Literature and culture today: Utopias and dystopias in literature and culture 2510-f1ENG3S-LCT-UAD

The course examines selected literary and film utopias and dystopias, starting from Thomas More’s Utopia and ending with contemporary postapocalyptic tales. The texts are situated in their socio-historical context to discuss the social and ideological problems reflected in the narratives, especially the relations between humans, technology and nature.

Total student workload

Contact hours with teacher: - participation in classes - 30 hrs - consultations and feedback - 10 hrs Self-study hours: - preparation for classes - 15 hrs - reading literature - 25 hrs - preparation for the final presentation - 20 hrs - preparation for the final project (essay or creative writing)– 25 hrs Altogether: 125 hrs (5 ECTS)

Learning outcomes - knowledge

W1: The graduate has basic knowledge of research-related terminology and methodology applied in cultural and literary studies (K_W07). W2: The graduate has basic knowledge of selected historical, social, religious, philosophical and political issues in the intercultural context (K_W12)

Learning outcomes - skills

U1: The graduate is able to gain and deepen their knowledge and develop their research skills on their own (K_U08) U2: The graduate displays argumentation skills and is able to refer to scholars’ opinions as well as to draw conclusions (K_U16) U3: The graduate is able to conduct a preliminary search of library holdings, use databases and the Internet, prepare a list of references, add notes with due care as to the copyright, format documents using a word processor and make a presentation (K_U17)

Learning outcomes - social competencies

K1: The graduate participates in activities for promoting the cultural heritage of a given cultural area (K_K06).

Teaching methods

Expository teaching methods: - discussion - participatory lecture Exploratory teaching methods: - brainstorming - classic problem-solving Online teaching methods: - content-presentation-oriented methods - exchange and discussion methods

Observation/demonstration teaching methods

- display

Expository teaching methods

- problem-based lecture
- participatory lecture

Exploratory teaching methods

- seminar
- brainstorming
- panel
- project work
- classic problem-solving

Online teaching methods

- exchange and discussion methods
- content-presentation-oriented methods

Prerequisites

Interest in cultural and literary studies

Course coordinators

Katarzyna Więckowska

Assessment criteria

A graded credit based on:
- in-class activity and comments on Moodle – W1, W2, U2
- final project (multimedia presentation) – U1, U3, K1
- final project (essay / creative writing) - W1, W2, U1, U2, U3

Assessment criteria:

- active course participation: preparation and participation in class discussions and comments on Moodle (35% of the final grade)
- final project: presentation (25%)
- final project: essay OR creative writing (40% of the final grade)

fail – 0-59 %
satisfactory – 60-69 %
satisfactory plus – 70-75 %
good – 76-85 %
good plus – 86-90 %
very good – 91-100 %

Additional information

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

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