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BA (Hons) English Literature and History

York St John University, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

This course will provide you with a deep understanding of the interconnectedness of literature and history, enabling you to analyze and interpret texts within their historical context. You will explore key literary movements, genres, and authors, as well as develop critical thinking skills through the analysis of historical documents and artifacts. With a focus on both creative expression and historical accuracy, this course will prepare you for a career in literature, history, or related fields.

Additional Information

This course is designed to be completed in 3 years (or 4 years part-time). The program consists of 120 credits, with 60 credits in English Literature and 60 credits in History. You will also complete a dissertation or project in the final year of study.

Discover a rich cultural heritage and high-quality education at York St John University.

York St John University is located in the historic city of York, providing access to a wealth of cultural and historical resources. The university has a strong reputation for its teaching excellence and student satisfaction, with 90% of students reporting that they are satisfied with their course (NSS 2022). Additionally, the university offers a range of academic support services, including a writing center and study skills workshops, to help you achieve your academic goals.

Why You Should Study This Course

Literature and History often inform and interact with each other, offering different perspectives on the events of the past and the people behind them. Studied together these subjects will give you a deeper understanding of people, the world around us, and how we got to where we are today. Studying English Literature and History together allows you to build your expertise in analyzing the written word in all of its forms; from primary historical documents to experimental literary texts. In our Literature modules, we emphasize the importance of considering texts alongside the social, cultural, and historical issues of the time. Equally, the literature of a given era can be a useful historical source in understanding that time.

General Eligibility

104 UCAS Tariff points 3 GCSEs at grade C/4 (or equivalent) including English Language and Maths.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1

  • Researching and Presenting the Past

  • Introduction to Literary Studies 1

  • Introduction to Literary Studies 2

  • Global York: A Social and Cultural History of the City

  • War and Society

  • Writing, Research and Literature

  • The Visible Past

  • People and Nature: An Environmental History

  • Empires

  • European Revolutions

  • A Century in Crisis

  • Theorising Literature: Power and Identity

  • Canonicity

  • United States: Empire of Liberty?

2 Year 2

  • Literature at Work

  • History, Community and Culture

  • Making History

  • Tyranny and Majesty: Kingship in Late Medieval England

  • Watchers and the Watched: Society in Early Modern England, c. 1540-1670

  • Tudor Women: Agency and Authority

  • Reds! The Rise and Fall of Soviet Communism

  • Victorian Grubs: Food, Science and Society

  • From Slavery to Freedom

  • A United Kingdom? Britain, 1707-1837

  • The Nation Divided: The Civil War Era in American Life

  • The Great Society: America in the 1960s

  • Mao’s China: From Empire to Communism

  • The Roman Empire: Tiberius to Domitian (14-96)

  • Historical Specialisms

  • Writing Reality: Creative Non Fiction

  • Adaptations

  • Mapping America

  • Literary Theory

  • Civil War to Civil Society: British Literature, 1640-1740

  • Science Fiction for Survival

  • Gothicism, Romanticism and Revolution

  • Sick Novels: Literature and Disease

  • Shakespeare: Perspectives

  • Conflicting Words

3 Year 3

  • English Literature Research Project OR Dissertation in History

  • History Special Subject modules

  • The Victorian Novel: Realism, Sensation, Naturalism

  • The Experimental Century: Cultural Change in the Twentieth Century

  • Gothic Origins

  • The Making of Modern Drama

  • Research Now I and II

  • American Radicals: Outside the Canon

  • Writing the Caribbean

  • Cultures of the Now: Contemporary Writing

  • Gender and Sexualities

Language Requirement

  • IELTS5.5
  • TOEFL59
  • PTE50
  • Duolingo69
If English is not your first language you will need to show that you have English Language competence at IELTS level 6.0 (with no skill below 5.5) or equivalent.

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