Bachelor’s Seminar: Anglophone LiteraturesLaajuus (3 cr)

Objective

Learning outcomes: A successful student will be able to • plan and prepare an academic paper dealing with Anglophone literature or culture (BA thesis) • recognise the basic issues and conventions in the chosen field of study and follow them • locate and evaluate research relevant to the chosen field of research • to critically analyse their own and other students’ work The course develops the following work life skills: language skills, culture specialisation, meaning-making, systematic thinking, social intelligence, argumentation skills, giving feedback, time management and prioritisation, managing large entities, research skills and critical thinking, presentation skills, IT skills (Office) Generic competences: digitalization, ethics, leadership and development, internationality, critical thinking, identification and development of expertise, interaction and communication

Content

This course deals with the basics of carrying out research in literary and cultural studies. It pays special attention to academic writing in English and its conventions such as the MLA style. Students learn to locate and use source materials, and define and limit a research problem. During the course they will plan and write an academic paper on Anglophone literature or culture. They will also practice oral communication skills in an academic context. The language of the course is English.

Qualifications

Basic Studies and the following courses: 2130445 Nineteenth-Century Realisms: Race, Class, and Gender, 2130446 20th and 21st- Century Literature: Modern and Contemporary Narratives (or 2130408, 2130409 Fiction in English 2 and 3), 2130441 Writing for Research Purposes (or 2130418, 2130419 Academic Writing 1 and 2)

Materials

Mario Klarer, Introduction to Literary Studies (1999), Nigel Fabb ja Alan Durant, How to Write Essays and Dissertations: A Guide for English Literature Students 2. painos tai uudempi (2005), and Joseph Gibaldi, MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th ed. or newer (2009).

Further information

Time: 3rd year of study, autumn and spring terms Offering data: This course is open only to students majoring in English Language and Culture Campus: Joensuu Further information: Language of tuition is English. The course is not open to exchange students. In connection with the Bachelor’s Seminar course, students majoring in English are expected to take the discipline-specific course on information retrieval skills 8020080 Information Skills in English Language and Literature Studies (1 cp) offered by the library. It is recommended that the course be taken in tandem with the Bachelor’s Seminar. NB! IT IS ALSO STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT THE STUDENTS TAKE THE ADVANCED STUDIES COURSE 2130502 Methodology: Literary and Cultural Theory IN TANDEM WITH THE BACHELOR’S SEMINAR.

Execution methods

Exercises

Accomplishment methods

Modes of study: Active participation (minimum requirement 80%) in exercises (52 hours) and independent work (written research papers). Evaluation criteria: Written research papers; presentations and oral critiquing; active classroom participation