How are we to live? What is justice? How can our minds know the world? What is truth? Can we prove anything about God? How do we tell good reasoning from bad?The study of philosophy considers these questions in a systematic attempt to make sense of human life and the world in which we live. And literature is another, equally important way that we try to make sense of human life and the questions it raises.In this course you will discover how these two disciplines spark off each other to deepen your understanding of both. You’ll discover how philosophers and writers explore existential aspects of the human condition in diverse ways. You’ll examine the literary artistry of thinkers such as Plato and Nietzsche, who invite us into philosophy in exciting and unexpected ways. And you’ll discuss how novels, poems and dramatic works uncover special kinds of truth about the world.**Course Structure****Year 1**Your first year of study will provide you with a well-balanced mix of literature and philosophy modules. In both, you’ll be invited to look at the past to see how we came to where we are now, with compulsory modules: Literature in History I and II, Classic Readings in Philosophy and Modern Readings in Philosophy.In our Reading Texts: Tutorial Class compulsory module you’ll undertake close literary criticism with an assigned tutor. Your tutor’s specialism will define the texts your class studies, and you’ll discover and practise a range of reading techniques and methods for approaching texts.In your second semester you’ll be able to choose one further philosophy module.**Year 2**By the time you enter your second year, you will have discovered where your best talents lie and you’ll be equipped to choose from the wide range of philosophy and literature modules on offer. You will choose six modules, not less than two and not more than four from each of literature and philosophy. This allows you to shift the balance a little towards one subject or the other.Your one compulsory module will be our keystone module Literature and Philosophy, in which you will be taught by lecturers and tutors from both Philosophy and from the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing. In it, you’ll study topics such as the literary style of Plato, historicism and folktale and deconstruction.In addition to the usual areas of philosophy that we offer to second year students – such as ethics, philosophy of language, philosophy of religion, and various thinkers and texts from ancient or modern philosophy – there are also some unique UEA specialisms such as environmental philosophy, explorations in the connections between philosophy and film, and modules that make links with political theory.In Literature there’s an immense choice of modules, many of which will allow you to step beyond the literature that you have met before, or to approach the familiar with unfamiliar questions.**Year 3**In your final year you’ll choose two advanced modules from literature and two from philosophy. The modules will involve a higher degree of independent study, allowing you to take the subject to a greater depth. You can choose to progress some of the areas that you explored in your second year, explore new areas and issues, or take a mixture of the two.In addition to the main modules we offer across the spectrum of philosophy and literature, your final year will give you the option to undertake either a dissertation with one-to-one supervision, or a special subject, in which you and a few fellow students will work with a tutor on an area of mutual interest. If you choose the dissertation route, your subject matter can be philosophical or a literary topic, or a question that combines the two.**Disclaimer**Course details are subject to change. You should always confirm the det