Modern and Contemporary Writing

The Modern and Contemporary Writing MA course from the University of East Anglia is very flexible. You’ll study classics of modernism, while choosing from optional modules in modern and contemporary literature. You can also take modules in creative writing, and modules bridging creative writing and criticism. We lead the discipline in the new field of the‘creative-critical’. And you can also take modules in neighbouring disciplines such as gender studies, race studies, and film. You’ll also have opportunities to develop your interests in translation and in neighbouring disciplines such as philosophy, film, anthropology, and American studies.neighbouring disciplines such as philosophy, film, anthropology, and American studies.

At UEA, you ’ll be part of a vibrant literary world. Based in theSchool of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing(by the way, you can follow uson Instagram!), you’ll’ be able to attend readings and author visits atUEA Live, volunteer with theUEA Publishing Projectand visit the renownedBritish Archive for Contemporary Writing. Norwich is a UNESCO World City of Literature and host to theNational Centre for Writing.

As a postgraduate here, you’ll be part of a vibrant mix of MA and PhD students who are engaged in modern and contemporary literature in a variety of ways, whether it be through producing critical studies of novels, poetry or plays, or through writing their own. Our students progress to careers in publishing, teaching, media, academia, journalism, marketing, and more. Many have progressed to do a PhD or gone on to publish their creative, critical, and scholarly work.

Career opportunities:

• Writing

• Academia

• Teaching

• Publishing

• Media

• Publicity

Courses include:

• English Literature Dissertation

• Living Modernism

• Research and Methodology Training Seminar

• British Cinema: Realism and Spectacle

• Criticism/critique

• Describing Poetry