British, Irish and Commonwealth Prose, Poetry and Drama - MA Seminar 2

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Course ID:	3301-LBS2SOK03
Erasmus code / ISCED:	09.203 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0231) Language acquisition The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	British, Irish and Commonwealth Prose, Poetry and Drama - MA Seminar 2
Name in Polish:	Proza, poezja i dramat w literaturze brytyjskiej, irlandzkiej i postkolonialnej - Sem. mgr 2
Organizational unit:	Institute of English Studies
Course groups:	(in Polish) Seminaria magisterskie dla studiów dziennych
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Type of course:	Master's seminars
Mode:	Classroom
Short description:	The MA seminar will focus on the dominant thematic, generic, and ideological trends in British, Irish, and post-colonial/the British Commonwealth literatures. The chronological scope of the seminar encompasses prose, poetry, and drama from the 19th till the 21st century. Of interest are literatures of England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Northern Irish, as well as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, or Anglophone African post-colonial writings.
Full description:	The MA seminar will focus on the dominant thematic, generic, and ideological trends in British, Irish, and post-colonial/the British Commonwealth literatures. The chronological scope of the seminar encompasses prose, poetry, and drama from the 19th till the 21st century. Of interest are literatures of England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, as well as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, or Anglophone African post-colonial writings. Particularly welcome are theme-focused and genre-focused dissertation topics within selected ideological contexts for reading literature: history/memory/trauma, multiculturalism/ ethnicity/nationalism, feminism/masculinities/gender studies, neorealism/ poststructuralism/postcolonialism, urban studies/ ecocriticism. Equally welcome are topics transcending generic borderlines, be it document/fiction, literature/visual arts (painting, photography, memorials), literature and its cinematic/TV series adaptations, literature and its graphic novel appropriations, traditional poetic forms and the uses of contemporary media for poetry writing, drama conventions versus trans-theatrical modes of representation. The aim of the seminar will be to underscore the need for returns to past literature and their ideological re-evaluations to understand the dominant trends in contemporary literature. Concomitantly, the analysis of contemporary literature from a trans-national, multi-cultural, and trans-generic perspective will be the basis for discussions on the role of literature in shaping our national and cultural identities.
Bibliography:	The bibliography will be provided in accordance with the individual needs of the MA seminar participants.
Learning outcomes:	Knowledge: the graduate will be able to K_W04 Characterize on an advanced level the principles of research design in literary and culture studies with special focus on the application of methods and tools in formulating research problems K_W05 identify the notions and principles pertinent to intellectual property and copyright K_W06 Characterise economic, legal and other factors relevant for various kinds of professional activities related to the study programme Abilities: the graduate is able to K_U01 Apply advanced terminology and notions pertinent to the discipline (literary studies, culture and religion studies) K_U02 Apply advanced research methodology within literary and culture studies and English studies, respecting ethical norms and copyright law K_U03 Apply knowledge obtained during the course of studies to account for and solve a problem, thereby completing a research task related to the discipline literary studies and/or culture and religion studies K_U04 Analyze literary and cultural phenomena and draw generalizations on their basis in the context of societal and historical factors on an advanced level K_U06 Find information in various sources and critically assess its usefulness for research related to the topic of the MA project K_U07 Use modern technology in the process of learning and communicating with academic teachers, colleagues, representatives of various institutions and fellow participants in classes and projects, applying various channels and techniques of communication K_U11 Design one’s own development Social competences: the graduate is ready to K_K02 Apply knowledge and skills obtained during the course of studies to undertake lifelong learning, as well as personal and professional development
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Participation in class and progress in the completion of the MA dissertation.

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