English Literature/Scottish History

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.

**SCOTTISH HISTORY**: - The study of history is the study of change and continuity in human society through time. Scottish history is the study of Scotland’s past. Scottish History at Glasgow boasts renowned researchers at the cutting edge of the discipline across all periods, from medieval to modern. The Centre for Scottish & Celtic Studies at Glasgow addresses Scottish history in a genuinely crossdisciplinary environment and students are encouraged to get involved.

Subjects

• Scottish studies
• English
• English literature
• Literature
• History
• British history
• Sixteenth-century literature
• Seventeenth-century literature
• Eighteenth-century literature
• Nineteenth-century literature
• American literature
• Dramatic literature
• European literature
• Literary criticism
• Critical theory
• Literary research
• Literary studies
• Modern literature
• Poetry
• Romantic literature
• Medieval English literature
• Shakespeare studies
• Contemporary history
• European history
• Social history
• Area studies, languages and literature
• Languages
• Arthurian literature
• Childrens literature
• Classical literature
• Commonwealth literature
• Comparative literature
• Anglo-Saxon studies
• Creative writing
• Humanities
• Social sciences
• Victorian studies
• Cultural history
• European cultural history
• Economic history
• Industrial history
• Renaissance history
• Historical research
• History of ideas
• Local history
• Modern history