MA seminar

MA SEMINAR IN LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES (dr hab. Edyta Lorek-Jezińska, prof. UMK) (2021/2022)

In the first year of the seminar students are introduced to selected concepts and theories employed in MA research and in the process of writing MA dissertations in the field of cultural and literary studies; the first semester of the seminar is devoted to the discussion of recent trends in the field of cultural and literary studies connected to the students' MA projects: the seminar might focus on such topics as intertextuality and adaptation, trauma, post-apocalypse, ecocriticism, transmedia and participatory culture, fan fiction, myth and fairy tale, madness and melancholia. In the second semester students will be expected to formulate their research problem within the field of literature or culture (or their practical applications), choose the method and theory, create a preliminary bibliography and begin writing their first chapter.

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MA SEMINAR IN LITERARY STUDIES (dr Jarosław Hetman ) (2021/2022)

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 master's thesis.

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MA SEMINAR IN TRANSLATION STUDIES (dr Dorota Guttfeld) (2021/2022)

The course will prepare students for choosing a research topic and a theoretical framework for the analysis of a selected translation, with a focus on quantitative methods of building corpora, preparing texts for digital processing and analysing them with the use of software tools. Theoretical readings will be supplemented with exercises in translation analysis.

Suggested course arrangement:

1) Course requirements, assessment procedures, ideas for individual or joint research projects

2) Individual meetings 1: theoretical readings assigned, projects outlined

3) Individual meetings 2: theoretical readings assigned, projects outlined

4) Individual meetings 3: theoretical readings assigned, projects discussed

5) Individual meetings 4: theoretical readings assigned, projects discussed

6) Research project presentation 1

7) Research project presentation 2

8) Research project presentation 3

9) Research project presentation 4

10) Presentation QA and feedback

11) Individual meetings 1: MA projects outlined

12) Individual meetings 2: MA projects outlined

13) Individual meetings 3: MA projects outlined

14) Individual meetings 4: MA projects outlined

15) Submitting outlines and reference sections, summer break assignments

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MA SEMINAR IN LINGUISTICS (dr hab. Waldemar Skrzypczak 2021/2022)

The students will elaborate their analyses of selected texts and provide results in the form of mini-essays and presentations. They will be guided towards a better analytical awareness of the processes underlying textual dimensions and their cognitive aspects in particular.

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MA SEMINAR IN EDITING STUDIES (Dr. Grzegorz Koneczniak)

The seminar, in the second semester, is divided into class and individual meetings.

During class meetings, the students will have the possibility to present their research ideas and projects. During individual meetings, the students will be asked to discuss their ideas concerning MA subjects, bibliography, and content.

Suggested course arrangement:

• Course requirements and assessment procedures

• Individual meetings 1

• Individual meetings 2

• Individual meetings 3

• Presentation and text analysis 1

• Presentation and text analysis 2

• Presentation and text analysis 3

• Individual consultations

• Presentation and text analysis 4

• Presentation and text analysis 5

• Presentation and text analysis 6

• Individual consultations / feedback

• Individual consultations / feedback

• Individual consultations / feedback

MA SEMINAR IN LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES (dr hab. Edyta Lorek-Jezińska, prof. UMK) (2021/2022)

Assessment methods:

MA research material presentation - W1,2,3,4, U1, U2, U3, K1

MA research problem, detailed outline, extended bibliography - W1,2,3,4, U1, U2, U3, K1

the draft version of 7-8 pages of MA thesis - W1,2,3,4, U1, U2, U3, K1

Assessment criteria:

The final grade consists of the mark for:

MA research material presentation (30% of the final grade)

theory assignment (20% of the final grade)

MA research problem, detailed outline, expanded bibliography (20% of the final grade)

the draft version of 7-8 pages of MA thesis (30% of the final grade)

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MA SEMINAR IN LITERARY STUDIES (dr Jarosław Hetman ) (2021/2022)

Grading methods:

- a presentation on MA research (10%)

- MA project assessment (15%)

- active participation in class (25%)

- progress on MA 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

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MA SEMINAR IN LITERARY STUDIES (dr Dorota Guttfeld) (2021/2022)

Grading methods:

- presentation of a selected issue in translation studies (individual or joint project) and answers to questions posed by other students (40%)

- active participation in the class and feedback on other students' presentation (written questions / comments: 20%)

- proposal for an MA project involving quantitative analysis of translation-related phenomena (introduction, outline and references: 40%)

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

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MA SEMINAR IN EDITING STUDIES (Dr. Grzegorz Koneczniak)

Graded credit:

80 percent: MA passage submission

20 percent: presentation preparation and selection of texts for in-class analysis

0 – 59% – niedostateczny

60 – 69 % – dostateczny

70 – 75 % – dostateczny plus

76 – 85 % – dobry

86 – 90% – dobry plus

91 – 100 – bardzo dobry

MA SEMINAR IN LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES (dr hab. Edyta Lorek-Jezińska)

The aim of the MA seminar is to assist students in the process of researching and writing their MA theses in the field of cultural and literary studies.

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MA SEMINAR IN TRANSLATION STUDIES (dr Ewa Kościałkowska-Okońska)

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MA SEMINAR IN LINGUISTICS (dr Sławomir Wacewicz)

MA SEMINAR IN LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES (dr hab. Edyta Lorek-Jezińska)

Eder, Jens. 2015."Transmediality and the politics of adaptation" The Politics of Adaptation: Media Convergence and Ideology. Ed. Dan Hassler-Forest, Pascal Nicklas. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

McArthur, J.A. "Digital Subculture: A Geek Meaning of Style". Journal of Communication Inquiry, Volume 33 Number 1, January 2009. 58-70.

Heffernan,Teresa. 2008. "Introduction: Post-Apocalyptic Culture", Post- Apocalyptic Culture, University of Toronto.

Hellekson, Karen, Kristina Busse. 2014. The Fan Fiction Studies Reader. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press.

Howarth, William. 1995. "Some Principles of Ecocriticism". The Ecocriticism Reader. Ed. Cheryl Glotfelty, Harold Fromm. University of Georgia Press.

Jenkins, Henry: "Scribbling in the margins: Fan readers/fan writers", Textual Poachers, 1992 (fragments)

Jenkins, Henry: "Transmedia story telling" http://henryjenkins.org/2007/03/transmedia_storytelling_101.html

Peterson, Kaara. 1998. Framing Ophelia: Representation and the pictorial tradition. Mosaic : a Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature. Winnipeg: Sep 1998.Vol. 31, Iss. 3.

Plett, Heinrech, F. 1991. “Intertextualities”. Intertextuality. Ed. H.F. Plett. Berlin, NY: Walter de Gruyter, 3-8, 17-27.

Sanders, Julie. 2006. Adaptation and Appropriation. London: Routledge.

Sellers, Susan. 2001. "Theories of Myth" in Myth and Fairy Tale in Contemporary Women's Fiction. London: Palgrave.

Wald, Christina. 2007. Hysteria, Trauma and Melancholia: Performative Maladies in Contemporary Anglophone Drama. Basinstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Jack Zipes: "Fairy-Tale Collisions or the Explosion of the Genre", The Irresistible Fairy Tale. 2012. (110-126)

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MA SEMINAR IN TRANSLATION STUDIES (dr Ewa Kościałkowska-Okońska)

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MA SEMINAR IN LINGUISTICS (dr Sławomir Wacewicz)

MA SEMINAR IN LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES (dr hab. Anna Branach-Kallas, porf. UMK)

Students are introduced to the methods, concepts and theories commonly employed in MA research and in the process of writing MA dissertations in the field of cultural and literary studies; during the first year of the seminar, students will explore recent trends in the field of cultural and literary studies. During the first term, students are required to choose the topic of their MA dissertation. To complete the second term, students are required to present their preliminary research in class and to submit the first chapter of their MA dissertation.

Potential MA dissertations might focus on literature and film analysis, historical and cultural problems, as well as issues in cultural and literary theory.

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MA SEMINAR IN TRANSLATION STUDIES (dr Ewa Kościałkowska-Okońska)

The course focuses on selecting a problem existing within the field of Translation Studies and preparing a Master’s thesis related with the given problem, with the use of methodologies accepted and recognised in the discipline. Thesis-related issues are further developer in subsequent chapters following the supervisor’s guidance. The proposed spectrum of topics covers brief overview of the history of translation, the linguistic, cultural (functionalist) and cognitive approaches, the concept of equivalence, norm and translation competence, specialist languages, translation of non-literary texts or interpreting.

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MA SEMINAR IN LINGUISTICS (dr hab. Waldemar Skrzypczak)

As in part A. Text linguistics and Cognitive Linguistics will provide the theoretical base for analytical and interpretive explorations.

MA SEMINAR IN LINGUISTICS (dr Sławomir Wacewicz)

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MA SEMINAR IN CULTURAL AND LITERARY STUDIES (dr hab. Katarzyna Więckowska)

As in part A.

MA SEMINAR IN LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES (dr hab. Edyta Lorek-Jezińska) (2019/20)

The aim of the MA seminar is to assist students in the process of researching and writing their MA theses in the field of cultural and literary studies.

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MA SEMINAR IN TRANSLATION STUDIES (dr Ewa Kościałkowska-Okońska)

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MA SEMINAR IN LINGUISTICS (dr Sławomir Wacewicz)

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MA SEMINAR IN LINGUISTICS (dr hab. Waldemar Skrzypczak)

The seminar is designed for the students interested in text analysis. A diversity of texts (literary and non-literary texts) will provide the starting point for a research project depending on personal interests and preferences of individual students.

MA SEMINAR IN LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES (dr hab. Edyta Lorek-Jezińska) (2019/20)

Selected bibliography, subject to change, depending on the students' choices of research areas:

Eder, Jens. 2015."Transmediality and the politics of adaptation" The Politics of Adaptation: Media Convergence and Ideology. Ed. Dan Hassler-Forest, Pascal Nicklas. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

McArthur, J.A. "Digital Subculture: A Geek Meaning of Style". Journal of Communication Inquiry, Volume 33 Number 1, January 2009. 58-70.

Heffernan,Teresa. 2008. "Introduction: Post-Apocalyptic Culture", Post- Apocalyptic Culture, University of Toronto.

Hellekson, Karen, Kristina Busse. 2014. The Fan Fiction Studies Reader. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press.

Howarth, William. 1995. "Some Principles of Ecocriticism". The Ecocriticism Reader. Ed. Cheryl Glotfelty, Harold Fromm. University of Georgia Press.

Jenkins, Henry: "Scribbling in the margins: Fan readers/fan writers", Textual Poachers, 1992 (fragments)

Jenkins, Henry: "Transmedia story telling" http://henryjenkins.org/2007/03/transmedia_storytelling_101.html

Peterson, Kaara. 1998. Framing Ophelia: Representation and the pictorial tradition. Mosaic : a Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature. Winnipeg: Sep 1998.Vol. 31, Iss. 3.

Plett, Heinrech, F. 1991. “Intertextualities”. Intertextuality. Ed. H.F. Plett. Berlin, NY: Walter de Gruyter, 3-8, 17-27.

Sanders, Julie. 2006. Adaptation and Appropriation. London: Routledge.

Sellers, Susan. 2001. "Theories of Myth" in Myth and Fairy Tale in Contemporary Women's Fiction. London: Palgrave.

Wald, Christina. 2007. Hysteria, Trauma and Melancholia: Performative Maladies in Contemporary Anglophone Drama. Basinstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Jack Zipes: "Fairy-Tale Collisions or the Explosion of the Genre", The Irresistible Fairy Tale. 2012. (110-126)

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MA SEMINAR IN TRANSLATION STUDIES (dr Ewa Kościałkowska-Okońska)

Baker, Mona. 1998. Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies. London and New York: Routledge.

Baker, Mona. 1992. In Other Words. A Coursebook on Translation. London: Routledge.

Danks, Joseph H. et al. (eds.). 1997. Cognitive Processes in Translation and Interpreting. Thousand Oaks, London, New Delhi: Sage.

Gile, Daniel. 1995. Basic Concepts and Models for Interpreter and Translator Training. Amsterdam/ Philadelphia: John Benjamins.

Kussmaul, Paul. 1995. Training the Translator. Amsterdam: Philadelphia: John Benjamins.

Lörscher, Wolfgang. 1991. Translation Performance, Translation Process, and Translation Strategies. Tübingen: Gunter Narr Verlag

Malmkjær, Kirsten. (ed.). 1998. Translation and Language Teaching. St Jerome Publishing

Munday, Jeremy. 2001. 'Introducing Translation Studies: Theories and Applications'. London and New York: Routledge

Nord, Christiane. 1997. Translating as a Purposeful Activity. Functionalist Approaches Explained. Manchester: St Jerome Publishing

Snell-Hornby, Mary. 1988. Translation Studies-an integrated approach. Amsterdam/ Philadelphia: John Benjamins.

Wilss, Wolfram. 1996. Knowledge and Skills in Translator Behavior. John Benjamins Publishing Company. Amsterdam/ Philadelphia.

MA SEMINAR IN LINGUISTICS (dr hab. Waldemar Skrzypczak)

Skrzypczak, Waldemar. 2006. “On Text Linguistics: some terminological distinctions.” NKJO w Toruniu, Silva Rerum. Nr 6/7, 63-71.

Skrzypczak, Waldemar. 2006. “Alternate Construals, Duals and Selective Projections.” Worlds in the Making Constructivism and Postmodern Knowledge, red. Edyta Lorek-Jezińska, Teresa Siek-Piskozub i Katarzyna Więckowska. Toruń: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika, 67-85

Skrzypczak, Waldemar. 2007. “Cognitive Stylistics: Towards Dimensions of Uniqueness and Novelty in Textual Imagery.” Multiculturalism, at the Start of 21st Century, red. Krystyna Kujawińska-Courtney i Maria A. Łukowska. Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 371-383.

Skrzypczak, Waldemar. 2008. „Metaphor as a dynamic asymmetry.” Philologica Wratislaviensa: From Grammar to Discourse. Metaphor and Cognition, red. Zdzisław Wąsik and Tomasz Komendziński. Frankfut am Main: Peter Lang, 53-62

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MA SEMINAR IN LINGUISTICS (dr Sławomir Wacewicz)

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MA SEMINAR IN CULTURAL AND LITERARY STUDIES (dr hab. Katarzyna Więckowska)

As in part A.

MA SEMINAR IN LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES (dr hab. Anna Branach-Kallas, prof. UMK) (2020/2021)

In the first year of the seminar students are introduced to selected concepts and theories employed in MA research and in the process of writing MA dissertations in the field of cultural and literary studies; the first semester of the seminar is devoted to the discussion of recent trends in the field of cultural and literary studies connected to the students' MA projects: the seminar will focus on such topics as gender, postmodernmism and intertextuality, war, ethics, trauma,postcolonialism, migration and diaspora, affects and medical humanities.

In the second semester students will be expected to formulate their research problem within the field of literature or culture (or their practical applications), choose the method and theory, create a preliminary bibliography and complete their first chapter

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MA SEMINAR IN CULTURAL AND LITERARY STUDIES (dr hab. Katarzyna Więckowska)

The aim of the MA seminar is to introduce students to selected research methods, problems and theories in the field of cultural and literary studies. In the summer term, students are expected to formulate their research problem, present their MA project and prepare introductory parts of the MA thesis.

MA SEMINAR IN LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES (dr hab. Anna Branach-Kallas, prof. UMK)

Expand detailed information on the Seminar for additional notes about the 2020/2021 cycle

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MA SEMINAR IN LINGUISTICS (dr hab. Sławomir Wacewicz, prof. UMK) (2020/2021)

Expand detailed information on the Seminar for additional notes about the 2020/2021 cycle

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MA SEMINAR IN CULTURAL AND LITERARY STUDIES (dr hab. Katarzyna Więckowska)

Expand detailed information on the Seminar for additional notes about the 2020/2021 cycle

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MA SEMINAR IN TRANSLATION STUDIES (dr Monika Linke-Ratuszny) (2020/2021)

Expand detailed information on the Seminar for additional notes about the 2020/2021 cycle

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MA SEMINAR IN TRANSLATION STUDIES (dr Dorota Guttfeld) (2021/2022)

As in part "A".

MA SEMINAR IN LINGUISTICS (dr hab. Waldemar Skrzypczak 2021/2022)

AS IN PART A.

Expand detailed information on the available seminars for additional notes about the 2021/2022 cycle.

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MA SEMINAR IN TRANSLATION STUDIES (dr Dorota Guttfeld) (2021/2022)

As in part "A".

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MA SEMINAR IN LINGUISTICS (dr hab. Waldemar Skrzypczak, 2021/2022)

as in PART A.

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MA SEMINAR IN TRANSLATION STUDIES (dr Dorota Guttfeld) (2021/2022)

As in part "A".

MA SEMINAR IN LINGUISTICS (dr hab. Waldemar Skrzypczak 2021/2022)

AS IN PART A.

Expand detailed information on the available seminars for additional notes about the 2021/2022 cycle.

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MA SEMINAR IN TRANSLATION STUDIES (dr Dorota Guttfeld) (2021/2022)

As in part "A".

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MA SEMINAR IN LINGUISTICS (dr hab. Waldemar Skrzypczak, 2021/2022)

as in PART A.