MA Postcolonial Studies

Master

In City of London

£ 9,225 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    City of london

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Start of programme: September
Mode of Attendance: Full-time or Part-time
The MA Postcolonial Studies Programme offers a focus on the historical relationships of power, domination and practices of imperialism and colonialism in the modern period (late nineteenth-century to the present) through the study of literature and culture.
The core module will introduce a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches to the literature, film and media of these areas. A range of literary, filmic and theoretical texts from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and the Near and Middle East will normally be included in the reading list. These will address representations of colonialism and decolonisation, neo-colonialism, nationalism in postcolonial societies and diasporic experiences, allowing us to explore the heterogeneous meanings, intersections and strategies of analysis that have emerged with reference to postcolonial studies.
Attention will be paid to colonial and postcolonial constructs such as: the Oriental, the Global, the Cosmopolitan, the Third World and the multicultural. The core module of the programme introduces and analyses interdisciplinary theories and ideological practices around a set of historical and current issues from various regions of Asia and Africa. The range of minors offers students more opportunities to explore interdisciplinarity and regional specificities.
Why this programme is special at SOAS.
Postcolonial MA Programmes offered in London and other UK institutions are located within the field of English Studies or the Social Sciences. The Centre for Cultural, Literary and Postcolonial Studies (CCLPS) is uniquely positioned to offer an inter-disciplinary Postcolonial Studies MA programme which gives students an opportunity to understand and negotiate the field of postcolonial studies with recourse to interdisciplinarity and to theoretical explications from the regions of Asia, Africa and the Middle East

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Start date

City of London (London)
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Subjects

  • English
  • Translation
  • Options
  • IT
  • Cinema
  • Global
  • Public Sector
  • Media
  • Understanding
  • Skills
  • Film
  • Transferable skills
  • Literature
  • Intercultural awareness
  • Postcolonial
  • Problem Solving Skills

Course programme

Students take 180 credits, 60 of which are a dissertation and a 120 from taught modules. You may take a 30 credit language acquisition module at appropriate level as one of your modules.

Please follow the structure below.

Compulsory Module
  • Postcolonial Theory and Practice
  • Dissertation in Postcolonial Studies
Optional Modules

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

Regional Literatures and Cultures:
  • Modern Palestinian Literature (PG)
  • Travelling Africa: Writing the Cape to Cairo
  • Modern Japanese Literature (Masters)
  • Modern Chinese Literature in Translation
  • Traditional Chinese Literature in Translation
  • Literatures in African languages
  • Literatures of South Asia
  • Social and Political Dimensions of Modern Arabic Literature
  • War, Revolution and Independence in South East Asia Literatures in Translation (Masters)
  • English Literatures of South East Asia
  • Under Western Eyes: European Writings on South East Asia (PG)
  • African Philosophy (PG)
  • Afrophone Philosophies (PG)
  • Sci-fi and Afrofuturism in the African Novel (PG)
Media and Film:
  • 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
  • Modern Chinese Film and Theatre (MA)
  • Modern Film from Taiwan and the Chinese Diaspora
  • The Story of African Film: Narrative Screen Media in Africa
  • Aspects of African film and video 2
  • Curating Africa: African Film and Video in the Age of Festivals
  • Realism and Magical Realism in the African Novel (PG)
  • Film and Society in the Middle East
  • Post-crisis Thai Cinema (1997-2007)
  • Vietnam on Screen (PG)
  • Indonesia on Screen(PG)
  • (Post) Colonialism and Otherness in South East Asia on Screen
  • Global Media and Postnational Communication: Theoretical & Contemporary Issues
Gender Studies:
  • Genders and Sexualities in South East Asian Film
  • Gendering Migration & Diasporas
Diaspora Studies:
  • African and Asian Diasporas in the Modern World
  • African and Asian Cultures in Britain
  • Transnational Communities and Diasporic Media:Networking, Connectivity, Identity
  • Law and Postcolonial Theory

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 Postcolonial Studies Programme Specifications 2012-13 (pdf; 39kb)
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MA Postcolonial Studies

£ 9,225 + VAT