POSTGRADUATE PROSPECTUS

MA LANGUAGES ANDLITERATURES OF SOUTHEAST ASIADURATIONOne calendar year (full-time)Two or three years (part-time, daytime only)START OF PROGRAMMESeptember intake onlyENTRY REQUIREMENTSMinimum upper second class honours degree(or equivalent)PROGRAMME CONVENORProfessor Vladimir I BraginskySEE ALSO:MA Comparative Literature (Africa/Asia),MA South East Asian StudiesThis degree provides the student who has a priorknowledge of one South East Asian language withthe opportunity to make a deeper study of thatlanguage and its literature and to gain a broaderunderstanding of the region, either through thestudy of a second South East Asian language,or through a course on the literature or cinemaof the region. The ‘Directed Readings’ coursesin Burmese, Indonesian, Thai and Vietnameseare flexible and may be adapted to accommodatethe interests of individual students or groupsof students.STRUCTURE AND REQUIREMENTSStudents take three taught courses, one fromList A (below), which is designated the majorsubject, one from List B, which is designated theminor subject, and a third course from eitherList A or List B, which is also designated a minor.In addition students complete a 10,000-worddissertation related to the major subject.Students who wish to take a language at other thanintroductory level are assessed at the beginningof term to determine the most appropriate levelof study. Part-time students (two years) normallytake two minor courses in the first year and themajor and dissertation in the final year; part-timestudents (three years) take one course per yearand complete the dissertation in the final year.MA LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES OF SOUTHEAST ASIANot all courses listed below may be available everyyear. For courses being offered in 2008/09, pleasevisit the relevant departmental website or contactthe Faculty office. Some courses may be taught inother departments of the School.OPTIONAL COURSES: LIST A (MAJORS OR MINORS)- Burmese Texts and Translation- Modern Burmese Fiction- Issues in Burmese Linguistics- Directed Readings in Burmese- Indonesian Literature up to 1942- Indonesian Literature: Writing in the age of theNew Order (half unit)- Traditional Malay Literature- Modern Literature in Malay- Directed Readings in Indonesian- The Thai Novel- Thai Short Stories- A Selected Thai Author- Directed Readings in Thai- Contemporary Vietnamese Prose Fiction- Modern Vietnamese Poetry- Directed Readings in VietnameseOPTIONAL COURSES: LIST B (MINORS)- Any course from List A (above)- Basic Khmer (half unit)- Burmese Language 1, 2- Indonesian Language 1, 2, 3- Thai Language 1, 2- Vietnamese Language 1, 2- War, Revolution, Independence in South EastAsian Literatures in Translation (half unit)- Post(Colonialism) and Otherness in South EastAsia on Screen (half unit)- Genders and Sexualities in South East Asian Film(half unit)- Post Crisis Thai Cinema (1997–2007) (half unit)- Genders, Sexualities and the study of AsianLiteratures and Film- Theory and Techniques of Comparative Literature- Jawi and the Malay manuscript tradition(half unit)- Pre-modern historical texts of Java, Bali and theMalay World in English translation (half unit)133SOUTH EAST ASIA