This is a ten-week module running throughout the autumn and spring terms that prepares MA Creative Writing, Wild Writing, Playwriting, Theatre Practice and Film Studies students for conducting effective project research and equips them for their creative dissertation. The dissertation is a crucial component of all these MA schemes and this module offers students the chance to develop their creative practice in terms of the different modes of research that inform a creative dissertation.
The module is a companion to LT901 Research Methods, which guides postgraduate students through primary and secondary research methods required by critical and analytical humanities disciplines. Taught components of LT905 Research for Creative Practice will sometimes coincide with taught components of LT901 Research Methods, where relevant bringing the taught cohort together in interdisciplinary exchange, and also offer specific instruction to students working on their creative dissertation.
The purpose of this module is to show students that creative work across disciplines can arise from creative research practice, and that creative work can be a response to research material. The module will also expand the students’ understanding of research from other primary and secondary textual and digital sources to include archives and experiential research. This module will show students how research can shape and guide multiple outputs and will demonstrate potential pathways from the genesis to delivery and dissemination of creative projects.
The course is also recommended to first-year LiFTS PhD & MA by Dissertation students undertaking a creative project as the main component of their doctorate.
Aims
• To introduce students to the various research methods involved in creative practice.
• To help students through the conception and execution of their dissertation.
• To understand and apply research skills utilised by creative practitioners.
• To provide students with structured inspiration and preparation that will orientate their expectations and working practices for future creative projects.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the module, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate advanced knowledge and understanding of the research methods involved in creative practice
2. Critically evaluate the pertinence of particular research methods in relation to their own creative practice
3. Deploy research methods appropriately for their creative practice
4. Develop their creative practice in line with expectations and standards of commercial and/or academic bodies
The module is a companion to LT901 Research Methods, which guides postgraduate students through primary and secondary research methods required by critical and analytical humanities disciplines. Taught components of LT905 Research for Creative Practice will sometimes coincide with taught components of LT901 Research Methods, where relevant bringing the taught cohort together in interdisciplinary exchange, and also offer specific instruction to students working on their creative dissertation.
The purpose of this module is to show students that creative work across disciplines can arise from creative research practice, and that creative work can be a response to research material. The module will also expand the students’ understanding of research from other primary and secondary textual and digital sources to include archives and experiential research. This module will show students how research can shape and guide multiple outputs and will demonstrate potential pathways from the genesis to delivery and dissemination of creative projects.
The course is also recommended to first-year LiFTS PhD & MA by Dissertation students undertaking a creative project as the main component of their doctorate.
Aims
• To introduce students to the various research methods involved in creative practice.
• To help students through the conception and execution of their dissertation.
• To understand and apply research skills utilised by creative practitioners.
• To provide students with structured inspiration and preparation that will orientate their expectations and working practices for future creative projects.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the module, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate advanced knowledge and understanding of the research methods involved in creative practice
2. Critically evaluate the pertinence of particular research methods in relation to their own creative practice
3. Deploy research methods appropriately for their creative practice
4. Develop their creative practice in line with expectations and standards of commercial and/or academic bodies
- Module Supervisor: Matthew De Abaitua