reading and editing skills.
Students will be taught by published authors who work within these particular genres, and will also have the opportunity to hear these authors read & discuss their own new work and works-in-progress.
The module aims to examine the structure, voice, setting and style, of specific written material so as to initiate curiosity, create empathy, and focus on increasing an understanding of the structures used within research, writing character, setting and historical context in a specific style. Emphasis will be placed on the theory and practice of reading, comprehension and writing.
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EN-234
Introduction to Writing Fiction
Building on the overview of fiction genres in EN-117 and EN-118, this course, takes a practical approach to getting started as a writer of fiction. Through a combination of expert instruction and practical exercises, together with a thorough reading programme, EN-234 guides students on the path towards writing and improving their own fictional prose. The emphasis will be on the short-story form. Students will create a portfolio of fiction work, on which they will be assessed.
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EN-270
Writing a Short Film
This module aims to introduce students to the practice of writing scripts for short films. Developing their writing skills within the parameters of short narrative, the course will also encourage students to explore and develop dialogue and character skills. Through a combination of theory and practical exercises, students will develop a 15-minute film script which demonstrates their skills of character, story, genre, formatting, dialogue, and industry appeal. The module will also look at the very different roles of the writer verses the director, the relationship between audiences and short film, and will explore current developments in both creative and industrial contexts. The module also aims to offer practical help in how to pitch an idea, how to enter film festivals and how to further develop their own voice.
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EN-3055
Graphic Novel
What are graphic novels, and how do they relate to their component terms, ¿graphic¿ and ¿novel¿? How do we read graphic novels? What are their antecedents, and how do contemporary works speak to the development of the form? Through an examination of two key texts, Bryan Talbot¿s Alice in Sunderland and Carol Swain¿s Gast, this module combines a focus on the literary and visual to equip students with the skills to analyse and understand how graphic novels signify, and how they explore and challenge a range of themes and ideas. In addition to an attention to form and the visual, students will apply critical and theoretical approaches to consider themes and concepts such as distinctions between ¿high¿ and ¿low¿ art, storytelling, identity, history and psycho-geography.
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ENMD00
Creative Writing Dissertation
Individual Creative Writing project devised and defined in discussion between supervisor and student (within the parameters pertaining to genre detailed in the MA Creative Writing handbook)
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MS-M01
Screenwriting
This module examines the principles, skills and techniques of writing for the scree, including film and television.
