ABSTRACT
It is not difficult to argue that English is a creative subject. Imagine your favourite play; take A Midsummer Night’s Dream for example. Shakespeare’s creativity as a writer is continually added to by the creative interpretations of directors, designers and actors. In this case, English shows itself to be a creative subject with aspects of performance art: in America, English is often referred to as a ‘language art’. When moulding language the writer creates the text and the reader responds to the message. In doing this the reader applies his/her own interpretation of the text which in itself is a creative process. It is for this reason that the study of literature is so fascinating because people’s views of a text vary so widely. All of these elements and more combine to give English its creative character. To confirm this we can also see parallels with other arts subjects. Take music for example. The composer, similar to the writer, creates music, and the performer, rather like the reader, interprets the composer’s intentions by creating their own performance.
