Specialisation seminar II: Literary studies

Students select a seminar matching their choice of the MA seminar and prospective MA topic. Sample subjects include translation studies, applied linguistics, analysis of literary texts, methodology of teaching English as a foreign language, text editing.

Sample content distribution:

Introduction to a given field of literary/linguistic research

Research-based / theme-based / problem-based work

Assignments

Presentation of projects

Feedback and conclusion

Generic assessment methods:

K_U13 - test

K_U11, K_U04, K_K03 - progress reports on project work, culminating in graded report or presentation of project results

Assessment criteria:

fail – 0-59 %

satisfactory – 60-69 %

satisfactory plus – 70-75 %

good – 76-85 %

good plus – 86-90 %

very good – 91-100 %

The seminar will cover:

- techniques of close reading,

- literary uses of typography and layout,

- the literary use of sound symbolism and sound effects,

- wordplay and verbal humour,

- rhythm and rhyme in poetry and prose,

- diction in literary texts,

- the notion of literary style and mind style,

- techniques of characterization,

- narrative techniques.

The above list may be modified to fit the prospective MA topics researched by the students.

Students will be graded on the basis of:

- a test involving the analysis of previously unfamiliar excerpts from literary works with the use of specialised terminology (50%)

- in-class work and analysis of selected excerpts of a literary work presented in class (50%)