MA Arabic Literature

Master

In City of London

£ 9,225 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    City of london

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Start of programme: September intake only
Mode of Attendance: Full-time or Part-time
This taught-Masters degree offers a deep insight into the Arab world through its literatures. It is an advanced programme designed for students with a good first degree in Arabic or with a good university degree who also know Arabic. The fundamental objective is to make Arabic culture and literature accessible to a wider body of postgraduate students and to provide them with training in the study of literature. Students develop an advanced understanding of Arabic literature and gain detailed knowledge of its past and present. The syllabus combines the literary approaches of comparative literature with in-depth study of Arabic literature. Students have the opportunity to become familiar with, among other things, literary theory, translation techniques, the sociology of literature, the social and political dimensions of modern Arabic literature, and different genres and themes of classical, medieval and modern Arabic literature.
Convenors
Wen-chin Ouyang

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Location

Start date

City of London (London)
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Subjects

  • Law
  • Politics
  • IT Law
  • Translation
  • Hebrew
  • Turkish
  • Arabic
  • IT
  • Comparative Literature
  • Literature
  • Arabic Poetry
  • Intercultural awareness
  • Analytical skill
  • Critical skills
  • Cultural Awareness
  • Language
  • Japanese
  • Communication

Course programme

Compulsory Module

Students must take 60 credits from the list below. You may take more.

  • Theory and techniques of Comparative Literature
  • Social and Political Dimensions of Modern Arabic Literature
  • Arabic Women's Writing: Theories and Practices
  • Early and Medieval Arabic Linguistic Thought: Scholarship and Literature
  • A Modern Arabic Literary Genre: Themes and Techniques
  • Arabic Poetry and Criticism
  • Arabic Popular Literature: Themes, Genres & Theory
  • Modern Palestinian Literature (PG)
  • Classical Arabic Prose Literature and Adab
  • Reading Classical Arabic Historians: Themes and Trends in Islamic Historiography
  • Arabic Critical Theory and Thought
  • Culture, Society and Politics in Classical Arabic Literature
Compulsory Module

Students must take the module below.

  • Dissertation in the Languages and Cultures of the Near and Middle East
Optional Modules

Students take a further 30 to 60 credits from the list of approved optional modules.

  • Issues in the Anthropology of Gender
  • Culture and Society of Near and Middle East
  • Islamic Art & Architecture of Medieval Anatolia and the South Caucasus (11-13th centuries)
  • Arab Painting
  • Art and Architecture of the Fatimids
  • Islam and the West: Artistic and Cultural Contacts
  • Problems of Development in the Middle East and North Africa
  • Economic development of the Middle East
  • Gender in the Middle East
  • Gendering Migration & Diasporas
  • Critical Perspectives on Palestine Studies I: History and Politics
  • Critical Perspectives on Palestine Studies II: Culture and Society
  • Encountering the Other: the Middle East during the Crusading Period
  • Zionist Ideology
  • Israel and the Palestinians
  • Outsiders in Medieval Middle Eastern Societies: Minorities, Social Outcasts and Foreigners
  • Turkey:Continuity and Change
  • Modernity and the Transformation of the Middle East I
  • Iran: History, Culture, Politics
  • Modernity and the Transformation of the Middle East II
  • Introduction to Standard Modern Arabic
  • Arabic 2 (PG)
  • Arabic 4 (PG)
  • Elementary Hebrew (PG)
  • Intermediate Hebrew (PG)
  • Advanced Hebrew (PG)
  • Elementary Written Turkish
  • Intermediate Modern Turkish Language (PG)
  • Intensive Turkish Language (PG)
  • Advanced Translation (Turkish)
  • Elementary Written Persian
  • Persian for Readers of Arabic Script (PG)
  • Intermediate Persian Language (PG)
  • Avestan I
  • Islamic Law (MA/LLM)
  • Law and Society in The Middle East and North Africa
  • Human Rights and Islamic Law
  • Communication, Culture and Politics in the Middle East: Theoretical and Analytical Approaches
  • Film and Society in the Middle East
  • Mediated Culture in the Middle East: Politics and Communications
  • Theoretical Approaches to International Journalisms
  • Theoretical and Contemporary Issues in Global Media and Post-National Communication
  • International Political Communication
  • Transnational Communities and Diasporic Media:Networking, Connectivity, Identity
  • Comparative politics of the Middle East
  • State and transformation in the Middle East
  • Political society in the Middle East
  • The Law & Politics of State Violence: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
  • Israel and the Palestinians
  • Turkey:Continuity and Change
  • State and Society in Central Asia and the Caucasus
  • Geopolitics and Security in Central Asia and the Caucasus
  • Critical Perspectives on Palestine Studies I: History and Politics
  • Critical Perspectives on Palestine Studies II: Culture and Society
  • Zoroastrianism: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
  • Christians and Muslims in Syriac Texts
  • Modern Trends in Islam
  • Religion, Nationhood and Ethnicity in Judaism

This is the structure for 2018/19 applicants

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

Programme Specification
  • MA Arabic Literature- Programme Specifications 2012/13 (pdf; 34kb)
  • MA Arabic Literature - Programme Specifications 2017/18 (pdf; 137kb)
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MA Arabic Literature

£ 9,225 + VAT