Diploma Seminar 340-AS1-3SEMD4
Profile of study - general academic
Form of study - day studies
Type of the subject - obligatory
Scientific discipline - English philology, general linguistics
Year of study - 3 yr, 5 and 6 semester
Preliminary requirements - successfully finished 2nd year of study
Number of study hours - 2x30h=60h exercises
Methods of teaching - Conversation lectures, discussion, running report on the student work results (collecting material, bibliography, stages of research). Condition of successful completion is handing the BA dissertation
ECTS points 19
Distribution of the student work in hours: participating in seminary exercises and consulting 2x30h+ 25h = 85; preparing report - 35h; collecting bibliography - 50h; repeating teaching materials from the chosen speciality - 60h; collecting and processing material of research - 90h; experimental research; analysis of definitions, questionnaires, etc. - 30h; text preparation - 80h; e-mail correspondence with the supervisor - 20h; editing and correcting the text - 50h. Total: 500 (making it 19 points ECTS)
Quantity data: student work requiring supervisor participation - 105h (4 pts ECTS); student work in preparing report and BA thesis – practical work - 500h (19 pts ECTS)
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Term 2022:
The seminar focuses on the British historical novel of the 20th and 21st centuries. Participants learn to recognize the features of the historical novel, its many subgenres. Reading and analyzing selected novels by contemporary British authors prepares students to undertake their own research. The seminar papers will address the following issues: ideas and values, interpretation of the past through the prism of the present, literary representation of emotions. |
Term 2023:
The seminar focuses on an English-speaking media discourse (Social media, video games, television, podcasts, books, websites, etc.). Proposed topics should revolve around identity creation and negotiation, metaphorical conceptualization, certain linguistic aspects (especially verbal humor), as well as critical discourse analysis. Students need not to know these elements prior to the seminar -- required material will be covered in the first semester. |
Term 2024:
The seminar focuses on an English-speaking media discourse (Social media, video games, television, podcasts, books, websites, etc.). Proposed topics should revolve around identity creation and negotiation, metaphorical conceptualization, certain linguistic aspects (especially verbal humor), as well as critical discourse analysis. Students need not to know these elements prior to the seminar -- required material will be covered in the first semester. |
Prerequisites (description)
Course coordinators
Term 2022: | Term 2023: |
Type of course
Term 2024: obligatory courses | General: obligatory courses B.Sc. seminars | Term 2022: obligatory courses | Term 2023: obligatory courses |
Mode
Learning outcomes
KA6_WG1, KA6_WG2,
KA6_WG3
KA6_WG4, KA6_WG5,
KA6_WG6
KA6_WG7, KA6_WG8,
KA6_WG9
KA6_WG10, KA6_WG11, KA6_WK1
KA6_WK2,
KA6_WK3
KA6_UW1, KA6_UW2,
KA6_UW3
KA6_UW4, KA6_UW6,
KA6_UW7
KA6_UK4,
KA6_UO1,
KA6_UU1
KA6_KK1,
KA6_KK2
Assessment criteria
examination
Bibliography
The choice of critical materials will result from individual needs and interests of the BA seminar students.
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Term 2023:
Adolphs, S., & Knight, D. (Eds.). (2020). The Routledge Handbook of English Language and Digital Humanities (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003031758 |
Term 2024:
Adolphs, S., & Knight, D. (Eds.). (2020). The Routledge Handbook of English Language and Digital Humanities (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003031758 |
Additional information
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