(in Polish) Seminarium magisterskie (Z)

Master's seminars
obligatory courses

A seminar offers students the opportunity to undertake the interesting topic and research it for the Master degree thesis. All the support to finalize the results of his/her work in M.A. thesis is provide

Classroom

The two-year course provides assistance in choosing the direction of research and the subject of the thesis, consultations on the selection and method of work with literary and critical literary texts and literature on cultural texts (theatre, cinema, folk culture, painting) .

To acquire the ability to use sinological knowledge to analyze cultural and especially literary phenomena characteristic of both contemporary and ancient China. Part of the classes is devoted to theoretical issues and the broader context of a given era, analyzed phenomenon, process, text.

Fall semster

 search for the data, especially Chinese historical texts written in classical Chinese,

 lay out a plan and a detailed outline to display related items of the thesis,

Summer semester

 present their research, step by step, the arguments, and finally the sections of the M.A. thesis.

A special attention is paid to research methods, selected materials, data analysis and interpretation, logical organizational technique for the thesis and the summery of

Umberto Eco, Jak napisać pracę dyplomową. Poradnik dla humanistów, WUW, Warszawa, 2007.

O pisaniu pracy magisterskiej na studiach humanistycznych , Krzysztof Woźniak. Warszawa ; Łódź : Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 1999

Formaty opisu bibliograficznego i przypisów

According to the subject of prepared thesis

has organized general knowledge (including terminology, theory and methodology) in the scope of cultural studies

has basic knowledge in the range of theory of humanities (literary studies or linguistics or history) necessary to understand chosen cultural aspects

has detailed and organized knowledge of literature and writings of China and Taiwan ; can name and characterize most important phenomena/trends/literary texts/writings of China and Taiwan

has detailed and organized knowledge of socio-cultural issues in China and Taiwan within the scope of natural environment and ethnic, demographic and political situation

demonstrates basic grasp of contemporary cultural life of China and Taiwan

knows and understands basic analysis and interpretation methods of various products of culture characteristic of chosen theories and schools of research within the scope of cultural and literary studies, linguistics, philosophy and religion studies and history

search for, analyze, evaluate and use information from different sources

indicate sources of cultural differences of Oriental and African countries

read, analyze and interpret literary texts and other works of culture in China and Taiwan (film, press, social writing) and appropriately place them in their cultural context

knows and understands basic analysis and interpretation methods of various products of culture characteristic of local traditions in China

can compare and perceive interrelations between chosen literary texts and other works of culture of China s (film, press, social writing) and the issues within the scope of tradition and modern times

analyze and interpret source texts in Chinese

has the necessary skills to prepare seminar papers: can select and find sources and analyses in Chinese

choose and formulate a subject of a MA thesis, select and find sources in Chinese, make references to basic theoretical approaches

make others aware of the cultural distinctness and its religious, philosophical, traditional and historical roots and its significance for understanding modern world

perceives the positive socio-cultural values of China , Taiwan, Hongkong and possibility to use them in own personal development

Attendance and the thesis are essential. Written assignment in a form of a thesis should be completed by the end of summer term of the fifth year (complete draft of paper much earlier). It should provide the research result and expose all the process of obtaining data, theory, the sources and the analysis according to the criteria of the Master Thesis. In the course of preparing the thesis the presentation of the topic should draw the attention of others and prove the topic understandable and interesting. Finally the thesis is to be presented at the Master’s Degree

Examination as a essential part of it.

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