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Description
French and Drama enables you to learn the language and culture of France, alongside learning the practical skills and cultural insights of the dramatic arts. You gain a deeper understanding of French drama and theatre and will also have the opportunity to combine the two subjects in your final-year dissertation.
French is one of the most beautiful romance languages. Outside of France it is spoken as far afield as Canada, the Seychelles, Madagascar and Mali. It is one of the official languages of the United Nations, and an important language in the EU. Studying at our Canterbury campus gives you a good opportunity to immerse yourself in the language. There are many French-speaking students on campus, and our proximity to airports, the Channel ports and the Eurostar terminals at Ashford and Ebbsfleet make it quick and easy to get to Paris, Brussels and Lille.
University of Kent Drama students are taught by leading performance practitioners and lecturers from all around the world. Our range of industry-standard facilities include studios, performance spaces and workshops. There is a diverse array of modules to choose from that incorporate a distinctive balance of practical and theoretical elements, allowing you to develop the skills and vision needed for employment in the creative industries and beyond. Consequently, our Drama and Theatre courses are among the most popular in the country with strong National Student Survey results every year.
We offer the opportunity for you to spend a year studying or working abroad in a French speaking country, where you can experience the language and business world of France, Switzerland, or Canada first hand, make useful contacts and practise your language skills.
French and Drama is therefore an ideal combination for those wanting to gain a broad cultural insight and practical skills with an international focus.
Detailed Course Facts
Application deadline January 15 Tuition fee- GBP 9000 Year (EEA)
- GBP 12450 Year (Non-EEA)
- Total Kent credits: 360
- Total ECTS credits: 180
- Total Kent credits: 360
- Total ECTS credits: 180
- English
Course Content
Course structureThe course structure below gives a flavour of the modules that will be available to you and provides details of the content of this programme. This listing is based on the current curriculum and may change year to year in response to new curriculum developments and innovation. Most programmes will require you to study a combination of compulsory and optional modules, you may also have the option to take wild modules from other programmes offered by the University in order that you may customise your programme and explore other subject areas of interest to you or that may further enhance your employability.
Stage 1
Possible modules may include:
DR315 - Modern Theatre: A Theoretical Landscape
DR337 - The Empty Space
FR300 - Learning French 3 (Post A Level)
FR327 - Learning French 2A (Post GCSE)
FR328 - Learning French 2B (Post GCSE)
FR330 - Intensive French for Beginners
FR331 - French Drama: Love, Marriage and Politics (in translation)
FR332 - French Narratives: Love, Marriage and Politics (in translation)
FR337 - Texts and Contexts 1
FR338 - Texts and Contexts 2
FR301 - Writer and Genre in France I
FR302 - Writer and Genre in France II
FR308 - Questions of French Cinema
FR310 - Twentieth Century France in Crisis
You have the opportunity to select wild modules in this stage
Stage 2
Possible modules may include:
FR589 - Learning French 4
DR681 - Theatres of the Past 2: The Moderns
DR682 - Theatre and Music
DR594 - Popular Performance
DR609 - European Naturalist Theatre & Its Legacy
DR663 - Physical Theatre 1
DR549 - Acting
DR575 - Victorian and Edwardian Theatre
DR612 - Shakespeare's Theatre
DR667 - Site Specific Performance
DR669 - European Theatre from 1945
DR671 - Puppet and Object Theatre
DR673 - Theatres of the Past 1: the Classics
DR674 - Performance and Art: Intermediality from Wagner to the Virtuals
FR566 - French: Second Year Extended Essay
FR620 - Memory and Childhood in 20th Century French Fiction
FR632 - Modern French Theatre 1
FR633 - Modern French Theatre (2)
FR593 - Paris: Myth and Reality in the 19th century
FR594 - Paris: Myth and Reality in the 20th century
FR598 - Occupation and Resistance in the French Novel
FR599 - Description of Modern French
FR638 - French Detective Fiction
FR546 - Short Narrative Fiction in French
You have the opportunity to select wild modules in this stage
Year abroad
You can spend all or part of your third year in a French speaking country. Typically this involves a year study abroad at a partner university, an assistantship in a French or French- Canadian school or a work placement.
We currently have exchange agreements with French universities in Avignon, Grenoble, Lille, Littoral, Lyon, Montpellier, Nice, Paris, Poitiers, Reims, with Canadian universities in Ottawa and Montréal, with the University of Namur in Belgium, and with Swiss universities in Geneva, Lausanne and Neuchâtel. We normally visit you during your year abroad.
Possible modules may include:
LA514 - Year Abroad Module
Stage 3
Possible modules may include:
FR590 - Learning French: Business French I
DR676 - Introduction to Stand Up
DR678 - Creative Project
DR680 - Theatre & Adaptation
DR619 - Playwriting I: For Beginners
DR629 - Cultural Policies in the British Theatre
DR635 - Dance & Discourse: Dramaturgies of Moving Bodies
DR636 - The Shakespeare Effect
DR648 - Applied Theatre
DR659 - Performing Classical Texts
DR592 - New Directions
DR548 - Theatre & Journalism
DR664 - Physical Theatre II
DR610 - Performing Lives: Theory & Practice of Autobiographical Theatre
DR683 - Performing Philosophy
FR550 - Images of Monarchy in French Classical Tragedy
FR561 - Contemporary French Cinema
FR601 - Mothers and Daughters in Women's Writing
FR613 - The Reader and the Text
FR615 - Sociolinguistics of French
FR637 - Travels to Japan in Modern French Culture
FR567 - French: Final Year Dissertation
Requirements
Home/EU studentsThe University will consider applications from students offering a wide range of qualifications, typical requirements are listed below, students offering alternative qualifications should contact the Admissions Office for further advice. It is not possible to offer places to all students who meet this typical offer/minimum requirement.
Qualification / Typical offer/minimum requirementA level
- ABB
- C in a modern European language other than English
- The University of Kent will not necessarily make conditional offers to all access candidates but will continue to assess them on an individual basis. If an offer is made candidates will be required to obtain/pass the overall Access to Higher Education Diploma and may also be required to obtain a proportion of the total level 3 credits and/or credits in particular subjects at merit grade or above.
- The university will consider applicants holding BTEC National Diploma and Extended National Diploma Qualifications (QCF; NQF;OCR) on a case by case basis please contact us via the enquiries tab for further advice on your individual circumstances.
- 34 points overall or 16 at HL including 4 at HL or 5 at SL in a modern European language other than English
Work Experience
No work experience is required.
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- ✔️ Flexible study schedule
- ✔️ Experienced teachers
- ✔️ Certificate upon completion
📘 Recommended for students with an IELTS level of 6.0 or below.
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- Access Bursary
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- Alumni Bursary
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