Foundation programme in China or the UK – requirements will depend on the programme taken; The first year of a Bachelor degree (Xueshi) with an average grade of at least 75% or equivalent from a 211 university, or 80% from other recognised institutions; Vocational Diploma (Gaozhi) with a final grade of at least 80% or equivalent; 2 or 3-year Diploma (Zhuanke or Da Zhuan) with a final grade of at least 80% or equivalent. Students who have completed a 3-year Diploma (Zhuanke/ Da Zhuan) may be considered for 2nd year or 3rd year entry on a case-by-case basis if they have studied similar content to Year 1 (or Year 2 where relevant) of the Kent undergraduate degree applied for.
Foundation programme in China or the UK – requirements will depend on the programme taken; The first year of a Bachelor degree (Xueshi) with an average grade of at least 75% or equivalent from a 211 university, or 80% from other recognised institutions; Vocational Diploma (Gaozhi) with a final grade of at least 80% or equivalent; 2 or 3-year Diploma (Zhuanke or Da Zhuan) with a final grade of at least 80% or equivalent. Students who have completed a 3-year Diploma (Zhuanke/ Da Zhuan) may be considered for 2nd year or 3rd year entry on a case-by-case basis if they have studied similar content to Year 1 (or Year 2 where relevant) of the Kent undergraduate degree applied for.
In Comparative Literature, you have the opportunity to study texts ranging from Classical Antiquity to the present day in English translation, including works by authors such as Homer, Ovid, Dante, Shakespeare, Goethe, Dostoevsky, Dickens, Joyce, Woolf and Kafka, as well as French classics such as Balzac, Flaubert, Camus and Proust.
Foundation programme in China or the UK – requirements will depend on the programme taken; The first year of a Bachelor degree (Xueshi) with an average grade of at least 75% or equivalent from a 211 university, or 80% from other recognised institutions; Vocational Diploma (Gaozhi) with a final grade of at least 80% or equivalent; 2 or 3-year Diploma (Zhuanke or Da Zhuan) with a final grade of at least 80% or equivalent. Students who have completed a 3-year Diploma (Zhuanke/ Da Zhuan) may be considered for 2nd year or 3rd year entry on a case-by-case basis if they have studied similar content to Year 1 (or Year 2 where relevant) of the Kent undergraduate degree applied for.
Comparative Literature transcends national and cultural boundaries, offering you a truly global view of world literature. You study texts ranging from Classical Antiquity to the present day in English translation, including works by such famous authors as Homer, Ovid, Shakespeare,Dante,Dickens,Dostoevsky, Balzac, Joyce and Woolf, as well as German-language authors such asGoethe and Kafka.
Foundation programme in China or the UK – requirements will depend on the programme taken; The first year of a Bachelor degree (Xueshi) with an average grade of at least 75% or equivalent from a 211 university, or 80% from other recognised institutions; Vocational Diploma (Gaozhi) with a final grade of at least 80% or equivalent; 2 or 3-year Diploma (Zhuanke or Da Zhuan) with a final grade of at least 80% or equivalent. Students who have completed a 3-year Diploma (Zhuanke/ Da Zhuan) may be considered for 2nd year or 3rd year entry on a case-by-case basis if they have studied similar content to Year 1 (or Year 2 where relevant) of the Kent undergraduate degree applied for.
In Comparative Literature, you have the opportunity to study texts ranging from Classical Antiquity to the present day in English translation, including works by such famous authors as Homer, Ovid, Dante, Shakespeare, Goethe, Dostoevsky, Balzac, Flaubert, Dickens, Proust and Kafka, as well as Hispanic classics such as Borges and Cortazar.
Foundation programme in China or the UK – requirements will depend on the programme taken; The first year of a Bachelor degree (Xueshi) with an average grade of at least 75% or equivalent from a 211 university, or 80% from other recognised institutions; Vocational Diploma (Gaozhi) with a final grade of at least 80% or equivalent; 2 or 3-year Diploma (Zhuanke or Da Zhuan) with a final grade of at least 80% or equivalent. Students who have completed a 3-year Diploma (Zhuanke/ Da Zhuan) may be considered for 2nd year or 3rd year entry on a case-by-case basis if they have studied similar content to Year 1 (or Year 2 where relevant) of the Kent undergraduate degree applied for.
Comparative Literature encourages you to study works from a wide range of literary traditions, reaching across national borders to encourage a truly comparative approach to literary works. You also study a wide range of history – both in terms of geography and chronology – reading a range of historical opinion and approaching differing primary sources to form a very comparative view on the past.
Foundation programme in China or the UK – requirements will depend on the programme taken; The first year of a Bachelor degree (Xueshi) with an average grade of at least 75% or equivalent from a 211 university, or 80% from other recognised institutions; Vocational Diploma (Gaozhi) with a final grade of at least 80% or equivalent; 2 or 3-year Diploma (Zhuanke or Da Zhuan) with a final grade of at least 80% or equivalent. Students who have completed a 3-year Diploma (Zhuanke/ Da Zhuan) may be considered for 2nd year or 3rd year entry on a case-by-case basis if they have studied similar content to Year 1 (or Year 2 where relevant) of the Kent undergraduate degree applied for.
You study texts ranging from Classical Antiquity to the present day in English translation, including works by such famous authors as Homer, Ovid, Shakespeare, Goethe, Dostoevsky, Balzac, Flaubert, Dickens, Proust and Kafka, as well as Italian classics such as Dante and Calvino.
Foundation programme in China or the UK – requirements will depend on the programme taken; The first year of a Bachelor degree (Xueshi) with an average grade of at least 75% or equivalent from a 211 university, or 80% from other recognised institutions; Vocational Diploma (Gaozhi) with a final grade of at least 80% or equivalent; 2 or 3-year Diploma (Zhuanke or Da Zhuan) with a final grade of at least 80% or equivalent. Students who have completed a 3-year Diploma (Zhuanke/ Da Zhuan) may be considered for 2nd year or 3rd year entry on a case-by-case basis if they have studied similar content to Year 1 (or Year 2 where relevant) of the Kent undergraduate degree applied for.
In Comparative Literature, you study texts ranging from Classical Antiquity to the present day in English translation, including works by such famous authors as Homer, Ovid, Dante, Goethe, Dostoevsky, Balzac, Flaubert, Proust and Kafka, as well as British classics such as Shakespeare, Dickens, Joyce and Woolf.
Foundation programme in China or the UK – requirements will depend on the programme taken; The first year of a Bachelor degree (Xueshi) with an average grade of at least 75% or equivalent from a 211 university, or 80% from other recognised institutions; Vocational Diploma (Gaozhi) with a final grade of at least 80% or equivalent; 2 or 3-year Diploma (Zhuanke or Da Zhuan) with a final grade of at least 80% or equivalent. Students who have completed a 3-year Diploma (Zhuanke/ Da Zhuan) may be considered for 2nd year or 3rd year entry on a case-by-case basis if they have studied similar content to Year 1 (or Year 2 where relevant) of the Kent undergraduate degree applied for.
In Comparative Literature, you have the opportunity to study texts ranging from Classical Antiquity to the present day in English translation, including works by such famous authors as Homer, Ovid, Dante, Goethe, Dostoevsky, Balzac, Flaubert, Proust and Kafka, as well as British classics such as Shakespeare, Dickens, Joyce and Woolf.
Foundation programme in China or the UK – requirements will depend on the programme taken; The first year of a Bachelor degree (Xueshi) with an average grade of at least 75% or equivalent from a 211 university, or 80% from other recognised institutions; Vocational Diploma (Gaozhi) with a final grade of at least 80% or equivalent; 2 or 3-year Diploma (Zhuanke or Da Zhuan) with a final grade of at least 80% or equivalent. Students who have completed a 3-year Diploma (Zhuanke/ Da Zhuan) may be considered for 2nd year or 3rd year entry on a case-by-case basis if they have studied similar content to Year 1 (or Year 2 where relevant) of the Kent undergraduate degree applied for.
Genres studied include the novel, the short story, science fiction, tragedy and the epic, with a particular emphasis on how literary forms have evolved in different cultures, and linguistic traditions. For example, what makes a tragedy by Sophocles so different from one written by Shakespeare? How has the genre of science fiction developed across Europe? What are the similarities and differences between a novel by Charlotte Bront? and one by Gustave Flaubert?
6.5 IELTS (with a minimum of 6.0 in Reading and Writing and 5.5 in Speaking and Listening)
The University considers students for undergraduate study who have completed a minimum of one full year of full time studies at a recognised Chinese University. We will also consider applications on an individual basis from students who have completed a f
Our modules in Comparative Literature cover literature from the classics to the modern age. We investigate literary movements, genres and themes. We offer modules on Classical Literature, Romanticism, Realism, Modernism and Postmodernism. Genres studied i