* mandatory
English is the world's primary language of international communication and the department has a responsibility not only to provide skills in the use of the English language at the analytical level but also to develop the process of thinking itself through a critical examination of its literatures; there are a range and diversity of modules, from medieval literature to modern poetry and women's writing; the course is also diverse, from contemporary literary theory to close textual examination and historical scholarship; we aim to offer the best of teaching on the classic English texts together with open and imaginative approaches to newer and less familiar developments in the discipline; close study of English literature encourages and develops a clear critical thinking and succinct expression of ideas that are concrete and valuable assets in today's job market.
Year 1 examples: Comparative literature; film studies; modern language centre; Portuguese and Brazilian studies; Spanish and Spanish American studies; theology and religious studies. Year 2 examples: 18th-century travel writing; 1st world war literature; history, politics and the Elizabethan imagination; Irish literature and culture; language of dance; modernist fiction; rise of the novel; narrating the nation. Year 3 examples: James Joyce and Ulysses; Jane Austen in context; literature and impressionism; medieval body in pain; medieval romance; memory and time in the 19th century; performance philosophy; post colonial Australian literature.
AAA (SQA Higher: AAB or SQA Advanced Higher: AA)
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Sat 1st Sep 2012 |
3 years |
Full time |
The deadline for the receipt of full-tim ..more
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Westminster, WC2R 2LS |
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£9000 per year |
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Q300
King's College London
English Literature, English Literature Of Specific Periods, English Language
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