English text editing and typography 2510-f2ENG1W-ETET

https://moodle.umk.pl/course/view.php?id=1536
https://moodle.umk.pl/course/view.php?id=5462 (term 2023/24Z)
https://moodle.umk.pl/course/view.php?id=7301 (term 2024/25Z)

The course comprises exercises which aim at gaining knowledge and skills concerning the use of editing and typography in English texts. In the first semester, subjects comprise a discussion of various kinds of text publications, the analysis and edition of a book structure and layout, digital publications, font types, and the connection between editing and typography.

Content distribution:
 Introduction and requirements
 Editing and editors: key concepts
 typography: history and key concepts
 Text properties: anatomy of letterforms
 Letterforms and typefaces: exercises
 Typography in literature and culture: meaning and interpretation
 Assignment
 Individual feedback and conclusion

Term 2022/23Z:

As in Part A

Term 2023/24Z:

Content distribution:
 Introduction and requirements
 Editing and editors: key concepts
 typography: history and key concepts
 Text properties: anatomy of letterforms
 Letters and fonts: exercises
 Typography in literature and culture: meaning and interpretation
 Assignment
 Individual feedback and conclusion

Term 2024/25Z:

Total student workload

Until 2022/2023 Contact hours with the teacher: - participation in classes - 30 hrs Altogether: 30 hrs (1 ECTS) _____________________________________ Since 2023/2024 Contact hours with the teacher: - participation in classes - 30 hrs - homework - 10 hrs - preparation for the test - 10 hrs Altogether: 50 hrs (2 ECTS)

Learning outcomes - knowledge

Student W1: has advanced knowledge of the English language used in editing and typography (K_W11) W2: possesses knowledge of the problems pertaining to literary studies and editorial research (K_W08).

Learning outcomes - skills

Student U1: can preliminarily edit a literary book-form text ready for publication, with the proper care of source use, editing and typography, and by means of DTP software (K_U04).

Learning outcomes - social competencies

Student K1: is aware of the importance of editing and typographical principles in the philological and publishing context (K_K04)

Teaching methods

Expository teaching methods: - discussion Exploratory teaching methods: - project work - computer laboratory

Expository teaching methods

- discussion

Exploratory teaching methods

- project work

Prerequisites

C1 level of English

Course coordinators

Grzegorz Koneczniak

Assessment criteria

A graded credit on the basis of the assignments assessing the level of achieving particular learning outcomes:

In-class assignment - W1, W2 , U1 (80%)
In-class task completion and presentation –U1, K1 (20%)

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

Students must attend all course meetings. Each failure to participate in a class has to be excused in the first week after the class missed. The final grade percentage will be reduced for every unexcused absence.

Practical placement

N/A

Bibliography

Required reading:
Lupton, Ellen. 2010. Thinking with Type. A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students. New York: Princeton Architectural Press.
Sullivan, K.D. 2006. The McGraw-Hill Desk Reference for Editors, Writers, and Proofreaders. New York: McGraw-Hill.
James, Henry. The Turn of the Screw (any edition)
Additional reading:
Felici, James. 2012. The Complete Manual of Typography (Second Edition). Barkeley: Peachpit (selected chapters).

Term 2022/23Z:

As in Part A

Term 2023/24Z:

As in Part A

Term 2024/25Z:

As in Part A

Notes

Term 2022/23Z:

As in Part A.

Term 2023/24Z:

As in Part A.

Term 2024/25Z:

As in Part A.

Additional information

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

Description of 2510-f2ENG1W-ETET in USOSweb