Course summary
Why Study English Literature at Kent? • Play to your strengths: We do not have exams, and our coursework often goes beyond the standard essay or dissertation. This way you are assessed by your best work. • Study literature your way: Our course covers a variety of genres. Whether you love Jane Austen or William Shakespeare, dystopian fiction, the gothic or modern and contemporary poetry, we specialise in the literature you are passionate about. • Unearth hidden treasures: The Canterbury Cathedral Library and our Special Collections archive containing manuscripts, historic records, photographs, maps and printed books dating back to the late 8th century. • Explore Canterbury: Our city is steeped in literary traditions from Chaucer to Marlowe and Dickens. In the heart of Kent, you can travel to London in under an hour by train, and beautiful beaches and historic woodlands are within easy reach from campus. • Learn from experts: Our staff are industry professionals and encourage you to engage with new and inspiring work. You'll discover how literature tackles challenges such as immigration, climate change, racial inequality, and women’s rights using the power of the written word.
Modules
Year 1 Compulsory modules currently include: Changing Literatures: From Chaucer to the Contemporary Thinking through Theory Optional modules may include: Narratives of Exclusion: Class, Capitalism & Belonging Creative Writing: Connections, Conversations, Collaborations Creative Writing Foundations Other Worlds: Dystopias and Futures American Power, American Protest Romantic Ecologies & the Modern Invention of Nature 'Black Girl Magic': Contemporary Feminisms Year 2 Compulsory modules currently include: Shakespeare: Before and After World Literatures in English Right/Write to the World: Displacement, Social Movements, Political Action Optional modules may include: American Modernities: US Literature 1930 to the Present Approaching Poetry Becoming America: From Poe to The Great Gatsby Encounters with the Premodern, 1350-1700 Modernism Reading Victorian Literature Right/Write to the World: Displacement, Social Movements, Political Actio The Contemporary When Novels Were Novel: Eighteenth-Century Literature Year 3 Compulsory modules currently include: The Project Optional modules may include: A Woman’s Tale: Writing Female Identity and Experience in Medieval Europe American Crime Fiction Animals, Humans, Writing The Brontës in Context Centres and Edges: Modernist and Postcolonial Quest Literature Cross-Cultural Coming-of-Age Narratives The End of Empire: Post-Imperial Writing in Britain Foundations of Activism Global Capitalism and the Novel Innovation and Experiment in New York, 1945-2015 Magic, Marvels and Monsters in Medieval Literature Marlowe vs Shakespeare Perceptions, Pathologies, Disorders: Reading and Writing Mental Health Places, Journeys, Borders Queer Literature Representing World War Two #ShakeRace: Shakespeare and Racial Politics The End of the World The Gothic: Origins and Exhumations The Love Poem: Romantic Language from Thomas Wyatt to Taylor Swift The New Woman: First Wave Feminism and Women’s Writing, 1880-1920 The Unknown: Reading and Writing Creative Non-Fiction and Autofiction Virginia Woolf and the Novel
How to apply
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
- Course code:
- Q320
- Institution code:
- K24
- Campus name:
- Main Site
- Campus code:
- -
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
- Year 2
Entry requirements for advanced entry (i.e. into Year 2 and beyond)
Direct entry into Year 2 of this programme is considered on a case by case basis.
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 104 - 120 points
A level - BBB - BCC
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - DMM - MMM
Access to HE Diploma - D: 24 credits M: 21 credits
Scottish Higher
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
https://www.kent.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/3753/english-literature
English language requirements
Applicants should have grade C or 4 in English Language GCSE or a suitable equivalent level qualification.
Please visit our website for further information:
https://www.kent.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/how-to-apply/english-language-requirements.html
Student Outcomes
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
England | £9250 | Year 1 |
Northern Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
Scotland | £9250 | Year 1 |
Wales | £9250 | Year 1 |
Channel Islands | £9250 | Year 1 |
Republic of Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
EU | £18600 | Year 1 |
International | £18600 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Provider information
University of Kent
Recruitment and Admissions Office
Registry
Canterbury
CT2 7NZ
Clearing contact details
Publicised Clearing Enquiries Contact
Course contact details
Admissions Contact
01227 768896
01227 827077