Field of study
Practical English – Writing, MA Studies, Year 1
Course Code
09.0VIII01AII04_03
ECTS
6
Module Language
English
Hours
60
Goal of the module
To develop students’ linguistic competence to C1
level, with special emphasis on the specificity of
academic writing
B2 linguistic level, ability to write essays
Requirements
Course content
Form and terms of examination
Making students aware of the academic writing;
making students aware to avoid plagiarism;
making bibliographic references; critical analysis
of texts; paraphrasing and summarizing
academic texts; looking for academic sources
and evaluating them; writing essays
Continuous assessment of submitted of essays
Education methods
Participation in class discussions, peer evaluation
of the written works
Literature
Bailey S. Academic Writing. A Handbook for
International Students, Routledge 2003.
Hodges J.C., Hodge’s Harbrace Handbook,
Heinle&Heinle, 2001.
Module coordinator
Dr Anna Łakowicz-Dopiera
Field of study
MA Seminar
Social Aspects In American Novel
Course Code
09.0VIII01AII04_11
ECTS
19 + 10 (exam)
Module Language
English
Hours
120
Goal of the module
To help students write their MA thesis
Requirements
C1+ linguistic level
Course content
Social problems in the US in the 20thC:
minorities, migration, immigration, assimilation,
identity, racism, economic exclusion – general
overview.
Literary representations of the mentioned above
problems in the literature of the 20thC
Fictional narrative theories
Form and terms of examination
Continuous assessment of the students’ progress
in preparing their MA thesis; completion of the
dissertation; MA examination
Discussions, debates; individual discussion of the
research problems
Education methods
Literature
Fludernik, Monika. An Introduction to
Narratology.
Sollors, Werner. Beyond Ethnicity: Consent and
Dissent in American Culture.Oxford University
Press, New York: 1986
Lauter, Paul, ed., A Companion to American
Literature and Culture. Wiley-Blackwell, 2010
Sundquist, Eric, To Wake the Nations. Race in the
Making of American Literature. Cambridge, MA:
Harvard UP, 1993
Michałek, K. Amerykańskie stulecie.Historia
Stanów Zjednoczonych 1900-2001, Warszawa
2004.
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.
Modern Language Association. Latest available
editions
Module coordinator
Field of study
American Literature, BA Studies, Year 3
Course Code
09.2.VIII.01.AI.04_24
ECTS
9
Module Language
English
Hours
45
Goal of the module
To develop sensitivity to literature as a process
To get acquainted with literary styles and forms
To raise interest and appreciation for foreign
literature as a part of cultural heritage
To develop literary interests
Requirements
Advanced linguistic skills
Course content
Puritan tradition; The 18th C literature; Literature
of the Early Republic; American
Transcendentalism; American Romantic Fiction
and Poetry; Realism; Naturalism; Modernist and
Modern Poetry; Modernist fiction; Post
modernist fiction; Ethnic literature
Form and terms of examination
passing the final test
submitting an essay on one of the suggested
topics
Group discussions, individual presentations,
teacher’ lectures
Education methods
Literature
Mazur, Z. (ed.), The College Anthology of
American Literature, Universitas, 1998
Salska, A. (ed.), Historia literatury amerykańskiej
XX w., Universitas, 2003
Kopcewicz A., M. Siennicka Historia literatury
Stanów Zjednoczonych w zarysie; Wiek XVII-XIX,
Wiek XX, PWN 1983
Zbigniew Lewicki (ed.): American Literature
Module coordinator
Dr Anna Łakowicz-Dopiera