About the lecture

In this lecture, we discuss the prevalence of recreative writing on A-Level syllabi, focusing on: (i) assignments from OCR, Edexcel, and AQA that involve creative rewriting and (ii) common misconceptions around creative text transformation.

About the lecturer

Dr Thomas Karshan is Associate Professor of Literature at the University of East Anglia. His research and teaching focuses on modern literature, especially Nabokov and the essay. His recent publications include (as co-editor) On Essays: From Montaigne to the Present (2020) and Vladimir Nabokov and Art of Play (2011). He is also an editor of the website creativecritical.net, which focuses on the intersection of creative and critical practice.