BA seminar

The aims of the Bachelor Seminar are:

-) to develop skills connected with the choice of field of study;

-) to develop the ability of writing a bachelor's thesis in agreement with the requirements for this type of work;

-) to develop the knowledge and academic skills in accordance with the field of study of the particular seminar group

TRANSLATION STUDIES ()

The course will prepare students for choosing a research topic and a theoretical framework for the analysis of a selected literary or audiovisual translation. In the winter semester, an overview of major issues in translation studies will be presented, with special regard to their usefulness in translation studies research. Theoretical readings will be supplemented with exercises in translation and translation evaluation designed to hone skills in critical translation analysis.

In the summer semester, the seminar will be centred around in-class presentations of students' progress and individual meetings with the supervisor. Students will select and investigate a problem within the field of Translation Studies with the use of methodologies accepted and recognised in the discipline. Thesis-related issues will be developed under the guidance of the supervisor, who will offer help in narrowing down the topic, finding relevant sources, and applying the selected theoretical approach. The proposed spectrum of topics covers linguistic, functionalist, cultural and reception-focused aspects of literary and audiovisual translation. Students are also encouraged to perform and describe their own translations. The preliminary results of the student's research or their ongoing translation project will be presented to the group. During a series of individual meetings with the supervisor, the thesis will be gradually submitted for review and correction.

LITERARY STUDIES (dr Hetman)

This seminar aims to present students with the main currents in the contemporary anglophone novel. The students will read and analyze a selection of novels, each from a different cultural milieu, different in terms of themes and popular methodological approaches. This will help students determine their field of interest and help to write a bachelor's thesis.

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 summer, the class will be centred around individual meetings to monitor progress of students' research and writing and prepare them for thesis defense.

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.

This part of the BA seminar is specifically focused on the students’ completing empirical part of their studies and finalising their BA studies.

• Conducting empirical studies

• Analysing the obtained results – qualitatively and quantitively

• Discussing the results

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

For volunteers: assistance with experiments run by Center for Language Evolution studies; learning the eye-tracking, motion-capture and GSR technology.

TRANSLATION STUDIES ()

Required reading

Venuti, Lawrence. 2000. The Translation Studies Reader. New York: Routledge.

Munday, Jeremy. 2010. Introducing Translation Studies. New York: Routledge.

Optional texts

Hatim, B. i J. Munday. Translation. An Advanced Resource Book. Londyn: Routledge, 2004.

Munday, J. Introducing Translation Studies. Londyn: Routledge, 2001.

Pym, Anthony. 2010. Exploring Translation Theories. New York: Routledge.

Venuti, L. The Translation Studies Reader. Londyn: Routledge, 2000.

Williams, J i A. Chesterman. The Map. A Beginner’s Guide to Doing Research in Translation Studies. Manchester: St. Jerome, 2002.

Baker, Mona. 1998. Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies.

London and New York: Routledge

Students are required to follow the stylesheet in formatting their work.

LITERARY STUDIES (dr Hetman)

Required texts:

J. M. Coetzee Disgrace (any edition)

Philip Roth, American Pastoral (any edition)

Terry Eagleton, 1996. Literary Theory. An Introduction. Oxford: Blackwell

Additional reading:

Jonathan Culler, 1997. Literary Theory. A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

CULTURAL STUDIES (dr Nelly Strehlau)

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

Literature calibrated to BA projects

Additional materials

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

Additional texts made available depending on students' research interests.

TRANSLATION STUDIES ()

Summer semester:

- in-class presentation of the proposed BA topic (20%)

- progress on the BA project (80%)

with the following grades:

0 – 59% – niedostateczny

60 – 69 % – dostateczny

70 – 75 % – dostateczny plus

76 – 85 % – dobry

86 – 90% – dobry plus

91 – 100 – bardzo dobry

LITERARY STUDIES (dr Hetman)

Grading methods:

- a presentation on BA research (10%)

- BA project assessment (15%)

- active participation in class (25%)

- progress on BA thesis (50%)

with the following grades:

0 – 59% – niedostateczny

60 – 69 % – dostateczny

70 – 75 % – dostateczny plus

76 – 85 % – dobry

86 – 90% – dobry plus

91 – 100 – bardzo dobry

CULTURAL STUDIES (dr Nelly Strehlau)

Graded credit based on:

Progress on BA thesis and assigned tasks, on time (delivering fragments of BA thesis within specified deadlines) (W1, U1, U2, U3, U4, U5) : 60%

- a presentation on BA research (W1, U1, U3, U4): 10%

- active participation in class (K1): 30%

with the following grades:

0 – 59% – 2

60 – 69 % – 3

70 – 75 % – 3+

76 – 85 % – 4

86 – 90% – 4+

91 – 100 – 5

EXPERIMENTAL LINGUSTICS (dr Marta Sibierska)

Grading methods:

- progress on BA thesis and assigned tasks, on time: 60%

- a presentation on BA research: 10%

- active participation in class: 30%

Grading scale

0 – 59% – 2

60 – 69 % – 3

70 – 75 % – 3+

76 – 85 % – 4

86 – 90% – 4+

91 – 100 – 5

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The aims of the Bachelor Seminar are:

-) to develop skills connected with the choice of field of study;

-) to develop the ability of writing a bachelor's thesis in agreement with the requirements for this type of work;

-) to develop the knowledge and academic skills in accordance with the field of study of the particular seminar group

In 2021/2022 summer term, the class may be conducted remotely with the use of remote teaching and testing methods, primarily through the Moodle and BigBlueButton or MS Teams platforms, pending decisions of the university authorities.

Click on "Seminar, 30 hours → more information" for additional notes about 2021/2022 cycle.

The aims of the Bachelor Seminar are:

-) to develop skills connected with the choice of field of study;

-) to develop the ability of writing a bachelor's thesis in agreement with the requirements for this type of work;

-) to develop the knowledge and academic skills in accordance with the field of study of the particular seminar group

In 2022/2023 summer term, the class is scheduled to be conducted in person, however, it may be conducted remotely with the use of remote teaching and testing methods, primarily through the Moodle and BigBlueButton or MS Teams platforms, pending decisions of the university authorities.

Click on "Seminar, 30 hours → more information" for additional notes about 2022/2023 cycle.

The aims of the Bachelor Seminar are:

-) to develop skills connected with the choice of field of study;

-) to develop the ability of writing a bachelor's thesis in agreement with the requirements for this type of work;

-) to develop the knowledge and academic skills in accordance with the field of study of the particular seminar group

In 2022/2023 summer term, the class is scheduled to be conducted in person, however, it may be conducted remotely with the use of remote teaching and testing methods, primarily through the Moodle and BigBlueButton or MS Teams platforms, pending decisions of the university authorities.

Click on "Seminar, 30 hours → more information" for additional notes about 2022/2023 cycle.