MA Comparative Literature

MA Comparative Literature is a Masters program taught at School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK. Intake: September. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time (1 year) options.

The MA Comparative Literature at SOAS, University of London explores literature from Africa and Asia and examines its place in culture and society. The course includes Comparative Literature: Methodology and Critique and Comparative Literature: A New Era, plus study themes such as race and gender in the postcolonial novel, African philosophy, and African and Asian diasporas.

Students take 180 credits in total. A 60-credit dissertation, Dissertation in Cultural, Literary, and Postcolonial Studies, is a core component of all Masters programmes at SOAS. Students also complete 120 credits from taught modules, including 30 credits of core modules and 45 credits from List B, which may include up to 30 credits of language acquisition.

Modules

• Dissertation in Cultural, Literary, and Postcolonial Studies
• Comparative Literature: Methodology and Critique
• Comparative Literature: A New Era
• Core Themes and Debates in African Philosophy
• Intersecting Worlds: Race and Gender in the Contemporary Postcolonial Novel
• 725 African and Asian Diasporas: Culture, Politics, Identities
• Art and Politics in Africa
• New Taiwan Cinema and Beyond (PG)
• Literature, Politics and National Identity in Modern China (PG)
• Chinese Cinema (PG)
• World Literature (PG)
• Cultural Studies: Origins, Ideas and New Approaches

The minimum requirements for admission in MA Comparative Literature at School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London as pre-requiste for admission in MA Comparative Literature.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

We will consider all applications with a 2:2 (or international equivalent) or higher in social science of humanities subject. In addition to degree classification we take into account other elements of the application such as supporting statement. References are optional, but can help build a stronger application if you fall below the 2:2 requirement or have non-traditional qualifications.

Please check detail of study units at https://www.soas.ac.uk/study/find-course/ma-comparative-literature

85 fully funded scholarships are listed for UK. See UK scholarships.