Diploma Seminar 340-AH1-3SEM2
Study profile - General academic
Mode of study - Full-time
Type of course - Compulsory
Field and discipline - English Philology, Literary studies
Year of study/semester - IIIrd year, semesters V and VI
Admission requirements - Successful completion of the second year of studies
Number of teaching hours: 2x30h=60h lessons
Teaching methods - Lecture, discussion, progress report and results of students' work (e.g. bibliography, research material, conclusions). Final editing and submission of the dissertation is required for graduation.
ECTS credits 21
Balance of the student's workload, number of hours Participation in seminar classes and additional consultations within the framework of the student's duty 2x30h+ 25h = 85; preparation of a paper - 35h; library research - 50h; independent repetition of the material from the subjects of the chosen specialisation - 60h; collection and processing of the research material - 120h; writing the thesis - 120h; e-mail contact with the teacher - 20h; editing the thesis, corrections, revisions, etc. - 50h. - 50h. Total: 540 (equivalent to 21 ECTS points)
Quantitative indicators: Student workload related to activities requiring direct participation of the teacher - 105h (4.5 ECTS points); Student workload related to participation in the seminar (paper) and preparation of the thesis - practical activities - 435h (16.5 ECTS points).
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Term 2024:
Study profile - General academic The seminar is intended for students engaged in linguistic research who are preparing to write an undergraduate thesis in English linguistics. Students are expected to work on a topic of their choice, approved by their supervisor, or a topic proposed by their supervisor and related to the study of the semantic field of a selected lexeme. This may include the study of the word components and word fields and their internal organisation, including horizontal (hyperonym, hyponym) and vertical (synonymy, antonymy) meaning relations. The objective of the seminar is to equip students with the ability to formulate a research problem and thesis plan independently, to develop skills in literature study and critical analysis, to collect and analyse data, to draw conclusions and to write an undergraduate thesis based on this analysis. The course includes: an introduction to the formal principles and requirements for writing a thesis, discussions of issues related to the studied field and systematic meetings with the Promoter to discuss and correct individual parts of the thesis. |
Term 2025:
Study profile - General academic The seminar is intended for students engaged in linguistic research who are preparing to write an undergraduate thesis in English linguistics. Students are expected to work on a topic of their choice, approved by their supervisor, or a topic proposed by their supervisor and related to the study of the semantic field of a selected lexeme. This may include the study of the word components and word fields and their internal organisation, including horizontal (hyperonym, hyponym) and vertical (synonymy, antonymy) meaning relations. The objective of the seminar is to equip students with the ability to formulate a research problem and thesis plan independently, to develop skills in literature study and critical analysis, to collect and analyse data, to draw conclusions and to write an undergraduate thesis based on this analysis. The course includes: an introduction to the formal principles and requirements for writing a thesis, discussions of issues related to the studied field and systematic meetings with the Promoter to discuss and correct individual parts of the thesis. |
Term 2026:
Study profile - General academic The seminar is intended for students engaged in linguistic research who are preparing to write an undergraduate thesis in English linguistics. Students are expected to work on a topic of their choice, approved by their supervisor, or a topic proposed by their supervisor and related to the study of the semantic field of a selected lexeme. This may include the study of the word components and word fields and their internal organisation, including horizontal (hyperonym, hyponym) and vertical (synonymy, antonymy) meaning relations. The objective of the seminar is to equip students with the ability to formulate a research problem and thesis plan independently, to develop skills in literature study and critical analysis, to collect and analyse data, to draw conclusions and to write an undergraduate thesis based on this analysis. The course includes: an introduction to the formal principles and requirements for writing a thesis, discussions of issues related to the studied field and systematic meetings with the Promoter to discuss and correct individual parts of the thesis. |
Prerequisites (description)
Course coordinators
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Type of course
Term 2024: B.Sc. seminars obligatory courses | Term 2025: obligatory courses B.Sc. seminars | General: obligatory courses B.Sc. seminars | Term 2026: obligatory courses B.Sc. seminars | Term 2023: obligatory courses B.Sc. seminars |
Mode
Term 2024: (in Polish) w sali | Term 2025: (in Polish) w sali | General: Blended learning | Term 2026: (in Polish) w sali | Term 2023: (in Polish) w sali |
Learning outcomes
KP6_WG1 the student knows and understands linguistic phenomena, processes and systems and theories explaining relations between them
KP6_WG7 the student knows and understands basic translational concepts, methods and strategies of translation
KP6_WG9 the student knows and understands the basic conceptual apparatus used to describe cultural phenomena relevant to the analysis of language and communication processes
KP6_WK2 the student knows and understands the legal, organisational and ethical conditions of actions connected with a given qualification
KP6_WK3 the student knows and understands the principles of industrial property and copyright protection
KP6_UW6 the student is able to select and use adequate methods and tools, including advanced information and communication techniques (ICT)
KP6_UW7 the student is able to select relevant sources and information from them in the field of linguistics, as well as evaluate, critically analyse and synthesise this information.
KP6_UK4 the student is able to take part in a debate in a foreign language, present and evaluate various opinions and positions and discuss them
KP6_UO1 the student is able to plan and organise individual and team work
KP6_UU1 the student is able to plan and carry out his/her own lifelong learning independently
KP6_KK1student is able to critically evaluate his/her knowledge
KP6_KK2 KK1 student is willing to acknowledge the importance of knowledge in solving cognitive and practical problems
KP6_KO5 3 the student is ready to participate in cultural life in its various forms
KP6_KR1 the student is ready to observe the rules of professional ethics and require this from others
Assessment criteria
In order to pass the course, students must attend classes regularly, submit parts of their work for assessment and ultimately submit a complete dissertation that meets the requirements. Students may only be absent twice during a semester. Students with more than two unexcused absences per semester are required to receive credit for the material covered in the classes they missed.
Bibliography
Urbain, Jean-Didier. “I travel, therefore I am: The ‘nomad’ mind and the spirit of travel”, in Travel Writing: Critical Concepts in Literary and Cultural Studies, ed. by Tim Youngs and Charles Forsdick, (London and New York, Routledge, 2012) 24–43.
Borm, Jan. “Defining Travel. On the travel book, travel writing and terminology”, in Travel Writing, ed. by Glen Hooper and Tim Youngs, 1–14, 1. First published in 2004 in Perspectives on Travel Writing, (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2012).
Moroz, Grzegorz. “Travel Book as a Genre in the Anglophone Literary Tradition”, in Metamorphoses of Travel Writing. Across Theories, Genres, Centuries and Literary Tradition, ed. by Grzegorz Moroz and Jolanta Sztachelska (Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2010) 21-29.
Keywords for Travel Writing Studies: A Critical Glossary, ed. by Charles Forsdick, Zoë Kinsley, Kathryn Walchester, (UK: Anthem Press, 2019)
Travel Writing, Form and Empire. The Poetics and Politics of Mobility, ed. by Julia Kuehn and Paul Smethurst, (London and New York: Routledge, 2009).
Das, Nandini, Tim Youngs, “Introduction,” in The Cambridge History of Travel Writing (2019, CUP), pp.1-16.
Thompson, Carl, “Nineteenth-century Travel Writing,” in The Cambridge History of Travel Writing, eds. Nandini Das, Tim Youngs (2019, CUP), pp.108-124.
Youngs, Tim, “Travel Writing after 1900, ” in The Cambridge History of Travel Writing, eds. Nandini Das, Tim Youngs (2019, CUP), 125-140.
Phillips, Richard. “Adventure”, in Keywords for Travel Writing Studies: A Critical Glossary, ed. by Charles Forsdick, Zoë Kinsley, Kathryn Walchester, (UK: Anthem Press, 2019) 4–6.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. Travels with a donkey: In the Cévennes, (London: Godfrey Cave Associates Limited, 1980 [1879]). (look into at https://www.gutenberg.org/files/535/535-h/535-h.htm) (excerpt)
Aldrich, Robert, Gender and Travel Writing, in The Cambridge History of Travel Writing, eds. Nandini Das, Tim Youngs (2019, CUP), Ch. 33, p.520-534.
Hannigan, Tim. The Travel Writing Tribe: Journeys in Search of a Genre, (London: Hurst & Company, 2021), (excerpt) look into chapter on ‘travellee’)
Pratt, Mary Louis. Imperial Eyes: Travel Writing and Transculturation, (New York: Routledge, 1992) (excerpts)
Pratt, Mary Louise, “Afterword,” in Robert Clarke, ed., The Cambridge Companion to Postcolonial Travel Writing, (2018, CUP).
Clarke, Robert, “Towards a Genealogy of Postcolonial Travel Writing. Introduction,” in Robert Clarke, ed., The Cambridge Companion to Postcolonial Travel Writing, (2018, CUP).
Ashcroft, Bill. “Afterword: Travel and Power”, in Travel Writing, Form and Empire. The Poetics and Politics of Mobility, ed. by Julia Kuehn and Paul Smethurst, (London and New York: Routledge, 2009).
Davidson, Peter. The Idea of North, (London: Reaktion Books, 2016).
Howes, David. “Skinscapes: Embodiment, Culture, and Environment”, in The Book of Touch (Sensory Formations Series), ed. by Constance Classen, (New York: Berg, 2005) 27–39.
Macfarlane, Robert, “Invisisble Cities,” in Underland: A Deep Time Journey (2019)
Forsdick, Charles, “Vertical Travel”, in The Routledge Research Companion to Travel Writing, ed. by Alasdair Pettinger and Tim Youngs, (London: Routledge, 2020) 99–112.
Forsdick, Charles, “Skin”, in Keywords for Travel Writing Studies: A Critical Glossary, ed. by Charles Forsdick, Zoë Kinsley, Kathryn Walchester, (UK: Anthem Press, 2019) 226–8.
Graham, Stephen. The Gentle Art of Tramping, (London: Robert Holdn &Co., 1927).
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Term 2023:
Baker M. (ed.), Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies, Routledge, London-New York 1998. |
Term 2024:
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