Southeast Asian Literature
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ENGL4401 | English | 4 | N/A | April Full Year UK, Full Year UK, January Full Year UK |
- Code
- ENGL4401
- School
- English
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- N/A
- Semesters
- April Full Year UK, Full Year UK, January Full Year UK
Summary
This pod presents students with the literatures and contexts of Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines. Students develop an understanding of how literary texts are imbricated with their national contexts and literary traditions, as well as how they engage with the Southeast Asian region more broadly. With a focus on twentieth and twenty-first-century texts written in English, the pod compares different national and literary manifestations of colonialism and postcolonialism, multiculturalism and multilingualism, globalisation, climate catastrophe and political oppression. Students will also analyse literary texts in relation to academic debates around Eurocentrism, decolonising academia and trauma theory.
Target Students
Students registered on the School of English online masters scheme.
Assessment
- 100% Participation: Student Participation
Assessed by end of designated period
Educational Aims
This module comprises an optional component in the following pathways: Applied English, English Literature, Modern and Contemporary Literature, and World Literatures. As such, it contributes in its specific aims to the programme-level coverage of these pathways.Learning Outcomes
Critically discuss and analyse how Southeast Asian literature engages with its historical and sociopolitical contexts.
Perform close analysis of literary texts, explaining how features such as structure, language and metaphor are related to a country’s specific literary tradition or context.
Compare the literatures of different Southeast Asian countries using appropriate historical or theoretical frameworks.
Demonstrate knowledge and skills acquired to the appropriate disciplinary and professional standard.
Assimilate and present subject-specific material in an appropriate format (assessed within the ‘Assessment Portfolio’ 1, 2 or 3).