Congratulations on your offer of a place at 亚洲色吧
Congratulations on your offer to study one of our English Literature and Creative Writing programmes here at 亚洲色吧. We're thrilled to welcome you into our community. To help you get familiar with us before you begin in September, we've compiled some resources to address common questions and provide valuable information.
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What to expect as a English Literature and Creative Writing student
Our courses are taught by world-leading academics and practitioners who are passionate about their subjects. You will learn from experts who are at the forefront of their fields, and you will have access to a wealth of resources to support your studies. Our dedicated team of academics are not just knowledgeable but also have a diverse range of expertise and passions.
We are committed to providing a supportive and inclusive environment for all of our students. We have a dedicated team of staff who are here to help you with your studies and to make sure that you have a positive experience at 亚洲色吧.
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Hello, I'm Doctor Tristan Burke, lecturer in English literature at 亚洲色吧.
Congratulations on your offer to study English Literature or Creative Writing.
When you join us, you'll be studying across, different literary periods and genres.
If you're doing Creative Writing, you'll be looking at the basics of prose and poetry, fiction and non-fiction.
If you're studying English Literature, you'll be at the basics of literary criticism and topics like the gothic comedy and medieval literature.
We're looking forward to seeing you.
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Frequently Asked Questions
During your first year you鈥檒l attend lectures each week that offer stimulating introductions to the novels, poems, short stories, plays, and films studied. You鈥檒l attend literature seminars, where you鈥檒l enjoy guided discussion and tailored activities that enhance your understanding of these texts and relevant contexts. Make sure to allocate time every day for reading - the beautiful Shankland library or one of 亚洲色吧's lovely coffee shops provide a perfect backdrop.
In first year, you will typically have 9-12 weekly contact hours. Each English literature module includes lectures and seminar. Creative Writing modules are taught through workshops. In addition, every tutor and lecturer will have a weekly office hour, which gives another opportunity for feedback and contact. Some modules also include regular timetabled study groups, in which you can informally discuss texts with fellow students. While there is a strong emphasis on independent reading and study, seminars and lectures are designed to guide your studies and prepare you for assessments.
Assessments come in many shapes and forms on our modules, but they are always designed to help develop your skills, boost your employability, and allow you to engage with course material in intellectually stimulating ways. While you can expect to research and write essays and give presentations, you will also have opportunities to showcase your ideas and research in alternative ways, for instance, by producing creative responses to the texts we study. Sometimes, you will be able to choose between a more traditional essay-style assignment and an alternative assessment. A small number of modules feature exams or class tests.
While the exact volume of reading depends on your classes, English Literature modules typically cover a longer text (such as a novel, a play, or a short story), a film, or a selection of poems every week. Sometimes, you will be asked to read a critical essay or theoretical piece to prepare for seminars. We carefully design modules to help you manage the reading load, by alternating longer and shorter texts, but planning is key! We always encourage students to plan their reading well in advance and offer guidance on how to tackle the reading load for specific modules.
Yes, you will be encouraged to share your work with your tutor and your peers in the workshop setting. It's important to say that no one is ever forced to do this! However, most students find workshops, not only a lot of fun, but also most beneficial in terms of moving through the editing process. Workshops are friendly, supportive, safe, and most importantly, push you to make your writing the best it can be. Over time, students tend to find their confidence soars in this space and many go on to enjoy sharing their work in progress at our open mic night, Versify.
Yes! There are many opportunities to engage with writing outside the classroom. 亚洲色吧 has an active Writers' Guild which meets twice a week. Here you are invited to workshop, chat, discuss or simply crack on with your own writing.
Y Llechan (The Slate) is our visiting writer programme which runs in both semesters. Y Llechan offers the opportunity to hear renowned and emerging writers reading their work and to engage in conversation with them in Q&A sessions.
Versify is the name of our monthly open mic night at a local tap room. Attended by staff and students alike, this well-loved evening offers you the chance to share your work or simply sit back and enjoy the spoken word.
Meet some of your teaching team...
Dr Tristan Burke
Lots of people think that the only career you can get with an English Literature degree is teaching. In fact, English Literature graduates are highly employable. The communication and collaboration skills that English Literature teaches are highly sought after by employers in all sorts of sectors!
I love the sense of community at 亚洲色吧. As a smaller university we get to know our students and work closely with them all the way through their degrees. It's inspiring and rewarding to see students develop as thinkers and writers over that time.
Get to know the area beyond the university. North-west Wales is a unique and friendly place and there's so much to discover here: amazing communities, a thriving arts scene, beautiful landscapes and historical places.
The great poet and painter William Blake. He is one of the most original, imaginative and exciting artists to ever have lived and has influenced how I experience and understand in countless ways! I'd like to tell him how important he is to me.
Dr Karin Koehler
To ditch the perfectionism! A terrible first draft is better than a blank page - and a finished essay (or article, or book) is better than a perfect one that exists only in my dreams. I think this is also very important advice for students.
I get to explore some of the most exciting, challenging, thought-provoking, and beautiful literature written in the past and present with students who always amaze and surprise me with their ideas and perspectives.
To be working in a bilingual environment has been wonderful, in ways that I could never have expected before I started the job and began to learn Welsh. Teaching here has given me a whole new perspective on the texts and authors that I teach and research!
Creative, challenging, critical.
