Comparative Literature

King's College London

Postgraduate

In London

higher than £ 9000

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    London

Entry requirements & how to apply
Minimum requirements  2:1

2:1 undergraduate degree in an appropriate subject, such as English, Modern Languages, Classics, Cultural Studies, History, Politics or International Relations. Applicants without a literature degree should demonstrate academic engagement with literary study in their application.

In order to meet the academic entry requirements for this programme you should have a minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree with a final mark of at least 60% or above in the UK marking scheme. If you are still studying you should be achieving an average of at least 60% or above in the UK marking scheme.


International requirements   Visit our admissions webpages to view our International entry requirements.
English Language requirements Band C Visit our admissions webpages to view our English language entry requirements. 
Application procedure

We aim to process all complete applications within four to six weeks, although turnaround may be quicker during less busy periods. Applications will usually be assessed on the basis of the materials submitted. Very occasionally an applicant may be called to interview in person or online. You should include one essay as a sample of your written work with your application.

Applications must be made online using King’s online application portal apply.kcl.ac.uk and a non-refundable application fee of £60 applies.

Personal statement and supporting information

You will be asked to submit the following documents in order for your application to be considered:

Personal Statement  Yes A personal statement of up to 4,000 characters (maximum 2 pages) is required. Within your personal statement, you should include full details of the optional modules you wish to take, together with a paragraph on your proposed dissertation topic..
Previous Academic Study Yes A copy (or copies) of your official academic transcript(s), showing the subjects studied and marks obtained

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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10 Cutcombe Road, SE5 9RJ

Start date

On request

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Subjects

  • Comparative Literature
  • Part Time
  • International
  • English
  • English Language
  • Humanities
  • Analysis
  • Methodology
  • Dissertation
  • Theoretical
  • Geographies
  • Surrealism
  • Comparative
  • Arabic Literature
  • Historical theory

Course programme

Course detail Description

Our Comparative Literature MA provides an introduction to the practice, methodology and theory of comparative literary studies through our required module. You will then focus on more specific aspects of literary themes, genres, and historical periods, and choose a subject for your dissertation that also has a comparative focus. This flexibility means that you can pursue your own academic interests and develop a specialism of your choosing. In addition, our Modern Language Centre provides modules at all appropriate levels to support your study of foreign language texts.

This course is ideal for students who want to look beyond conventional literary canons and engage in comparative study across a wide range of cultures.

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Course format and assessment

Teaching
If you are a full-time student, we will provide you with at least six hours of teaching a week through lectures and seminars, and we will expect you to undertake 33 hours of independent study.

If you are a part-time student, we will provide two to four hours of teaching each week through lectures and seminars, and we will expect you to undertake 17.5 of independent study.

For your dissertation, which you will focus on over summer, we will provide four hours of supervision and you will undertake 594 hours of independent study. If you are a part-time student, we will provide this supervision in your second year.

Assessment
We will typically assess our modules through coursework, although some modules may make use of blogs and presentations. Your dissertation will be a 10,000-word essay.

Typically, one credit equates to 10 hours of work.

Regulating body
King’s College London is regulated by the Office for Students.

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Structure

Year 1 Courses are divided into modules. You will normally take modules totalling 180 credits. Required Modules

You are required to take:

  • Theorizing Comparative Literature across Cultures: Contemporary Debates (20 credits)
  • Dissertation (60 credits)
Optional Modules

In addition, you are required to take five modules totalling 100 credits from a range of options from within the Faculty of Arts & Humanities. At least 60 of these should be from the list of comparative literature modules that may typically include:

• The World Novel (20 credits)
• Culture, Dissent & the Arab Spring (20 credits)
• Melancholia & Hypochondria (20 credits)
• CP Cavafy: the Making of a Modernist (20 credits)
• Queer Connections: Male-Male Desire & the Classical Past (20 credits)
• Translation, Colonialism, Postcolonialism (20 credits)
• Myth after Slavery (20 credits)
• Reading Emotions (20 credits)
• Polyglot Literatures of Modern Egypt: 1900-2000 (20 credits)

If you are a part-time student, you will take Theorizing Literature across Cultures: Contemporary Debates in your first year and your dissertation in your second. If you are a part-time student, you will take 60 credits of optional modules in your first year, and a further 40 in your second.

King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore, modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.

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