English Literature and Creative Writing
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English Literature and Creative Writing Summer Courses
Explore great writing and develop your own creative voice with Atlas Summer Courses. Designed for students aged 13–15, our two-week English Literature and Creative Writing summer course combines the study of literature with opportunities to experiment with your own writing.
Through discussion, close reading, creative exercises and independent study, you'll explore how writers use language to create meaning while developing your ability to analyse texts, construct ideas and express yourself creatively.
What's Included?
Your residential English Literature and Creative Writing summer course includes academic teaching, accommodation, meals, a certificate on completion, airport transfer from Heathrow and insurance.
Choose from Plus, Superior and Premier packages, with accommodation and additional benefits varying by package.
Why Study English Literature and Creative Writing Together?
English Literature and Creative Writing offer two complementary ways of exploring how language, stories and ideas work.
Literature involves reading closely and considering how writers use elements such as language, structure, character, perspective and genre to create meaning. Creative Writing gives you the opportunity to apply these ideas yourself, experimenting with different techniques and making deliberate choices about your own writing.
Studying the subjects together allows reading and writing to inform one another. Analysing how an author creates a compelling character or establishes a particular atmosphere, for example, can provide new techniques to experiment with in your own work.
An English Literature and Creative Writing summer course gives you the opportunity to become both a more thoughtful reader and a more confident writer.
What Will You Study on an English Literature and Creative Writing Summer Course?
There is no prescribed syllabus that every student follows. Atlas Summer Courses tutors create their own syllabi, drawing on their expertise while taking the interests, abilities and learning needs of their students into account.
Depending on your course, you could explore areas such as fiction, poetry, narrative, character, descriptive writing, literary analysis, voice or different forms and genres.
You might consider questions such as:
- How do writers create memorable characters?
- What makes a narrative compelling?
- How can language create atmosphere and emotion?
- How does perspective change the way a story is told?
- What can close reading teach us about our own writing?
- How can drafting and feedback help improve a piece of creative work?
This flexible approach allows tutors to explore their specialist areas while responding to the interests and progress of the group. Any syllabus shown on our website is therefore an example from a previous course rather than a guarantee of the exact texts, topics or forms you'll study.
How You'll Learn on an English Literature and Creative Writing Summer Course
The Atlas Summer Courses English Literature and Creative Writing summer course combines small-group seminars with independent study across the two-week programme.
24 hours of small-group seminars
You'll take part in eight seminars where you'll explore literature and writing through interactive discussion, close reading, creative exercises and activities. You'll be encouraged to share ideas, consider different interpretations and experiment with techniques in your own writing.
12 hours of private study
Between seminars, you'll complete independent work. Depending on your course, this could involve reading, analysing a text, developing a piece of creative writing or preparing a presentation.
Together, these help you become more confident analysing literature, experimenting with your writing and reflecting on how your work can be developed and refined.
Who Is the English Literature and Creative Writing Summer Course For?
Our English Literature and Creative Writing summer course for 13–15-year-olds is designed for students who enjoy reading, writing and exploring how stories and language work.
You don't need previous experience of Creative Writing. The course may particularly appeal to you if you enjoy English at school, like discussing books and ideas, create stories or poetry of your own, or simply want to become a more confident and thoughtful writer.
You'll develop transferable skills including close reading, critical thinking, creative expression, communication, independent learning and giving and responding to feedback.
Learn from Expert Tutors
Atlas Summer Courses tutors are experienced educators and subject specialists active across academia, industry and education.
They bring their own academic expertise and interests into their teaching and have the freedom to shape their syllabus around both their specialism and the students in their group. This allows your English Literature and Creative Writing summer course to explore different texts, genres and approaches while giving you opportunities to develop your own creative work.
Tutors are confirmed closer to the summer, so profiles on our website are examples of tutors who have previously taught with us rather than confirmation of who will teach your course.
Where Can English Literature and Creative Writing Take You?
English Literature and Creative Writing can provide foundations for further study across a wide range of humanities and creative subjects.
Students interested in these areas may go on to study English Literature, Creative Writing or related subjects such as journalism, publishing, communications, media, linguistics or other humanities disciplines.
The analytical, creative and communication skills developed through English Literature and Creative Writing can also be valuable across careers in writing, publishing, journalism, media, communications, education and many other fields.
An English Literature and Creative Writing summer course gives you the opportunity to explore these interests at an earlier stage while developing your own relationship with reading and writing.
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FAQs about Our Summer Courses
No. You don't usually need to have studied your chosen subject before joining an Atlas Summer Courses summer course. Courses are designed for the relevant age group, and tutors can adapt their approach to the abilities, interests and experience of the students in their group.
There is no fixed curriculum that every student follows. Our tutors create their own syllabi based on their academic expertise and the interests and learning needs of their students.
This means the exact topics can vary between courses and years. Any syllabus or topics shown on our website are examples from previous courses and shouldn't be taken as a guarantee of exactly what you'll study.
Teaching depends on your age group. Students aged 9–12 and Scholars aged 12–14 learn through structured, interactive small-group classes. Students aged 13–15 combine small-group seminars with private study, while students aged 16–17 and 18–24 experience seminars, tutorials and independent study.
Across our programmes, teaching is designed to encourage active participation, questioning and independent thinking rather than simply listening to lectures.
Your course includes your academic programme, accommodation, meals and a certificate on completion, alongside the activities and experiences included within your programme.
What's included can vary depending on the programme, age group and package you choose, so we recommend checking the individual course details for the full inclusions before applying.
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