Comparative Literature (Africa and Asia) MA

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.<br/><br/>At SOAS, students benefit from the unique expertise in this vast field possessed by the school’s faculty.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>In doing so, it constructs a unique multi-cultural domain for the study of literature and its location in culture and society.<br/><br/>A prior knowledge of an African or Asian language is not a requirement for admission to this degree.