BA seminar

EXPERIMENTAL LINGUSTICS (dr Marta Sibierska)

BA seminar is focused on the selection of problems that the student will pursue in their BA study based on literature review, calibrate methodology to these problems; formulate research questions and hypotheses that will organise their study.

CULTURAL STUDIES (dr Nelly Strehlau)

This seminar aims to help students narrow down their field of interest and write a bachelor's thesis on English-language texts of culture, with a particular focus on television, film or other media.

LITERARY STUDIES AND TRANSLATION STUDIES:

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LITERARY STUDIES (dr Jarosław Hetman)

The seminar is aimed to help students prepare to write a well-researched and insightful BA Thesis in the field of literary studies. The seminar will help students choose an appropriate topic, select a fitting methodological approach and prepare them for delivering a comprehensive analysis of the selected works of literature.

The classes will be divided into two parts: 1. a practical part focusing on the individual and collective challenges of writing a successful MA Thesis and 2. a part devoted to studying and discussing of selected reading material, both literary theory, and literary works.

CULTURAL STUDIES (dr Nelly Strehlau)

This seminar aims to help students narrow down their field of interest and write a bachelor's thesis on English-language texts of culture, with a particular focus on television, film or other media. The seminar will help students choose an appropriate methodological approach and subsequently use it in analysis and interpretation of individually selected cultural texts.

In winter, the class will include an introduction to selected approaches in cultural studies, based on assigned reading, group presentations and individual meetings to discuss students' projects.

The course is supplemented by a Moodle course.

EXPERIMENTAL LINGUSTICS (dr Marta Sibierska)

BA seminar is focused on the selection of problems that the student will pursue in their BA study based on literature review, calibrate methodology to these problems; formulate research questions and hypotheses that will organise their study.

The course’s agenda:

• The structure of a BA study

• Introduction to experimental research

• Experimental methods in studying linguistic communication

• Presentation of first chapters of students’ BA projects.

The scope and range of topics will be adjusted to the research interests of the students.

TRANSLATION STUDIES (dr Ewa Kościałkowska-Okońska):

See above

CULTURAL STUDIES (dr Nelly Strehlau)

Selected chapters from:

Jonathan Bignell, An Introduction to Television Studies. New York-London: Routledge. 2013.

Meenakshi Gigi Durham and Douglas M. Kellner (eds.) Media and Cultural Studies: KeyWorks. Malden-Oxford, Blackwell Publishing, 2006.

John Fiske, Television Culture 2nd Edition. London-New York: Routledge, 2011.

Simon Malpas and Paul Wake (eds), The Routledge Companion to Critical and Cultural Theory. London-New York: Routledge, 2013.

Angela McRobbie, The Aftermath of Feminism: Gender, Culture and Social Change. Los Angeles-London-New Delhi-Singapore-Washington: Sage, 2009.

Additional texts made available depending on students' research interests.

EXPERIMENTAL LINGUSTICS (dr Marta Sibierska)

Literature

Coolican, H. 2017. Research methods and statistics in psychology. London: Psychology Press.

Winter, B. 2019. Statistics for linguists: An introduction using R. London: Routledge, 2019.

Cobley, P., Schulz, P. (Eds.) (2013). Theories and models of communication (Vol. 1). The Hague: Walter de Gruyter.

RStudio. https://www.rstudio.com

Additional materials

Articles from the EAORC list: http://martinedwardes.me.uk/eaorc/

Additional texts made available depending on students' research interests.

LITERARY AND TRANSLATION STUDIES:

See above.

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EXPERIMENTAL LINGUSTICS (dr Marek Placiński)

BA seminar is focused on the selection of problems that the student will pursue in their BA study based on literature review, calibrate methodology to these problems; formulate research questions and hypotheses that will organise their study.

CULTURAL STUDIES (dr Nelly Strehlau)

This seminar aims to help students narrow down their field of interest and write a bachelor's thesis on English-language texts of culture, with a particular focus on television, film or other media.

LITERARY STUDIES (dr Joanna Antoniak)

The aim of this seminar is to aid students in preparing and writing a bachelor’s thesis in the field of literary studies. The seminar will help students formulate the topic of their thesis, choose appropriate and fitting methodological approach and, finally, conduct analysis and interpretation of selected literary works.

TRANSLATION STUDIES:

See above

LITERARY STUDIES (dr Joanna Antoniak)

The aim of this seminar is to aid students in preparing and writing a bachelor’s thesis in the field of literary studies. The seminar will help students formulate the topic of their thesis, choose appropriate and fitting methodological approach and, finally, conduct analysis and interpretation of selected literary works.

During the winter semester, the course will focus predominantly on two aspects: the structure of a BA thesis/study and the introduction of selected approaches in literary studies (psychoanalysis and trauma theory, feminist theory, gender and queer studies, and race theory and postcolonial studies); the range of topics can be adjusted to the research interests of the students.

The course is supplemented by a Moodle course.

CULTURAL STUDIES (dr Nelly Strehlau)

This seminar aims to help students narrow down their field of interest and write a bachelor's thesis on English-language texts of culture, with a particular focus on television, film or other media. The seminar will help students choose an appropriate methodological approach and subsequently use it in analysis and interpretation of individually selected cultural texts.

In winter, the class will include an introduction to selected approaches in cultural studies, based on assigned reading, group presentations and individual meetings to discuss students' projects.

The course is supplemented by a Moodle course. https://moodle.umk.pl/course/view.php?id=5474

EXPERIMENTAL LINGUSTICS (dr Marek Placiński)

BA seminar is focused on the selection of problems that the student will pursue in their BA study based on literature review, calibrate methodology to these problems; formulate research questions and hypotheses that will organise their study.

The course’s agenda:

• The structure of a BA study

• Introduction to experimental research

• Experimental methods in studying linguistic communication

• Presentation of first chapters of students’ BA projects.

The scope and range of topics will be adjusted to the research interests of the students.

TRANSLATION STUDIES

See above

LITERARY STUDIES (dr Joanna Antoniak)

Selected chapters from:

Julie Rivkin and Michael Ryan (eds.). 2004. Literary Theory: An Anthology. Second Edition. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.​

Donald E. Hall and Annamarie Jagose (eds.). 2013. The Routledge Queer Studies Reader. London and New York: Routledge.​

Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths, and Helen Tiffin (eds.). 2003. The Post-Colonial Studies Reader. London and New York: Routledge..​

The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud. Volume XIV. London: The Hogarth Press.​

Additional texts made available depending on students' research interests.

The theoretical material will be supplemented with a selection of literary texts.

CULTURAL STUDIES (dr Nelly Strehlau)

Selected chapters from:

Jonathan Bignell, An Introduction to Television Studies. New York-London: Routledge. 2013.

Meenakshi Gigi Durham and Douglas M. Kellner (eds.) Media and Cultural Studies: KeyWorks. Malden-Oxford, Blackwell Publishing, 2006.

John Fiske, Television Culture 2nd Edition. London-New York: Routledge, 2011.

Simon Malpas and Paul Wake (eds), The Routledge Companion to Critical and Cultural Theory. London-New York: Routledge, 2013.

Angela McRobbie, The Aftermath of Feminism: Gender, Culture and Social Change. Los Angeles-London-New Delhi-Singapore-Washington: Sage, 2009.

Additional texts made available depending on students' research interests.

EXPERIMENTAL LINGUSTICS (dr Marek Placiński)

Literature

Coolican, H. 2017. Research methods and statistics in psychology. London: Psychology Press.

Winter, B. 2019. Statistics for linguists: An introduction using R. London: Routledge, 2019.

Cobley, P., Schulz, P. (Eds.) (2013). Theories and models of communication (Vol. 1). The Hague: Walter de Gruyter.

RStudio. https://www.rstudio.com

Additional materials

Articles from the EAORC list: http://martinedwardes.me.uk/eaorc/

Additional texts made available depending on students' research interests.

TRANSLATION STUDIES:

See above.

Click on "Seminar, 30 hours → more information" for additional notes about 2023/2024 cycle.