GB · Masters
MA Comparative Literature
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Program overview
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
Duration: 10
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