English and History of Art

Leeds University Business School

Postgraduate

In Leeds

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Leeds

  • Start date

    Different dates available

This exciting degree gives you the chance to study two of humanity’s most popular forms of cultural expression – art and literature. You’ll develop a deep understanding of literature in English from the medieval period to the present day, as well as an awareness of how art has been produced and received.
You’ll combine core modules introducing you to the key approaches and themes of English literature and history of art with a wide range of optional modules, which span across nations and periods. The array of topics you could cover ranges from Arthurian literature to contemporary fiction and world theatre, aesthetics to museum studies, Buddhist monuments to the Danish “golden age”.
With so many galleries and museums nearby, such as the Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, as well as a vibrant cultural scene, it’s a fantastic place to discover these two different but complementary disciplines.
Leeds has plenty of excellent resources for studying English and the history of art. The world class Brotherton Library holds a wide variety of manuscript, archive and early printed material in its Special Collections– valuable assets for your independent research. Our additional library resources are also excellent, and the University Library offers a comprehensive training programme to help you make the most of them.

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Leeds (North Yorkshire)
Maurice Keyworth Building, The University Of Leeds, LS2 9JT

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About this course

Entry requirements
A-level: AAA including English (Literature, Language, or Language and Literature) and excluding General Studies or Critical Thinking.
Other course specific tests:
Where an applicant is taking the EPQ in a relevant subject this might be considered alongside other Level 3 qualifications and may attract an alternative offer in addition to the standard offer. If you are taking A Levels, this would be AAB at A Level including A in English (excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking) and grade A in the EPQ. possible applicants, regardless of personal circumstances or...

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Subjects

  • Interpretation
  • English
  • Art

Course programme

A joint honours degree allows you to study the same core topics as students on each single honours course, but you’ll take fewer optional and discovery modules so you can fit in both subjects.

In your first year, this means you’ll study core modules introducing you to key issues in the history of art as well as poetry, drama or prose in English.

This equips you with a firm foundation for the following two years, when you will choose to focus on specific periods from modules covering the full spectrum of English literature, from medieval romance to contemporary fiction. You’ll also select optional modules from a range which spans cultures and eras, including African art, the New York School and the art marketplace of today.

By your final year, you’ll have developed visual awareness alongside research, critical and analytical skills. You’ll have the chance to put them into practice when you complete your final year research project on a topic of your choice.

Course structure

These are typical modules/components studied and may change from time to time. Read more in our Terms and conditions.

Modules Year 1

Compulsory modules

  • A Story of Art? 1 20 credits
  • A Story of Art? 2 20 credits
  • Studying and Researching English 5 credits
  • Foundations of English Studies 20 credits
Optional modules
  • Prose: Reading and Interpretation 20 credits
  • Poetry: Reading and Interpretation 20 credits
  • Drama: Reading and Interpretation 20 credits

Year 2

Optional modules

  • The New York School 20 credits
  • Country Houses and the (Re)Construction of the Heritage Industry 1880-1950 20 credits
  • The Wanderers. Critical Realism in Nineteenth Century Russia 20 credits
  • Seeing in Asia 20 credits
  • Showing Asia 20 credits
  • Venice: Image and Imagination 20 credits
  • Variant Modernism 20 credits
  • The Art Market: Moments, Methodologies, Meanings 20 credits
  • Medieval Literature 20 credits
  • Eighteenth Century Literature 20 credits
  • Literature of the Romantic Period 20 credits
  • Renaissance Literature 20 credits
  • Shakespeare and Global Cinema 20 credits
  • African American Narrative: Eight Major Works 20 credits
  • Aesthetic Movements of the Nineteenth Century 20 credits
  • Surrealism and the French Stage 20 credits
  • Folklore and Mythology 20 credits
  • Victorian Literature 20 credits

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