Modern Literature & Culture

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 UK requirements 2:1

Bachelor's degree with 2:1 honours in English, or a subject in which English plays a significant part; other disciplines may be considered.

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

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. Please state modules you wish to take, if known, as part of your personal statement.
Previous Academic Study Yes A copy (or copies) of your official academic transcript(s), showing the subjects studied and marks obtained. If you have already completed your degree, copies of your official degree certificate will also be required. Applicants with academic documents issued in a language other than English, will need to submit both the original and official translation of their documents.
References Yes Two references are required with at least one academic. Professional references will be accepted if you have completed your qualifications over five years ago..
Writing Sample Yes You are also required to submit an essay of not more than 4,000 words, preferably on a topic related to the programme

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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10 Cutcombe Road, SE5 9RJ

Start date

On request

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Subjects

  • Ms Word
  • Writing
  • International
  • Teaching
  • Word
  • English Language
  • English
  • Modern Literature
  • Text
  • Culture
  • Theory
  • Dissertation
  • Soundscapes
  • Contemporary
  • Victorian
  • Mindscapes

Course programme

Course detail Description

Our MA course is an opportunity to explore a wide and eclectic range of topics and texts from the early-19th to mid-20th century, and to think across the period boundaries that restrict other courses. The course provides high-level teaching and research training in a wide range of aspects of modern literature and culture.

You will develop the research and writing skills, including manuscript work, bibliographies and internet resources, necessary to complete an extended research project on which you will base your dissertation, which represents half of the credit score for the course. We will enable you to develop critical understanding, to concentrate on specific areas of literary and cultural studies, to acquire advanced skills in research methods and to prepare for doctoral study.

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Course format and assessment

Teaching
If you are a full-time student, we will provide you with four to seven hours of teaching each week through lectures and seminars. We will expect you to undertake 26 hours of independent study.

If you are a part-time student, we will provide you with two to four hours of teaching each week through lectures and seminars. We will expect you to undertake 13 hours of independent study.

Typically, one credit equates to 10 hours of work.

Assessment
We will assess our modules entirely through coursework, normally in the form of a 4,000-word essay. We will assess your dissertation module through a 4,000-word critical survey and a 15,000-word essay.

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:

• Text, Culture, Theory: London & Urban Modernity (30 credits)
• Dissertation (90 credits) Optional Modules

In addition, you are required to take 60 credits from a range of optional modules, which may typically include:

• Modernist Soundscapes (20 credits)
• London: Great Fire to Great Exhibition (20 credits)
• Pagans & Christians in Nineteenth-Century Britain (20 credits)
• Conflict: Twentieth-Century War Literature (20 credits)
• Victorian Sensation (20 credits)
• Biographical Writing (20 credits)
• Contemporary South Asian Women Writing (20 credits)
• Narrative Medicine (20 credits)
• African American Literature & the Problem of Music: Criticism, Aesthetics & Culture (20 credits)
• Modernist Mindscapes (20 credits)
• Man, Woman & Machine: Victorian Fictions (20 credits)
• Space and Place in American Literature:1600–1900 (20 credits)

If you are a part-time student, you will take Text, Culture, Theory in your first year, along with 20 credits of optional modules. In your second year you will take your dissertation and 40 credits of optional modules.

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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