History and comparative literature ba (hons)

Structure

You can complete your History and Comparative Literature degree in three or four years.

• Year 1
• Year 2
• Year 3

Year 1 Compulsory

• Critical Thinking and Writing for Comparative Literature
• History in Practice
• Introduction to Comparison
• Introduction to Literature
• The Scene of Learning
• Understanding Culture: An Introduction to Cultural Theory

Choose from

• Europe in a Global Context: 1800 to the present
• Unravelling Britain: 1800 to the present

And two from

• An Age of Revolution
• Building the American Nation: The US 1765–1890
• Europe and the Wider World since 1800

Please note that all modules are subject to change.

Year 2 Compulsory

• The Scene of Reading

Choose from

• History of Western Political Thought
• Modern Political Thought

Choose from

• A Century of Extremes: Germany 1890 - 1990
• A History of Terror in the Modern Age 1858-2008
• Approaches to Fairy Tales
• Colonial Literatures, Post-Colonial Perspectives
• European Tragedy: Renaissance to 20th Century
• From the Tsars to the Bolsheviks: Russia 1801-1921
• Kingdoms, Empires, and Colonisation in African History
• Photography and Narrative
• The American Century: The History of the United States, 1900-2000

Please note that all modules are subject to change.

Year 3 Compulsory

• History Special Subject (this includes a dissertation) in one of the following subjects
• Making Thatcher's Britain: the Thatcher Revolution, 1975-1997
• The French Civil War 1934-1944
• The Kennedy Years
• The Scene of Writing
• The War on Terror

Choose from

• Art since 1965: from the Rejection of Modernism to Postmodernism
• British Horror: Film Television and Literature
• Comparative Literature Research Project
• Comparative Modernisms: the Case of China and India
• Japanese Film: History, Culture and Fantasy
• Narratives of the Raj
• Touch and Read: The Five Senses in Literary Modernism

Please note that all modules are subject to change.

Study options

Apply for this degree with any of the following options. Take care to use the correct UCAS code - it may not be possible to change your selection later.

Year abroad

Go global and spend your third academic year abroad. Queen Mary has links with universities in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia (partnerships vary for each degree programme).

Find out more about study abroad opportunities at Queen Mary and what the progression requirements are.