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Students on QW38: English Literature with Creative Writing will have the opportunity in their first year to write in different forms, before specialising in their subsequent years. Students will choose between:
One undergraduate student has kindly allowed us to share their script. Joint depicts a tense scene between a mother and son.
Continue reading “Scriptwriting – Student Work”Lots of our modules offer opportunities to delve into local archives and collections, housed right here in the Newcastle University Special Collections. Digital exhibitions transform physical archives into online spaces that you can enjoy online.
One SELLL student took this opportunity to raise awareness for Newcastle-upon-Tyne’s LGBT History. LGBT Histories draws attention to the people and places who have helped shape the region as a liberal space. The exhibition features items on literary legend Jane Gomeldon and suffragist Ethel Williams, as well as local LGBT spaces such as the nightclubs on Newcastle’s Bigg Market.
We hope you’ve enjoyed this insight into the exciting work our students have been creating.
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Poetry is a thriving Creative Writing discipline in the School of English Literature, Language & Linguistics. Through the Newcastle Centre for the Literary Arts (NCLA) the School provides a site for enhancing the public understanding of poetry. The NCLA hosts a popular and wide-ranging programme of regular visiting poets from around the world.
Poetry is another popular Creative Writing strand available to QW38: English Literature with Creative Writing students.
‘Holding Hands Among The Hedgehogs (available to download above) is an example of poetry written by a QW38 student who has kindly given permission for us to share their work.
Continue reading “Poetry, Creative Writing – Student Work”Creating Writing is an important subject in the School of English Literature, Language & Linguistics. QW38: English Literature with Creative Writing students have the opportunity to try different forms and genres of writing before specialising in Stages 2 and 3. Prose is a popular writing strand, focusing on short stories, novellas and chapters within longer pieces of fiction.
A Journey (available to download above) is an example of prose written by a QW38 student who has kindly given permission for us to share their work.
Continue reading “Prose, Creative Writing – Student Work”In Newcastle University School of English Literature, Language & Linguistics there are growing opportunities to present your research in a multimedia format. Digital exhibitions introduce students to the principles of textual editing for digital platforms, as well as writing for an online audience. Digital exhibitions are also a great way of promoting your research, gaining a wider online audience and drawing attention to lesser known archival material and special collections.
In 2014/15, English Language and Literature student Claire Boreham, created the William Corbett’s Bookshop website as part of the UTLSEC Innovation Fund project Making the Archives Public: Digital Skills, Research and Public Engagement. The project was devised and convened by Dr Ruth Connolly and Dr Stacy Gillis.
Continue reading “William Corbett’s Bookshop – Student Exhibition”As you progress through your degree, you will increasingly specialise your topics of interest and research. This means at Stage 1 you will do broad modules that will likely cover a huge breadth of time and geographical space. By Stage 3 the modules are increasingly specialised, meaning you will gain an in-depth knowledge (as well as the breadth of knowledge you gained in your previous years).
SEL3392: Between the Acts: English Theatre, 1660-1737 is a Stage 3 module, currently run by Dr James Harriman-Smith, than focuses on Restoration and eighteenth-century drama. In this module students look at lots of different genres from the time period, including tragedies and comedies, but also pantomimes, burlesques, satires and more. They will also examine texts that describe performance, such as the first English acting manuals, early theatre reviews, and legal and business records about the stage.
Continue reading “Between the Acts: English Theatre, 1660-1737 – Student Work”In Newcastle University School of English Literature, Language & Linguistics there are lots of opportunities to get creative with your assessments – from podcasts to film, digital exhibitions to posters, you will have lots of scope to learn new skills and get creative.
One of our first year modules SEL1008: The Nature of Language asks students to submit “anything but an essay” to demonstrate the Linguistics work they’ve been learning in the first semester. This is a really exciting project that allows students to get creative.
Here are some examples of work students submitted in 2020.
Caitlin Knaggs produced an illustrated children’s story on bilingual language acquisition.
Continue reading “The Nature of Language – Student Work”