- Department: History
- Module co-ordinator: Dr. John Cooper
- Credit value: 10 credits
- Credit level: I
- Academic year of delivery: 2022-23
- See module specification for other years: 2021-22
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Spring Term 2022-23 |
The aims of this module are:
Students who complete this module successfully will:
This English/History module asks you to reflect on the opportunities and challenges of studying literature and history. The module is designed to provide you with a range of analytical skills that will be applicable across periods, and that will highlight the possibilities offered by studying two disciplines. You will thus develop your interdisciplinary skills and methodologies, questioning the boundaries between the empirical and the fictive, between historical documents and works of literature. We will focus on a range of texts reflecting a variety of historical contexts, genres of writing, purposes, and audiences.
Texts and Histories is the cornerstone of your combined course programme; the module is therefore compulsory for all English/History students. Texts and Histories is also a key part of your preparation for the Bridge Dissertation, and the last seminar of the term will provide a targeted training session on the dissertation.
The module is co-taught by a staff member from each of your two Departments. Therefore the particular choice of texts, both literary and historical, is liable to vary from year to year according to the combination of tutors.
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework Text Analysis, 2000 Words |
N/A | 100 |
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Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework Text Analysis, 2000 Words |
N/A | 100 |
Formative assessments
Summative assessments
Castiglione, Baldassarre. The Book of the Courtier, ed. George Bull. 1528; London: Penguin, 1976.
Barker, Pat. Regeneration. 1991; London: Penguin, 2008.
Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities, ed. Andrew Sanders. 1859; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.