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ENG-30072 - 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-30072 - Writingscapes
Coordinator: Ceri Morgan Room: CBB0.055 Tel: +44 1782 7 34076
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Level: Level 6
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

How do you see the world around you? Imaginary geographies play an important role in understanding the spaces and places we encounter in our lives. During this module, you will read a range of critical material on relationships between humans and natural (other-/more-than-human) and social environments. You will draw on this reading to produce your own creative writing (poetry and/or fiction and/or creative nonfiction). You will also learn how to give and take constructive critique on your work from your peers, which will help you shape your writing through revision.

Aims
To introduce students to key theoretical concepts about humans' relationships to natural and built environments.
To enable students to explore the processes of writing original work.
To provide students with an understanding and experience of writers' workshops and the giving and receiving of critical feedback among peers.

Talis Aspire Reading List
Any reading lists will be provided by the start of the course.
http://lists.lib.keele.ac.uk/modules/eng-30072/lists

Intended Learning Outcomes

write a number of creative pieces (poetry and/or prose--fiction/creative nonfiction) and know how they are constructed: 2
utilise a range of approaches within cultural geography and critical theory (geopoetics, psychogeography, ecocriticism, etc) based on the study of primary material and secondary sources: 2
conceive and formulate effective arguments about criticism and creative writing in written forms: 1
develop their research skills through the exploration and deployment of a range of media (paper, digitised material, internet sources, etc): 1
reflect critically on the creative processes involved in writing poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction: 1,2

Study hours

12 hours micro-lectures/reading groups
10 hours reading groups/writers workshops
2 hours drop ins/one-to-one consultations
36 hours preparatory work for seminars/workshops
60 hours researching and writing a portfolio
15 hours preparing texts for peer critique
15 hours preparing a short paper

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Essay weighted 30%
A 1100 (+/- 10%) word essay
Students will choose one question from a list of 4-6. The essay will require them to apply a piece of critical theory from the set reading to a piece of creative writing from the set reading (and, potentially, vice versa).

2: Portfolio weighted 70%
A 2300 (+/- 10%) word portfolio
2300 (+/- 10%) of creative prose (fiction/creative nonfiction) OR 5-6 poems, OR a combination of poetry and prose, with each poem counting for 500 words of prose.

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