SCHOOL OF ENGLISH - University of Kent

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TAUGHT PROGRAMMES (CONT)
Course content
Core module
• Colonial and Postcolonial
Discourses
Plus
• Dissertation of 12-15,000 words
Recommended modules
• Body and Place in the
Postcolonial Text
• Centres and Edges: Modernist
and Postcolonial Quest Literature
• Contemporary Postcolonial
Writing
• Extremes of Feeling: Literature
and Empire in the Eighteenth
Century
• Imagining India
Assessment
Assessment is by a 5-6,000-word
essay for each module, and the
dissertation.
DID YOU KNOW?
As a postgraduate student
at Kent, you not only have
the support of the Graduate
School but also access to a
careers service, counselling
support and other student
support services.
Postcolonial Studies MA
(Paris option)
Location: Canterbury and Paris.
Attendance: One year full-time.
Start: September.
Entry requirements: A first or
upper-second class honours degree
in a relevant subject (or equivalent).
See also English language
requirements on p36.
This is an innovative and
interdisciplinary MA programme,
combining taught modules and
a dissertation, which allows you
to share your year between
Canterbury and Paris.
You spend your first term in
Canterbury with full access to the
University’s excellent academic
and recreational facilities. The
spring term is based at our Paris
campus, in the heart of historic
Montparnasse. There, you
participate in the Paris-focused
modules, taught in English. Then,
in the final term, you complete your
MA by writing a 12-15,000-word
dissertation on a research topic
defined in collaboration with your
academic supervisors.
For course content and assessment
details, please refer to the previous
course description.
For further information on the
University of Kent at Paris, visit
www.kent.ac.uk/paris
In addition, the School of English
contributes to the Faculty of
Humanities’ multidisciplinary Centre
for Medieval and Early Modern
Studies (MEMS), to offer the
following taught programme:
Medieval and Early Modern
Studies MA
Location: Canterbury.
Attendance: One year full-time,
two years part-time.
Start: September.
Entry requirements: A first or
upper-second class honours degree
in a relevant subject (or equivalent).
See also English language
requirements on p36.
This unique interdisciplinary
programme provides the opportunity
for intensive historical, literary or arthistorical
study. It challenges you
to engage with the evidence and
methods of different disciplines
in order to equip you with the
wide range of research techniques
crucial for studying the period. Our
close relationships with Canterbury
Cathedral Archives and Library, and
the Canterbury Archaeological Trust,
offer you an unparalleled opportunity
to access unique primary source
materials for both coursework and
the dissertation.
Several of the modules from this
programme are available as ‘wild’
modules for students within the
School of English. For more details
on this, see p24 or visit the MEMS
website at www.kent.ac.uk/mems