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146INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIESMA CHINESE STUDIESNot 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 (MAJORS AND MINORS)- Special Course in Chinese I- Special Course in Chinese II- Special Course in Chinese III- Special Course in Chinese IV- Special Course in Chinese: Mandarin forCantonese Speakers- Special Course in Chinese: Reading Classical andLiterary Chinese- East Asian Cinema and Media- Chinese Culture and Society- Chinese Cinema and Media (half unit)- Chinese Ceramics from 10th to 17th Century- Ceramics in Chinese Culture, 10th to 18thCenturies Masters- Seminar in East Asian Art I: Chinese BuddhistArt of Dunhuang- Chinese Epigraphy and Calligraphy- Seminar in East Asian Art II: Aspects of ChinesePainting- Archaeology and Art of the Silk Road- Art and Archaeology of the Silk Road- Ancient Chinese Civilisation- Chinese Art History: Critical Writings- Practical Translation from and into MandarinChinese- Modern Documentary Texts- Modern Chinese Literature in Translation- Modern Film From Taiwan and the ChineseDiaspora (half unit)- Modern Chinese Film and Theatre (half unit)- Japanese Post-War Film Genres (half unit)- Economic Problems and Policies in ModernChina- Government and Politics of Taiwan (half unit)- Society and Culture in Taiwan (half unit)- Economic Development of Modern Taiwan(half unit)- Economic Dynamics of the Asia-Pacific Region- Nationalism, Sexuality and the Body in China:Comparative Perspectives in Cultural History- Society Culture and Drugs in China, 1700–1990- Continuity and Change in Modern China,1840–1949- Patients, Healers and Society in China from theHan Dynasty to the Cultural Revolution- Chinese Law I: Traditional Chinese Law- Chinese Law II: Modern Chinese Law- Chinese Law III: Commercial Law- Music of East Asia Masters- State and Society in the Chinese Political Process- China and International Politics- International Politics of Asia- Heritage and Holy History in China- History of Religion in Imperial China- East Asian Buddhist Thought (half unit)- Locating China I: China and Other WorldviewsBefore ‘Westernisation’ (half unit)- Locating China II: Missionaries and Misfits inthe British Construction of China (half unit)- Modern Chinese Literature (Masters)- Traditional Chinese Language and Literature(Masters)- Traditional Chinese Literature in TranslationMA COMPARATIVE LITERATURE(AFRICA/ASIA)FACULTYLanguages and CulturesPROGRAMME CONVENORProfessor Graham FurnissDURATIONOne 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)This cross-regional MA programme draws uponboth the first-hand specialist expertise and thecomparative and theoretical interests of membersof staff of the School’s five regional departments.The degree is designed to offer a training inthe comparative study of African and Asianliteratures. It makes available SOAS’s expertise inthis vast field primarily to students interested instudying these literatures through English. Thesubjects covered include both English languageliteratures of Africa and Asia and literature writtenin African and Asian languages. The latter arepresented through English translations.Students explore new horizons for the comparativestudy of literature, breaking out of the Euro-
centric space in which comparative literature hasdeveloped so far. However, the course covers themajor theoretical contributions to the comparativestudy of literature made by Western scholars. Italso draws on the wealth of literary productionin the West for purposes of comparative analysis.In doing so, it constructs a unique multiculturaldomain and perspectives for the study of literatureand its location in culture and society.STRUCTURE AND REQUIREMENTSPrior knowledge of an African or Asian languageis not a requirement for admission to this degree.However, provision is made for those with thenecessary fluency in reading to pursue the directstudy of the African or Asian literature of theirchoice in the original language as one of theirmajor or minor options alongside English-basedcourses. All students are required to take the corecourse on Theory and Techniques of ComparativeLiterature in their first year.Two other courses – one major and one minor– plus a dissertation of 10,000 words must also becompleted. For further information on the courseslisted, please refer to the course descriptionsearlier in the prospectus or visit www.soas.ac.ukCORE COURSEThis course on Theory and Techniques ofComparative Literature covers both the historicaldevelopment of the discipline and its maincontemporary trends. An important constituentof the course is the practical treatment of aselected range of issues and themes in Africanand Asian literatures which have been or can bebest understood in a comparative perspective.MA COMPARATIVE LITERATURE (AFRICA/ASIA)Not 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.CORE COURSE- Theory and Techniques of Comparative LiteratureENGLISH-BASED OPTIONAL COURSES- Selected Topics in African ContemporaryLiterature- Literatures in African Languages- Japanese Traditional Drama (half unit) (Term 1)- Modern Japanese Literature I (half unit) (Term 2)- Japanese Literature and Drama in Art- Modern Chinese Literature in Translation- Traditional Chinese Literature in Translation- Modern Film From Taiwan and the ChineseDiaspora (half unit) (Terms 1 and 2)- Modern Chinese Film and Theatre (half unit)(Terms 1 and 2)- Survey of Korean Literature- Literatures of South Asia- The Comparative Literature of South East Asia(half unit)- Japanese Cinema: an Historical Overview 1896-1952 (half unit)- Japanese Post-War Film Genres (half unit)- Social and Political Dimensions of Modern ArabicLiterature- Modern Arabic Literature and the West- Postcolonial Theory and Practice- Indian cinema: its history and social context(half unit)- Cinema in South East Asia (half unit)- South East Asia on screen (half unit)- Genders and sexualities in South East AsianCinema (half unit)LANGUAGE-BASED OPTIONS- Topics in Korean Literature- A Modern Arabic Literary Genre: Themes andTechniques- Arabic Poetry and Criticism- Social and Political Trends in Nineteenth CenturyTurkish Literature- Selected Topics in Twentieth Century TurkishLiterature- Directed Readings in the Literature of a ModernSouth Asian Language- Buddhist Sanskrit Narrative TextsONE of the following options taught at UCL maybe taken as a MINOR:- Modern Literary Theory- Translation Studies- Practice and Methodology of ComparativeLiterature147INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
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LOCATION5SOAS is based in the heart
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POSTGRADUATE STUDY AT SOAS7EXCELLEN
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DISTANCE LEARNINGSOAS runs an extre
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CENTRE OF CONTEMPORARY CENTRALASIA
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STUDENTS’ UNIONAll SOAS students
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SOAS STUDENT SOCIETIES29• ABACUS
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The degree is suitable for students
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of undergraduate Korean language st
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The Department has long enjoyed ren
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function of human rights and humani
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