Seminaria licencjackie - studia niestacjonarne 2020–2021 :: BA Seminars - part-time programme 2020–2021

dr Aleksandra Jankowska (dla studentów realizujących ścieżkę nauczycielską)

dr Marta Frątczak-Dąbrowska
Marta Frątczak-Dąbrowska, Ph.D.
B.A. Seminar title: Postcolonial perspectives on literature and culture

The seminar will be devoted to postcolonial studies and postcolonial literatures. Postcolonial literatures are written by the authors from various parts of the globe (India, Pakistan, Ireland, the Caribbean, etc.) and they not only contextualise the (historical) experience of colonialism and imperialism but also speak truth to power.  Postcolonial authors talk about such issues as
political oppression, racism, economic dispossession, ecological colonialism, immigration, the sense of non-belonging, alienation, multiculturalism, etc. During the seminar, students will be familiarised with postcolonial theory and taught how to apply it to their research. They will be asked to work close with texts, both literary and critical. This is why the seminar is addressed to those who like reading. The students will be able to choose their area of interest within the field and expected to actively participate in the seminar; they will be asked to do various tasks assigned to them by the teacher, and graded based on their individual cooperation with the teacher as well as the group (should group tasks be assigned). By the end of the first semester, the students need to complete an annotated bibliography and submit (at least) the first chapter of their thesis.

Selected Bibliography
Bhabha, Homi. 2000. Location of Culture. London: Routledge.
Loomba, Ania. 2005. Colonialism/Postcolonialism. London: Routledge.
Said, Edward. 1993. Culture and Imperialism. London: Vintage.
Young, Robert. 2000. Postcolonialism. New York: Routledge.

dr Karolina Rosiak
Karolina Rosiak, Ph.D.
B.A. seminar title: MULTILINGUALISM IN THE BRITISH ISLES

The aim of this seminar is to discuss various aspects of multilingualism in the British Isles from the sociolinguistic perspective. We will discuss concepts such as language vs. dialect, diglossia, language maintenance and shift, language policy and planning, language endangerment and revitalization. The history and present situation of the indigenous and migrant languages of the British Isles will be discussed and analysed. We will also discuss selected aspects of the migrant languages in the UK and Ireland. In their dissertations’ students will be expected to apply the discussed concepts to specific case studies and data relating to the research question of their choice.
In terms of practical skills students will be aware of aspects of multilingualism in the British Isles, use the linguistic terminology appropriately to discuss and analyze it. Students will understand the role of indigenous and migrant languages in the present-day British culture and society. Students will be able to carry out small-scale research relating to their dissertation topic and present it in a coherent and informative way. Students will be able to formulate their opinions on the matters discussed in class and are open to other points of view.
Course requirements: interest in the sociolinguistic aspects of indigenous minority and migrant languages in the British Isles; active library card.
Course materials will be available on moodle and in the Novum library.

Selected course literature
Austin, Peter K. and Julia Sallabank (eds.). 2011. The Cambridge Handbook of Endangered Languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Britain, David (ed.).2007. Language in the British Isles. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Edwards, John. 2012. Multilingualism. London: Continuum.
Grenoble, Lenore A. and Lindsay J. Whaley. 1998. Endangered Languages. Current Issues and future prospects. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Saville-Troike, Muriel. 1989. The Ethnography of Communication. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
Spolsky, Bernard (ed.). 2012. The Cambridge Handbook of Language Policy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Williams, Colin H. (ed.). 2000. Language Revitalisation. Policy and Planning in Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press.