English and History BA (Hons)

This English and History degree invites students to consider literature and the past from a variety of theoretical, historical and cultural perspectives. This course offers a broad study of history, combined with the study of Victorian literature, Modernism, Romanticism and 21st Century writing, taking a global perspective. Students have the opportunity to study English and American authors and world literature, and can choose to take modules ranging from Roman to contemporary periods covering Britain, Europe and the United States. A variety of sources are explored during the course including newspapers, films, novels, works of art, architecture and oral testimony.