Social Sciences with a Year in Professional Practice (subject to Approval)

Description

Offered by the Department of Comparative Literature in the School of European Culture and Languages, World Literature takes the same approaches to compare and contrast international texts and cultures, but broadens the scope to include non-Western literary sources, such as Asian, African, Arabic and Latin American texts.

The programme includes a wide range of modules on which you can study literature from Ancient Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, and Ancient and Imperial China, as well as works from English and American, Arabic, African, Asian, Latin American, and European literary traditions.

You develop an understanding of historical and cross-cultural literary traditions and the ways in which they interact, while broadening your critical knowledge of literature and your appreciation of questions of translation and transmission. You also have the opportunity to explore concepts such as ‘genre’, ‘theme’, ‘fictionality’, ‘literariness’, ‘canon’, ‘reception’, and ‘literary movement’. As a result of encountering writers and texts from all over the world, you gain a truly global perspective on literature and its cultural contexts.

You do not need to be able to read a foreign language to take a World Literature degree as we study translations into English of a great range of major literature from other countries alongside literature originally written in English.

Additionally, by taking the Year Abroad version of our World Literature programme, you gain the opportunity to spend a year studying (in English) in continental Europe, the USA or Hong Kong.

Independent rankings

English at Kent was ranked 12th in The Guardian University Guide 2014.

Detailed Course Facts

Application deadline January 15 Tuition fee

• GBP 9000 Year (EEA)
• GBP 12450 Year (Non-EEA)

Start date September 2015 Credits (ECTS) 240 ECTS
Credits Total Kent credits: 480
Duration full-time 48 months Languages Take an IELTS test

• English

Delivery mode On Campus Educational variant Full-time More information Go To The Course Website

Course Content

The 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:

CP311 - The Tale

CP325 - World Literature:An Introduction

CL315 - Classical Mythology:Themes and Approaches

CP305 - Freedom and Oppression in Modern Literature

CP306 - Guilt and Redemption in Modern Literature

CP317 - Childhood & Adolesence in Modern Fiction

CP318 - Introduction to Contemporary European and Hispanic Cinemas

CP319 - Post-War European Cinemas

CP323 - The Romantic Movement

CP324 - Classical Literature

Stage 2

Possible modules may include:

CP510 - The Text: Approaches to Comparative Literature

CP518 - The Book and the Film: Adaptation and Interpretation

CP527 - Medieval Literature and Culture

CP530 - Marriage, Adultery and Divorce in 19th Century Fiction

CP531 - The Renaissance

CP609 - Modernism and the European Avant-Garde

CP611 - Postmodernism

CP624 - The Shoah in Literature, Film and Culture

CP627 - Science Fiction: History and Innovation

CP629 - Second Thoughts: Women Novelists from Bronte to Jelinek

CP632 - Reason and Passion in 18th Century European Fiction

CP636 - European Realism

CP642 - The Epic: From Homer to Walcott

CP644 - Creatures of the Night: Vampires in Literature and Film

CP646 - Prize Winners

CP650 - Decadence in Fin-de-Siecle Europe

CP656 - Shakespeare's Afterlives

Year abroad

You have the opportunity to spend a year studying in one of our partner universities in continental Europe, the USA or Hong Kong. Partner university locations include Berlin, Venice, Istanbul, Prague, Madrid and San Fransico. Module content will vary across institutions and you will be required to take modules relevant to your degree.

Modules will generally be taught in English, but if you have the necessary linguistic background you are also encouraged to attend modules taught in the language of the respective host country. Language tuition is provided at host European universities.

Stage 3

Possible modules may include:

CP652 - Postcolonial Images of Africa and South Asia

CP513 - Comparative Literature Dissertation

CP531 - The Renaissance

CP530 - Marriage, Adultery and Divorce in 19th Century Fiction

CP527 - Medieval Literature and Culture

CP518 - The Book and the Film: Adaptation and Interpretation

CP642 - The Epic: From Homer to Walcott

CP636 - European Realism

CP641 - SWIPE Undergraduate Conference

CP632 - Reason and Passion in 18th Century European Fiction

CP629 - Second Thoughts: Women Novelists from Bronte to Jelinek

CP627 - Science Fiction: History and Innovation

CP624 - The Shoah in Literature, Film and Culture

CP611 - Postmodernism

CP609 - Modernism and the European Avant-Garde

CP653 - Comparative Literature and English & Linguistics in the Classroom

CP650 - Decadence in Fin-de-Siecle Europe

CP647 - Prize Winners

CP644 - Creatures of the Night: Vampires in Literature and Film

CP656 - Shakespeare's Afterlives

CP532 - Latin American Fiction

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6.5

To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to

take an IELTS test.

Requirements

The 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 requirement

• A level ABB GCSE
• English language at grade C
• Access to HE Diploma: 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.
• BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma (formerly BTEC National Diploma): 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.
• International Baccalaureate 34 points overall or 16 at HL

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

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