BA seminar 2510-f1ENG3S-BA
TRANSLATION STUDIES (dr Dorota Guttfeld)
The course will prepare students for choosing a research topic and a theoretical framework for the analysis of a selected literary or audiovisual translation. In the summer semester, the seminar will be centred around in-class presentations of students' progress and individual meetings with the supervisor. Students will select and investigate a problem within the field of Translation Studies with the use of methodologies accepted and recognised in the discipline. Thesis-related issues will be developed under the guidance of the supervisor, who will offer help in narrowing down the topic, finding relevant sources, and applying the selected theoretical approach. The proposed spectrum of topics covers linguistic, functionalist, cultural and reception-focused aspects of literary and audiovisual translation. Students are also encouraged to perform and describe their own translations. The preliminary results of the student's research or their ongoing translation project will be presented to the group. During a series of individual meetings with the supervisor, the thesis will be gradually submitted for review and correction.
LITERARY STUDIES (dr Joanna Antoniak)
The aim of this seminar is to aid students in preparing and writing a bachelor’s thesis in the field of literary studies. The seminar will help students formulate the topic of their thesis, choose appropriate and fitting methodological approach and, finally, conduct analysis and interpretation of selected literary works.
During the summer semester, the course will focus predominantly on three aspects: the introduction of selected approaches in literary studies (race theory and postcolonial studies, postmodernism and posthumanism, ecocriticism, and disability studies; the range of topics can be adjusted to the research interests of the students), monitoring students's research and writing progress (during both individual and group meetings), and helping the students prepare for their thesis defence.
The course is supplemented by a Moodle course.
CULTURAL STUDIES (dr Nelly Strehlau)
This seminar aims to help students narrow down their field of interest and write a bachelor's thesis on English-language texts of culture, with a particular focus on television, film or other media. The seminar will help students choose an appropriate methodological approach and subsequently use it in analysis and interpretation of individually selected cultural texts.
In summer semester, the class will be centred around individual meetings to monitor progress of students' research and writing and prepare them for thesis defense and group workshops to discuss progress, collaborate, present one's research and (time permitting) discuss additional assigned readings.
The course is supplemented by a Moodle course.
EXPERIMENTAL LINGUSTICS (dr Marek Placiński)
BA seminar is focused on the selection of problems that the student will pursue in their BA study based on literature review, calibrate methodology to these problems; formulate research questions and hypotheses that will organise their study.
This part of the BA seminar is specifically focused on the students’ completing empirical part of their studies and finalising their BA studies.
• Conducting empirical studies
• Analysing the obtained results – qualitatively and quantitively
• Discussing the results
The scope and range of topics will be adjusted to the research interests of the students.
For volunteers: assistance with experiments run by Center for Language Evolution studies; learning the eye-tracking, motion-capture and GSR technology.
Term 2021/22L:
as specified above |
Term 2022/23L:
as specified above |
Term 2023/24L:
as specified above |
Total student workload
Learning outcomes - knowledge
Learning outcomes - skills
Learning outcomes - social competencies
Teaching methods
Observation/demonstration teaching methods
- display
Expository teaching methods
- informative (conventional) lecture
Exploratory teaching methods
- seminar
- presentation of a paper
- case study
- practical
Prerequisites
Course coordinators
Term 2023/24L: | Term 2021/22L: | Term 2022/23L: |
Assessment criteria
TRANSLATION STUDIES (dr Dorota Guttfeld)
Summer semester credit requirements:
- in-class presentation of the research results (20%): U3, U4, U6, U10
- progress on the BA project (80%): U1, U2, U4, U5, U6, U7, U8, U9, U11, U12
with the following grades:
0 – 59% – 2
60 – 69 % – 3
70 – 75 % – 3+
76 – 85 % – 4
86 – 90% – 4+
91 – 100 – 5
LITERARY STUDIES (dr Joanna Antoniak)
Assessment methods:
- progress on BA thesis and assigned tasks, on time: 60%
- active participation in class: 30%
- a presentation on BA research: 10%
with the following grades:
0 – 59% – 2
60 – 69 % – 3
70 – 75 % – 3+
76 – 85 % – 4
86 – 90% – 4+
91 – 100 – 5
CULTURAL STUDIES (dr Nelly Strehlau)
Graded credit based on:
Progress on BA thesis and assigned tasks, on time (delivering fragments of BA thesis within specified deadlines) (W1, U1, U2, U3, U4, U5) : 60%
- a presentation on BA research (W1, U1, U3, U4): 10%
- active participation in class (K1): 30%
with the following grades:
0 – 59% – 2
60 – 69 % – 3
70 – 75 % – 3+
76 – 85 % – 4
86 – 90% – 4+
91 – 100 – 5
EXPERIMENTAL LINGUSTICS (dr Marek Placiński)
Grading methods:
- progress on BA thesis and assigned tasks, on time: 60%
- a presentation on BA research: 10%
- active participation in class: 30%
Grading scale
0 – 59% – 2
60 – 69 % – 3
70 – 75 % – 3+
76 – 85 % – 4
86 – 90% – 4+
91 – 100 – 5
Practical placement
N/A
Bibliography
TRANSLATION STUDIES (dr Dorota Guttfeld)
Required reading
Venuti, Lawrence. 2000. The Translation Studies Reader. New York: Routledge.
Munday, Jeremy. 2010. Introducing Translation Studies. New York: Routledge.
Optional texts
Hatim, B. i J. Munday. Translation. An Advanced Resource Book. Londyn: Routledge, 2004.
Munday, J. Introducing Translation Studies. Londyn: Routledge, 2001.
Pym, Anthony. 2010. Exploring Translation Theories. New York: Routledge.
Venuti, L. The Translation Studies Reader. Londyn: Routledge, 2000.
Williams, J i A. Chesterman. The Map. A Beginner’s Guide to Doing Research in Translation Studies. Manchester: St. Jerome, 2002.
Baker, Mona. 1998. Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies.
London and New York: Routledge
Students are required to follow the stylesheet in formatting their work.
LITERARY STUDIES (dr Joanna Antoniak)
Selected chapters from:
Julie Rivkin and Michael Ryan (eds.). 2004. Literary Theory: An Anthology. Second Edition. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths, and Helen Tiffin (eds.). 2003. The Post-Colonial Studies Reader. London and New York: Routledge.
Greg Garrad. 2012. Ecocriticism. London and New York: Routledge.
Greg Garrad (ed.). 2014. The Oxford Handbook of Ecocriticism. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Lennard J. Davis (ed.). 2013. The Disability Studies Reader. London and New York: Routledge.
Additional texts made available depending on students' research interests.
The theoretical material will be supplemented with a selection of literary texts.
CULTURAL STUDIES (dr Nelly Strehlau)
Jonathan Bignell, An Introduction to Television Studies. New York-London: Routledge. 2013.
Meenakshi Gigi Durham and Douglas M. Kellner (eds.) Media and Cultural Studies: KeyWorks. Malden-Oxford, Blackwell Publishing, 2006.
John Fiske, Television Culture 2nd Edition. London-New York: Routledge, 2011.
Simon Malpas and Paul Wake (eds), The Routledge Companion to Critical and Cultural Theory. London-New York: Routledge, 2013.
Angela McRobbie, The Aftermath of Feminism: Gender, Culture and Social Change. Los Angeles-London-New Delhi-Singapore-Washington: Sage, 2009.
Additional texts made available depending on students' research interests.
EXPERIMENTAL LINGUSTICS (dr Marek Placiński)
Literature
Coolican, H. 2017. Research methods and statistics in psychology. London: Psychology Press.
Winter, B. 2019. Statistics for linguists: An introduction using R. London: Routledge, 2019.
Cobley, P., Schulz, P. (Eds.) (2013). Theories and models of communication (Vol. 1). The Hague: Walter de Gruyter.
RStudio. https://www.rstudio.com
Literature calibrated to BA projects
Additional materials
Articles from the EAORC list: http://martinedwardes.me.uk/eaorc/
Additional texts made available depending on students' research interests.
Term 2021/22L:
as specified above |
Term 2022/23L:
as specified above |
Term 2023/24L:
as specified above |
Additional information
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