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G R A D U A T E D E G R E E P R O G R A M M E : E N G L I S H S T U D I E S Type of course Level of course Seminar / Advisory hours Elective course Advanced Year of study First Semester Two and/or Three ECTS (Number of credits allocated) Name of lecturer Learning outcomes and competences 3 ECTS Contact hours (25 seminars + 5 advisory hours) = 0.75 credits. Student study time (67.5 hours) = 2.25 credits. Simon Ryle, MA, Assistant Students will improve their knowledge of poetic and prose fiction forms of English. By attention to the concentrated web of referential signs employed in poetic and fictive forms of English, students will improve their ability to use precisely and effectively these forms. Students will develop subtle critical faculties with regard to the aesthetic and technical aspects of poetic and prose fiction forms of English, and acquire appropriate techniques of applying critical commentary to poetic and fictive forms of English produced by their peers. Prerequisites Completion of the third year undergraduate study programme. Overall English language competence at C2 level. Adequate motivation. Course contents As classes will be a workshop-style discussion of student-produced creative work, the course contents will have to adapt in exact formulation to the specific requirements of this student creative work. A certain flexibility will be required in critical sessions — to understand the goals of a text, and apply its own internal laws to its evaluation. Critical discussion will centre on technical and aesthetic aspects of the writing process, rather than questions of genre and issues of literary criticism. In poetry sessions, students will be asked to consider, over rhythm and rhyme schemes, the descriptive and emotive power and subtlety of the images they construct, the exact expression of the interweaving of narrative, sensory, and emotional motifs. The concentration and precision of poetical language will be emphasised. In prose fiction sessions, students will be asked to consider the concise building of a world in cogently applied details, the subtle psychological construction of protagonist and supporting cast, the non-sensational (unless this works as conscious feature of the piece) invention and laying-out of plot, and the pace and tone of narrative voice. An example of a technical concern could be the application of metaphor: the need for precision and the balanced consistency of subsequent metaphorical expressions will be emphasised. Students will be expected to avoid clichés and hackneyed, tired uses of metaphorical language, to reformulate and look for new ways of saying. Critical awareness of this will be introduced in seminar discussions of illustrative texts, and students will be expected to later apply such ideas flexibly and naturally during the discussion of peer work. 31
G R A D U A T E D E G R E E P R O G R A M M E : E N G L I S H S T U D I E S Recommended reading Supplementary reading Teaching methods Assessment methods Language of instruction Quality assurance methods Modern and contemporary texts illustrative of poetic and fictive English forms will be supplied to students. During the prose segment of the course, some reference will be made to: Burroway, J. (1987). Writing Fiction. Boston: Little Brown. Based on the creative interests of specific students the lecturer will recommend individually applicable texts. Seminars on modern and contemporary texts illustrative of poetic and fictive English forms. Practical sessions (Workshops) – student centred critical discussions of student work / Advisory hours / Independent study (in the form of creative and critical writing) will be regularly required. The assessment of student knowledge/performance will be based on the following: 1. Continuous assessment: independent homework/project tasks (the production of creative work and the production of critical commentaries on other’s work), and observation of the quality and frequency of the student’s participation in critical discussions. 2. Production of a portfolio of work, the semester’s work though substantially revised to the critical specifications of peer commentary. Exam: an oral defence of creative decisions taken in the portfolio. English. 1. Student feedback via questionnaires and surveys. 2. Lecturers responsible for the same subject area collaborate closely and monitor each other’s work. Course title Lexical semantics Course code Type of course Level of course HZE710 Seminar / Advisory hours Elective Course Specialised level course Year of study First Semester Two ECTS (Number of credits allocated) Name of lecturer Learning outcomes and competences 3 ECTS Contact hours (20 seminars + 1 advisory hours) = 1 credit. Student study time (60 hours) = 2 credits. Prof. dr. Danica Škara Understanding of the basic theoretical concepts in lexical semantics Familiarity with modern terminology in lexical semantics Experience in critical considerations of the topics in lexical semantics and in presenting them in the written form and orally Ability to apply theoretical concepts in scientifically suitable ways, to develop own concepts and draw conclusions about the characteristics of 32
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