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| Application Deadline: | as early as possible | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 5,256 - ≈ € 13,116 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Canterbury / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 60 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Kent, Canterbury Campus
The University of Kent was one of the first universities to establish postcolonial literary studies in Britain and has continued to play a significant part in the development of the field. The Centre for Colonial and Postcolonial Research has a lively graduate community, and promotes research through international conferences, national colloquia, visiting speakers and a regular graduate research seminar. It also hosts a visiting writer from India every year in association with the Charles Wallace Trust.
Among the teachers involved in the MA and the Centre are Abdulrazak Gurnah, Caroline Rooney, Alex Padamsee and Donna Landry (see staff research interests for further details).
The MA in Postcolonial Studies develops your understanding of the politics of culture in relation to both the imperialist world's interpretation of the colonial, and postcolonial assertions of autonomy. In this context, while ‘postcolonial' refers primarily to societies of the so-called ‘Third World', it also includes questions relevant to cultures such as those of Ireland and Australia.
Contents
The School offers a number of distinct MA programmes, and plays a central role in the interdisciplinary MA in Medieval and Early Modern Studies.
The English MA literature programmes aim to increase your knowledge of the key elements that make up the complex nature of English and American literature and culture. The programmes give a wider and deeper understanding of the writers and areas studied, encourage you to probe the theoretical and scholarly issues which you could explore in further research, and offer opportunities to develop your creative writing.
Each MA programme consists of four taught modules and a 12-15,000 word dissertation or equivalent. You must get satisfactory results in your taught modules before going on to spend the final third of your MA course writing a dissertation on a topic of your choice. On the Creative Writing MA the dissertation is replaced with a creative writing project in which a collection of poems or a substantial work of fiction will be produced.
As a basis for work on your dissertation and advanced research, you are also required to take the School and Faculty research methods programmes.
Availability of modules
Not all modules listed here necessarily run every year. Please consult the School for details of availability.
Course content
* Colonial and Postcolonial Discourses
* Specialist options, currently including: Body and Place in the Postcolonial Text; Contemporary Postcolonial Writing; Imagining India and Writing of Empire and Settlement.
* Options drawn from the MA in English and American Literature
* Dissertation
Assessment
Assessment is by a 5-6,000-word essay for each module, and a 12-15,000-word dissertation.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
A first or upper second class honours degree in a relevant subject (or equivalent).
English language proficiency for non-native speakers of English:
* 7.0 in IELTS (including minimum 6 in all four modules
* 260 in TOEFL computer-based text (including minimum 4.5 in writing)
* 100 iBTOEFL (including minimum 22 in both writing and reading)
* TOEFL paper-based test is not acceptable
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 7.0 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 100 |
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