English Literature/Politics

Course description

**ENGLISH LITERATURE**: - You will explore all aspects of literature in English, benefiting from our expertise in a wide range of areas, including American, Irish and postcolonial literatures, critical theory, creative writing, and the relationship between literature and other arts, media and science. You will benefit from access to the University’s world-class Hunterian collection and the Library’s Special Collections, with strengths in the 18th and 19th centuries, travel, illuminated manuscripts and significant single-author holdings.

**POLITICS**: - Politics is the study of the way power and influence are distributed within society and how this affects decision making within and among countries and states. You will study a wide variety of topics within the discipline of politics including courses in international relations, political theory and British politics. You will have the opportunity to take part in our growing study abroad programme.gramme.

Subjects

• Politics
• English
• English literature
• Literature
• Sixteenth-century literature
• Seventeenth-century literature
• Eighteenth-century literature
• Nineteenth-century literature
• American literature
• Dramatic literature
• Literary criticism
• Critical theory
• Literary research
• Literary studies
• Modern literature
• Poetry
• Romantic literature
• Medieval English literature
• Shakespeare studies
• Social sciences
• British politics
• European politics
• Policy studies
• International relations
• Strategic studies
• Area studies, languages and literature
• Arthurian literature
• Childrens literature
• Classical literature
• Commonwealth literature
• Comparative literature
• European literature
• Anglo-Saxon studies
• Humanities
• Comparative politics
• Diplomatic studies
• Middle Eastern politics
• Parliamentary studies
• Democratic studies
• Trade union studies
• Political economy
• Political theory
• International security