MA Comparative Literature (Africa / Asia)
Master
In City of London
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
City of london
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Start date
Different dates available
Start of programme: September intake only
Mode of Attendance: Full-time or Part-time
The opportunity to move from the familiar Euro-American literary canons into the fresh but less well known worlds of African and Asian literature is what attracts most students to this popular MA.
At SOAS, students benefit from the unique expertise in this vast field possessed by the school’s faculty.
This expertise is available to students interested in studying these literatures through English - including both original English language literatures of Africa and Asia and literature written in African and Asian languages presented through English translations.
While exploring new horizons and breaking out of the Euro-centric space in which comparative literature has developed so far, the programme covers the major theoretical contributions made by Western scholars.
In doing so, it constructs a unique multi-cultural domain for the study of literature and its location in culture and society.
A prior knowledge of an African or Asian language is not a requirement for admission to this degree.
Convenors
Wen-chin Ouyang
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Subjects
- Hindi
- Thai
- Turkish
- Arabic
- Translation
- IT
- English
- Cinema
- Comparative Literature
- Literature
- Cultural Awareness
- Modern Chinese Literature
- Traditional Chinese Literature
- Japanese Traditional Drama
- Modern Japanese Literature
Course programme
- 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.
English Based Options- 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)
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 Comparative Literature Programme Specification 2012/13 (pdf; 35kb)
Important notice regarding changes to programmes and modules
MA Comparative Literature (Africa / Asia)