MA Seminar 340-AT2-1SEM1
Study profile: general academic
Form of studies: full-time
Subject type: compulsory (M_6)
Field and discipline of study: humanities/literary studies
year of study: I and II
semester: I, II, III, IV
Entrance requirements:
The student should meet the requirements regarding learning outcomes provided for by the National Qualifications Framework for higher education, first-cycle studies in the field of humanities.
Number of teaching hours:
2x30h=60h of seminars (1st year)
2x30h=60h of seminars (2nd year)
Teaching methods: discussions, analysis of scholarly texts, conversations, lectures.
ECTS points: 30
Balance of student workload:
Participation in seminars, additional consultations, e-mail contact with the supervisor: 4x30h + 230h = 350h (equals 14 ECTS points)
Independent repetition of material in subjects from a selected specialization: 50 hours
Library research: 60h
Collection of research material on the internet: 60 hours
Writing thesis: 250h
Editing the work, corrections, proofreading, etc.: 50 hours
Total: 820 h
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Term 2023:
None |
Term 2024:
The goal of this seminar is to prepare students to write and help them to write an M.A. dissertation which will analyse Anglophone travel writing or will use translation studies methods to analyze translations of travel writing texts from English to Polish (or, in some cases, from Polish to English) |
Term 2025:
The aim of the seminar is to prepare students to write their MA thesis in literary studies. During the seminar meetings, participants will be introduced to the requirements for the thesis and the technical aspects of writing it, will have the opportunity to discuss the choice of topics and will receive feedback on the progress of the topic. The scope of the seminar is broadly geocriticism (i.e. the study of place and space) in literature, particularly in the Canadian context. We will focus on literary representations of place and how place and literature intersect. We will look at relationships such as place and individual or community identity and place and cultural memory. We will discuss transformations in the depiction of place and landscape in Canadian literature, and different perspectives on place and space through the lens of authors' ethnicity. We will address issues related to the drastically changing climate and examine how they are presented in the works of Canadian authors. |
Term 2026:
The aim of the seminar is to prepare students to write their MA thesis in literary studies. During the seminar meetings, participants will be introduced to the requirements for the thesis and the technical aspects of writing it, will have the opportunity to discuss the choice of topics and will receive feedback on the progress of the topic. The scope of the seminar is broadly geocriticism (i.e. the study of place and space) in literature, particularly in the Canadian context. We will focus on literary representations of place and how place and literature intersect. We will look at relationships such as place and individual or community identity and place and cultural memory. We will discuss transformations in the depiction of place and landscape in Canadian literature, and different perspectives on place and space through the lens of authors' ethnicity. We will address issues related to the drastically changing climate and examine how they are presented in the works of Canadian authors. |
Prerequisites (description)
Course coordinators
Term 2024: | Term 2025: | Term 2023: |
Type of course
Mode
Learning outcomes
The graduate:
KP6_WG3 will learn and understand literary works, phenomena and processes as well as theories explaining their cultural
background and their interdependence
KP6_WG8 will learn and understand methods of analyzing and interpreting texts in the context of selected theories in literary studies
KP6_WG10 will learn and understand general terminology employed in the description of cultural phenomena significant for analyzing literary texts of a given language area
KP6_WG11 will learn and understand historical and cultural conditioning of a given language area
KP6_WK1 will learn and understand problems and challenges concerning language and communication and their relevance to fundamental dilemmas of modern civilization
KP6_WK2 will learn and understand legal, organizational and ethical conditioning of activities related to a given discipline
KP6_WK3 will learn and understand regulations concerning the protection of industrial property and copyright
KP6_UW1 is able to formulate and solve complex problems by selecting appropriate methods and tools using their knowledge of linguistics and translation studies
KP6_UW3 is able to carry out a critical analysis and interpret literary texts using philological methods that make it possible to assess the importance of the text in the historical and cultural process
KP6_UW4 is able to carry out a critical analysis and interpret various creations of culture using philological methods that make it possible to assess the importance of the texts in the historical and cultural process
KP6_UW7 is able to properly select sources and information derived from them in the field of linguistics as well as evaluate, critically analyse and synthesize this information communicate using specialised terminology in the field of linguistics and translation studies, including socio-cultural elements
KP6_UK1 communicate using specialised terminology in the field of linguistics and translation studies, including socio-cultural elements
KP6_UK2 is able to communicate using specialised terminology in the field of foreign language learning and teaching, including socio-cultural elements
KP6_UK3 is able to communicate using specialised terminology in the field of literary studies, including socio-cultural elements
KP6_UK4 is able to participate in debates in a foreign language – present, assess and discuss various opinions and positions
KP6_UK5 is able to use a targeted foreign language, both spoken and written, at C1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
KP6_UU1 is able to individually plan and implement one's own lifelong learning program
KP6_KO1 is prepared to fulfil social obligations and co-organise activities for the benefit of the social environment
KP6_KO2 is prepared to initiate public interest activities as well as think and act in an entrepreneurial way
KP6_KO3 is prepared to consciously cultivate the cultural heritage of the region, country and Europe
KP6_KO4 is prepared to create tolerance planes and cooperate in the conditions of multicultural and religiously diverse society
KP6_KO5 is prepared to participate in cultural life in its various forms
KP6_KK1 is prepared to critically evaluate their knowledge
KA_KK2 is prepared to recognise the importance of knowledge in solving cognitive and practical problems
KP6_KR1 is prepared to comply with the rules of professional conduct and require others to do so
KP6_KR2 is prepared to protect the achievements and traditions of the profession
Assessment criteria
The condition for passing in the first year is the completion of the tasks planned by individual supervisors, in the second year - the final editing and submission of the master's thesis. Students are required to actively and systematically participate in classes, fulfill all tasks scheduled in the program of a given seminar, and systematically present the subsequent stages of the thesis.
Bibliography
The subject literature depends on the specifics of the topics covered in the seminar. It is listed in Part B of the syllabus.
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Term 2023:
None |
Term 2024:
1.Behdad, Ali – Belated Travelers: Orientalism in the Age of Colonial Dissolution, Dissolution, |
Term 2025:
E. Rybicka, Geopoetyka |
Term 2026:
E. Rybicka, Geopoetyka |
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