UCL English BA- I was offered Comparative Literature
I didn't get into BA English but they are offering me a place for comparative literature. I wasn't expecting to get in because my personal statement was geared towards a joint honours history and english degree so I'm happy that I have this option (I was actually considering asking to switch to complit if they just gave me BA English.)
I was wondering if anyone had the same experience and if it is possible to integrate history into a complit degree, since I know it's about analysing texts across different languages and times.
I was wondering if anyone had the same experience and if it is possible to integrate history into a complit degree, since I know it's about analysing texts across different languages and times.
Most courses let you take up to 30 credits outside your main area per year, and you can take most* history 30 credit modules as an external student. However they prioritise history students first in module selection so you can't be guaranteed a spot (and so for some more popular history modules you may not end up being able to take it in that year). I'm hoping to take a history module next year as a non-history student 
Outside of formal history modules, if you are just interested in studying non-contemporary literature then I believe there are options in comparative literature to do that anyway - for example various classics modules for classical literature in translation (or doing Greek or Latin and studying some in the original; or if you're very adventurous, Akkadian/Sumerian in HJS and read some Gilgamesh in the original
). The English department also offers Old/Middle English and then subsequently texts modules for OE/ME texts, although I believe those modules are often oversubscribed - I think comp. lit students get higher priority than other degree students as non-English degree students to take them but the English degree students still get first priority...?
I think there are various SELCS based literature/culture modules which take examples from a range of periods too in general (particularly in the Scandinavian studies section which as well as modules in Old Norse language/texts I think there are some on Scandinavian literature from Viking era onwards). There's also a module on "Texts in Archaeology" which might be interesting to you too in the IoA
Outside of formal history modules, if you are just interested in studying non-contemporary literature then I believe there are options in comparative literature to do that anyway - for example various classics modules for classical literature in translation (or doing Greek or Latin and studying some in the original; or if you're very adventurous, Akkadian/Sumerian in HJS and read some Gilgamesh in the original
). The English department also offers Old/Middle English and then subsequently texts modules for OE/ME texts, although I believe those modules are often oversubscribed - I think comp. lit students get higher priority than other degree students as non-English degree students to take them but the English degree students still get first priority...?I think there are various SELCS based literature/culture modules which take examples from a range of periods too in general (particularly in the Scandinavian studies section which as well as modules in Old Norse language/texts I think there are some on Scandinavian literature from Viking era onwards). There's also a module on "Texts in Archaeology" which might be interesting to you too in the IoA
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