MA Comparative Literature (Africa / Asia)

• Theory and techniques of Comparative Literature
• Dissertation in Cultural Studies

Students can take 90 credits from the list below or 60 credits from the list below and a 30 credit language acquisition module.

• Arabic Women's Writing: Theories and Practices
• Japanese Traditional Drama (Masters)
• Modern Japanese Literature (Masters)
• Modern Chinese Literature in Translation
• Modern Chinese Film and Theatre (MA)
• Modern Film from Taiwan and the Chinese Diaspora
• Traditional Chinese Literature in Translation
• Literatures in African languages
• Travelling Africa: Writing the Cape to Cairo
• The Story of African Film: Narrative Screen Media in Africa
• Aspects of African film and video 2
• African Philosophy (PG)
• Afrophone Philosophies (PG)
• Realism and Magical Realism in the African Novel (PG)
• Sci-fi and Afrofuturism in the African Novel (PG)
• Literary Traditions and Culture of Korea (Masters)
• Trajectories of Modernity in Korean Literature (Masters)
• Literatures of South Asia
• English Literatures of South East Asia
• Postcolonial Theory and Practice
• Post-crisis Thai Cinema (1997-2007)
• Under Western Eyes: European Writings on South East Asia (PG)
• War, Revolution and Independence in South East Asia Literatures in Translation (Masters)
• Genders and Sexualities in South East Asian Film
• Modern Arabic Literature and the West
• Culture, Society and Politics in Classical Arabic Literature
• Japanese Transnational Cinema: From Kurosawa to Asia Extreme and Studio Ghibli
• Japanese Post-War Film Genres and the Avant-Garde
• Indian Cinema: Its History and Social Context
• Indian Cinema: Key Issues
• Turkey:Continuity and Change

• Readings in Korean Literature (Masters)
• Social and Political Trends in 19th Century Turkish Literature
• Selected Topics in 20th Century Turkish Literature
• Social and Political Dimensions of Modern Arabic Literature
• Modern Palestinian Literature (PG)
• Sanskrit Literature
• Directed Readings in the Literature of a Modern South Asian Language
• Directed Readings in a South East Asian Language
• Literature & Colonialism in North India
• Narratives of Mobility in Contemporary Hindi Literature (Masters)
• Identity and Language in Hebrew Literature

• Amharic 1 (PG)
• Amharic 2 (PG)
• Hausa 1 (PG)
• Hausa 2 (PG)
• Somali 1 (PG)
• Somali 2 (PG)
• Swahili 1 (PG)
• Intermediate Swahili 2A (PG)
• Swahili 3 (PG)
• Swahili 4 (PG)
• Yoruba 1 (PG)
• Yoruba 2 (PG)

• Elementary Spoken Cantonese (PG)
• Elementary spoken Hokkien (Minnanyu, Taiwanese) (PG)
• Chinese 1 (PG)
• Chinese 2 (PG)
• Chinese 3 (PG)
• Chinese 4 (PG)
• Special Course in Chinese: Reading Classical and Literary Chinese (PG)

• Japanese 1 (PG)
• Japanese 2 (PG)
• Korean 1 (PG)
• Korean 2 (PG)
• Korean Readings (PG)
• Japanese 3 (PG
• Japanese 4 (PG)

• Elementary Persian Texts (PG)
• Elementary Written Persian
• Elementary Written Turkish
• Intermediate Modern Turkish Language (PG)
• Modern Hebrew Language: Elementary (PG)

• Bengali Language 1 (PG)
• Bengali Language 2 (PG)
• Hindi Language 2 (PG)
• Hindi Language 3 (PG)
• Hindi Language 4 (PG)
• Nepali Language 1 (PG)
• Nepali Language 2 (PG)
• Punjabi Language 1
• Sanskrit Language 1 (PG)
• Sanskrit Language 2 (PG)
• Prakrit Language 1 (PG)
• Urdu Language 1 (PG)
• Urdu Language 2 (PG)

• Burmese Language 1 (PG)
• Burmese Language 2 (PG)
• Indonesian Language 1 (PG)
• Indonesian Language 1 (PG)
• Indonesian Language 2 (PG)
• Indonesian Language 3 (PG)
• Indonesian Language 4 (PG)
• Indonesian Language 4 (PG)
• Thai Language 1 (PG)
• Thai Language 2 (PG)
• Thai Language 3 (PG)
• Vietnamese Language 1 (PG)
• Vietnamese Language 2 (PG)

If you are a current student you can find structure information on Moodle or through your Department.

• MA Comparative Literature Programme Specification 2012/13 (pdf; 35kb)

Important notice regarding changes to programmes and modules