**Why choose this course?** – This course received more than 94 per cent overall student satisfaction (National Student Survey 2018). – With central London so close, there are visits to the Globe Theatre, Science Museum, Royal Opera House and Victoria and Albert Museum. – You’ll join a dynamic and active community, which includes the Writers’ Centre Kingston and Cultural Histories at Kingston. Weekly events and readings are from renowned academics and writers, such as Hanif Kureishi and Paul Bailey. **About this course** This course covers major genres and periods of literature, and gives you opportunities to specialise in key periods and special topics. You’ll study classic literature while exploring how London has been represented. Through studies of world literature, you’ll consider issues of gender, sexuality, class, race and selfhood. You’ll be introduced to literary theory, studying Marxism, feminism and psychoanalysis in relation to a range of classic texts. This will enable you to look at how literature has driven political thinking, dissent and transgression. You can choose to focus on issues of diversity, identity, protest, political writing, and experimental literature. You’ll develop independent research skills and complete a dissertation on a subject of your choice (with support and supervision from us).

Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list. Year 1 - Reading London - Race, Nation, Identity - From Prospero to Potter: Reading Through Theory - Writing that Works Year 2 - Independent Research Studies - Deadly Desires/Dangerous Discourse: Gothic Literature and Theory Optional modules, including: - Being Human: Self, Subject, Identity in Medieval and Early Modern Culture - Selfhood and Nation: Life and Literature in an Age of Imperial Expansion, 1660-1830 - Sex and the City: From Victorian Metropolis to Modernist Wasteland - Transforming Realities: Innovation and Social Change in Twentieth Century and Contemporary Literature Year 3 - Dissertation - Radical Writers Optional modules, including: - Children's Literature for Adult Readers - Special Author - American Countercultures - Imagined Places/Spaces: Humans, Animals, Monsters, Cyborgs - Black British and Asian Writing - Making Shakespeare: Text, Performance, Adaptation - Gender and Sexuality

Assessment typically comprises exams (eg test or exam), practical (eg presentations, performance) and coursework (eg essays, reports, self-assessment, portfolios, dissertation).

Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.

26 January 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.

Course code: Q300

Institution code: K84

Campus Name: Main Site

Campus code:

The following entry points are available for this course:

Year 1

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.

Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course

https://www.kingston.ac.uk/undergraduate-course/english-literature/entry-requirements.html

Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.

Test	Grade	AdditionalDetails

English language requirements

https://www.kingston.ac.uk/undergraduate-course/english-literature/entry-requirements.html

Student satisfaction : 77%

Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs): 65%

Go onto work and study: 80%

England	9250.0	Year 1
Northern Ireland	9250.0	Year 1
Scotland	9250.0	Year 1
Wales	9250.0	Year 1
EU	9250.0	Year 1

*This is a provisional fee and subject to change as we are awaiting the Office For Student Guidance on Fee levels for 2020 and beyond. For foundation year and international fees, please visit: https://www.kingston.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-and-funding/fees/ Please visit the provider course webpage for further information regarding additional course costs

River House
53-57 High Street
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Kingston upon Thames
KT1 1LQ