Overview

Research

The research interests of the Creative Writing team within the department of English Studies at Durham University lie in a broad range of nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first-century writing from English-language traditions and from literature in English-language translation.

We welcome Creative Writing PhDs in poetry, the short story, innovative fiction, narrative non-fiction, memoir and life-writing, and hybrid forms of writing (the lyric essay, autofiction, conceptual poetry).

Programme Structure

Research topics include:

exploring identity and self-expression
affect in writing, including manifestations of shame in contemporary poetry
feminist writing and theory
activist texts
musicality and orality in poetry
form in performance and form on the page
race and lyric subjectivity
hip hop studies
elegy
epistolary writing
uncreative writing, repurposing and appropriation

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months
Part-time
- 72 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2024-10-07 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

More details

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Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

102

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Creative Writing View 61 other PhDs in Creative Writing in United Kingdom

Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

102

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Other requirements

General requirements

You will normally require a good honours degree (at least a 2:1) or its equivalent, and a Masters degree from a recognised University.
A piece of recent written creative work approximately 4,000 words in length (for prose writers) or a sample of eight pages of poetry. The quality of each student’s Creative Writing (whether published or unpublished) will be evaluated on an individual basis, and may be considered in lieu of a Masters degree in some cases.
Two positive academic or equivalent professional references.
We welcome applications from overseas students, who should be proficient in spoken and written English

Tuition Fee

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International

24500 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 24500 GBP per year during 36 months.

Living costs for Durham

660 - 1140 GBP /month

Living costs

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Scholarships Information

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