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ENG-20080 - Module Specification
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

For academic year: 2025/26 Last Updated: 04 December 2025

ENG-20080 - Creative Non-Fiction
Coordinator: Ceri Morgan Room: CBB0.055 Tel: +44 1782 7 34076
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Level: Level 5
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
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Programme/Approved Electives for 2025/26

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2025/26

Creative Non-Fiction is a type of text which uses your imaginative and creative skills to produce texts which are otherwise rooted in fact or argument. Examples include memoir, travel writing, humour, and critical-creative work. This module introduces you to this form of writing and examines the approaches, themes and techniques of its practitioners.
You will learn how these texts work and what they offer you as forms which extend your development as a writer into new and often professionally-oriented directions. You will acquire an understanding of existing examples of these forms of writing, read and discuss these with your peers, and set out to produce examples of your own by merging this new knowledge with your existing creative practice.

Aims
The module aims to introduce students to a range of forms of creative non-fiction, including creative/critical writing, auto fiction, life writing and travel writing, developing an understanding of the ways in which creative practice can be deployed in texts which are both imaginative and fact-based. Students will become familiar with both traditional and contemporary trends in this mode of writing, and will explore these forms of hybrid texts through their own creative practice.

Intended Learning Outcomes

identify and analyse texts in the category of 'creative non-fiction': 2
engage critically with the elements and techniques of forms of creative non-fiction: 1,2
create their own examples of the studied forms of text, demonstrating a creative engagement with hybridity in texts: 1
analyse and critique creative non-fiction texts in their own work and the work of others: 2
analyse contemporary opportunities for creative non-fiction in the professional writing landscape: 2

Study hours

Micro-lectures/Reading Groups: 12 hours
Writers Workshops: 10 hours
1-1 Feedback: 1 hour
Individual Study: 72 hours
Workshop/Assessment Prep: 55 hours

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Portfolio weighted 75%
Portfolio of Creative Non-Fiction Writing
A portfolio comprising one or more pieces of creative nonfiction, up to a total of 1800 (+/- 10%) words. Your submission should demonstrate an engagement with the ideas of your chosen mode/s of creative nonfiction, e.g. personal essay, life-writing, nature writing.

2: Assignment weighted 25%
A Critical Commentary
A 500 (+/- 10%) words of commentary that reflects critically on the portfolio, and demonstrates an understanding of creative nonfiction.

The University undertakes a continuous review of its teaching and research provision to ensure programmes are of a high quality and changes may be made to modules where it is necessary and reasonable to do so. Please be aware that minor changes to modules, such as a change to an individual assessment, can occur up until enrolment, although we endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes. Details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/legalgovernancecompliance/governance/actcharterstatutesordinancesandregulations/studenttermsconditions/

Last Updated: 04 December 2025