to introduce students to key debates about the different, but potentially complementary, natures of literary and historical scholarship
to encourage students to bring together their understanding of historical phenomena, narrative structures, and the particularities of close textual analysis
to enable students to develop skills in detailed textual analysis in relation to a carefully-defined text or document
to enable students to develop skills in argument and analysis in relation to a clearly defined thematic focus
Module learning outcomes
have developed a critical understanding of the ways in which texts are constructed, the agenda that shaped their construction, the ways in which they have been read historically and may be read by modern scholars
be able to understand and implement an interdisciplinary methodology, and have developed an appropriate critical vocabulary to express this skill set
understand the requirements of the Bridge Essay in English and History
