文学评论家通常关注历史力量如何塑造诗歌，戏剧和小说，而历史学家则关注文学文本如何塑造文化和政治历史。这门联合荣誉课程旨在培养您对文学与历史之间的关系（独特但互补的学科）的兴趣，知识和了解。您将加入两个大型部门，与各个领域的顶尖研究人员合作，并鼓励他们发展与这两个学科相关的专业知识和研究技能，同时还要考虑它们之间的关系。必修课鼓励对两个学科之间的联系进行分析，而英语和历史学系提供的选修课将使您能够探索写作和历史的特定时间顺序上的兴趣，同时还能开发更多特定于学科的技能。在最后一年中，您将学习英语和历史论文，该
Literary critics are often concerned with how historical forces shape poems, plays and novels, while historians are interested in how literary texts shape cultural and political history. This joint honours course aims to develop your knowledge and understanding of the relationship between these distinct but complementary subjects.<br><br>You will join two large departments with researchers in a great diversity of fields and will be encouraged to develop expertise and research skills relevant to both English and history.<br>Mandatory units encourage analysis of the links between the two disciplines while optional units, which are offered across both departments, will allow you to explore your interests in particular periods of writing and history and develop more subject-specific skills. Your final-year dissertation will ask you to bring together the skills you have developed while studying both disciplines.