Aims

• To understand the role of writing and of the writer in the construction of historical knowledge

• To identify and analyse historical narratives in literary and historical texts, in a range of forms and media

• To historicise changing practices of historical writing, and to evaluate historicism as a method of literary analysis

• To independently apply theoretical writings to the interpretation of literary and historical texts

 

Assessment

• 2 assessed responses of 500 words each (10% total, 5% each)
• 2 assessed papers of 1,000 words each (15% total, 7.5% each)
• 1 assessed essay of 4,000 words (25%)
• 2-hour exam (50%)