PhD Abstracts

We are compiling here a record of doctoral work in creative writing throughout the UK. All universities offering PhDs in this subject are invited to send abstracts to Paul Munden.

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The Short Story: Theory and Practice

Edge Hill University - Department of English

This thesis combines creative and critical writing in an inquiry into the short story as a distinctive form with its own narrative devices. The combination of creative and critical writing constitutes a discourse of poetics - that of a writer writing about her own creative work, and that of others. Read more...

The Poem as Process: Theory and Practice

Edge Hill University - Department of English

This thesis comprises both creative and critical work in an investigation into the notion of the poem as process. The preface situates the writer's own work in the context of his position as a poet and teacher, because of the significant relationship between the poetics of the writing and the poetics informing the pedagogy. Read more...

Learning to trust the quiche: stories, poems and a critical commentary

University of Wales Cardiff - Department of English

This thesis comprises a collection of short stories, a selection of poems and a critical commentary. The commentary, in five parts, examines the complex process whereby a writer learns to produce short stories. Read more...

Strange Familiars - a novel and a contextualising dissertation

University of Bath Spa - Department of English

This doctoral thesis comprises my novel, Strange Familiars, and a contextualising dissertation.

Part I of the thesis is the novel, Strange Familiars. Read more...

Rescale: method and technique in contemporary British linguistically innovative poetry and poetics

Edge Hill University - Department of English

This thesis combines creative and critical writing in an inquiry into method and technique in British Linguistically Innovative poetry and poetics. The introduction defines what is meant by a discourse of poetics - that of a writer writing about their own creative work and that of others - and establishes the context of the author's work as that of British Linguistically Innovative poetry, with connections to North American Language poetry. Read more...

A Poetry of Place, the flaneur and Adrian Henri

Edge Hill University - Department of English

This research both practice-based and academic, investigates the influence that the flÃ¢neur plays upon the production of a poetry of place. The poetry contained in this thesis was written within the context of the urban environment, and whilst for a three year period, occupying the position of poet-in-residence at Liverpool Architecture and Design Trust (LADT). Read more...

The family wound : a novel and critical commentary

University of Wales Cardiff - English

The novel that forms the heart of this thesis, The Family Wound, is based on the tragic life of my aunt Mai Thuy Phan. The main character struggles to find her identity in a world torn apart by war and loss. Read more...

Literary Biznes : sketches from Tula and other Eastern Europes

University of Wales Cardiff - Department of English

The main component of this thesis portfolio is a cycle of creative sketches exploring provincial and literary life in the Russian town of Tula throughout the 1990s. The sketches, combining descriptions, statistics, and conversations with journalistic reporting, narrative commentary, and invention, link to form a fictionalised memoir of experiences from daily life, research, and teaching in Tula. Read more...

Sounding the stops

University of Wales Cardiff - Department of English

This thesis comprises a critical essay and a portfolio of creative writing consisting of four stage plays. The critical essay explores the psychological motives that engender the creative writing process and how these influence the content of writing. Read more...

A novel and its influences

University of Wales Cardiff - Department of English

Abstract: The thesis comprises two parts: the novel, Zed, and a three-section critical analysis of conflicting influences on the work. Zed is a tale of a distopian future, where capitalism runs rampant in societal microcosms. Read more...

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