| UNIT 2. The end-of-degree project (or TFG in Spanish) |
Regulations of the Faculty of Philology (UDC). Planning and timing. The project itself: aims, methodology, table of contents, structure, quotations, footnotes, list of Works Cited, appendix, and abstract. The MLA Style. Information resources (online catalogues, databases, etc.). Plagiarism. The formality of the oral presentation. |
| UNIT 3. Tools for academic writing |
Spelling, capitalization, word choice (e.g. avoiding sexist/discriminatory language; using inclusive language and new terminology), tone, clarity (e.g. coherence, structure), exactness, conciseness, etc. Academic concepts and topics of contemporary interest: ecofeminism, posthumanism, etc. |
| UNIT 4. Tools for critical reading |
4.1. Rhetorical devices: allegory, alliteration, anaphora, antagonist, antihero, antithesis, archetype, assonance, asyndeton, Bildungsroman, blank verse, catharsis, chiasmus, Doppelgänger, enjambment, flashback, flashforward, foreshadowing, free indirect discourse, free verse, genre, hyperbaton, hyperbole, irony, litotes, metaphor, meter, metonymy, narrator, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, personification, polysyndeton, point of view, pun, rhyme, rhythm, simile, stream of consciousness, symbolism, synecdoche, synesthesia, tautology, tone, etc.
4.2. Critical theories and concepts: affect theory, deconstruction, feminist literary criticism, queer theory, etc. |
| UNIT 5. The close-reading method |
Type of text, opening lines, location and time, story, pace, themes, rhetorical figures, characters, type of narrator, point of view, tone, closing lines, meanings, interpretations, etc. Readings of short stories, poetry, etc. |
| UNIT 6. Introduction to academic research |
The MA thesis, the PhD dissertation, and the research article. Deciding upon the object of study, reviewing the state of the art, searching for academic sources, choosing a publication means, writing the text, etc. |