Identifying Data 2018/19
Subject (*) Methodology and Research in the Literature and Culture of the English-Speaking World Code 613505002
Study programme
Mestrado Universitario en Estudos Ingleses Avanzados e as súas Aplicacións (2013)
Descriptors Cycle Period Year Type Credits
Official Master's Degree 1st four-month period
 First Obligatory 3
Language
English
Teaching method Face-to-face
Prerequisites
Department Letras
Coordinador
Barros Grela, Eduardo
 E-mail
eduardo.barros@udc.es
Lecturers
Barros Grela, Eduardo
 E-mail
eduardo.barros@udc.es
Web http://www.imaes.eu/?page_id=31
General description OBXECTIVOS:
Ensinar ao estudiantado os obxectivos e métodos da investigación literaria e cultural na área de humanidades.
Familiarizar ao estudantado cos métodos de procura de información sobre temas de investigación literaria e cultural en inglés.
Informar ao estudantado sobre as tendencias dentro do ámbito académico anglosaxón en relación coa investigación literaria e cultural.
Axudar aos estudantado a distinguir na práctica diferentes actividades de investigación, co fin de preparalos como profesionais do mundo académico no campo literario e cultural en inglés.
Xerar a aprendizaxe autónoma dos/as alumnos/as, pedíndolles que analicen textos, preparen presentacións e debates e escriban resumos, recensións e ensaios, seguindo as instrucións dadas en clase e en titorías.

Study programme competencies
Code Study programme competences
A9 E09 – Familiarity with the main models and resources in literary/cultural research in the English-speaking domain.
A10 E10 –Ability to use appropriate techniques for the analysis of artistic and cultural texts in the English-speaking domain.
A11 E11 – Ability to identify and analyse the most relevant characteristics of culture and institutions in the English-speaking world through the study of different types of texts belonging to different historical periods.
B1 CB6 – Students should have the knowledge and understanding necessary to provide a basis or opportunity for originality in the development and/or application of ideas, often in a research context.
B2 CB7 - Students should be able to apply the knowledge acquired and a problem-solving capacity to new or lesser known areas within wider contexts (or multidisciplinary contexts) related to the study area.
B4 CB9 – Students must be able to communicate their conclusions, as well as the knowledge and reasoning behind them, to both specialized and general audiences in a clear and unambiguous way
B6 G01 –The capacity to delve into those concepts, principles, theories or models related with the different fields of English Studies is a necessary skill, as is the ability to solve specific problems in a particular field of study via appropriate methodology.
B7 G02 – Students must be capable of applying the knowledge acquired in the multidisciplinary and multifaceted area of English Studies
B9 G04 – Students must be able to publicly present their ideas, reports or experiences, as well as give informed opinions based on criteria, external norms or personal reflection. All of this implies having sufficient command of both oral and written academic and scientific language
B10 G05 – Skills related to research and the handling of new knowledge and information in the context of English Studies are to be acquired by students
B11 G06 – Students should be able to develop a critical sense in order to assess the relevance of both existing research in the fields of English Studies, and their own research.
B13 G08 – Students should become progressively autonomous in the learning process, and in the search for appropriate resources and information, via the use of bibliographic and documentary sources related to English Studies.
B14 G09 – Students are expected to be able to carry out research projects of an academic nature in the different fields of English Studies
B15 G10 – The ability to present and defend a research project using adequate terminology and resources appropriate to the field of study is a skill which should be acquired.

Learning aims
Learning outcomes Study programme competences
-Coñecemento dos modelos e recursos de investigación literaria/cultural no ámbito anglófono -Capacidade de utilizar as técnicas empregadas para a análise de textos -Capacidade para identificar e analizar as características máis relevantes da cultura e das institucións AR9
AR10
AR11
-Posuír e comprender coñecementos que acheguen unha base de ser orixinais nun contexto de investigación -Que os estudantes saiban aplicar os coñecementos adquiridos -Que os estudantes sexan capaces de integrar coñecementos e se enfrontar á complexidade de formular xuízos sobre as responsabilidades sociais e éticas -Que os estudantes saiban comunicar as súas conclusións a públicos especializados e non especializados -Que os estudantes posúan as habilidades de aprendizaxe autónomo -Capacidade de afondar naqueles conceptos, principios, teorías ou modelos relacionados cos Estudos Ingleses, -Capacidade para aplicar os coñecementos adquiridos na contorna multidisciplinar e multifacética dos Estudos Ingleses BR1
BR2
BR4
BR6
BR7
BR9
-Habilidad para investigar e manexar novos coñecementos e información no contexto dos Estudos Ingleses -Capacidade para adquirir un espírito crítico que leve aos estudantes a considerar a pertinencia das investigacións existentes -Autonomía progresiva na aprendizaxe (ex. procuras propias de recursos de información) -Capacidade para realizar traballos de investigación de carácter académico -Capacidade para presentar e defender un traballo de investigación BR10
BR11
BR13
BR14
BR15

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
1. Introduction.
2. The research paper (types and characteristics).
3. Writing the project.
4. Aims, methodology, corpus, argument, and structure.
5. Working with data.
6. Working with other materials.
7. Language requirements.
8. Manuals of style.
9. Presenting and publishing a research paper.
10. Legal issues.
11. Other applications of literary and cultural research.

Planning
Methodologies / tests Competencies Ordinary class hours Student’s personal work hours Total hours
Supervised projects A9 A10 A11 2 18 20
Oral presentation B1 B2 B4 B6 B7 B9 5 0 5
Seminar B10 B11 B13 B14 B15 10 40 50
 
Personalized attention 0 0
 
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies Description
Supervised projects Methodology designed to promote independent learning of students, under the guidance of the teacher, and in various (academic and professional) scenarios.

The supervised projects will include, among other tasks, online coursework.
Oral presentation Inherent in the teaching-learning methodology, this activity is based on oral participation through which students present their work.

The oral presentation is one of the practical assignments done by the students.
Seminar Technique of group work that aims for the intensive study of a topic or reading. It is characterized by discussion, participation, preparation of documents and the conclusions that all the seminar members have to reach.

There will be theoretical and practical sessions, as well as class debates.


Personalized attention
Methodologies
Supervised projects
Description
I am available to the students in my office during tutorial hours, as well as via phone and email.

Assessment
Methodologies Competencies Description Qualification
Seminar B10 B11 B13 B14 B15 -Participation in class, during the sessions and through other channels (e.g. e-mail, discussion forums, virtual platform). 30
Supervised projects A9 A10 A11 Activities may include:
-Critical summaries and/or reviews of compulsory readings.
-Writing an abstract (research questions, approach, method, data, expected results) plus its keywords.
-Writing a research paper.

 50
Oral presentation B1 B2 B4 B6 B7 B9 -Preparing an oral presentation. 20
 
Assessment comments

Given that the Master’s Degree
consists of both attendance-based and distance training, students are required
to attend the classroom sessions, unless they have applied for, and have been
granted, official exemption from class attendance. In this case, the evaluation
will be done as follows: participation through channels such as e-mail,
discussion forums, virtual platform, etc. (10%); oral or written exam (20%);
other forms of written work (50%); and oral presentation, either live or
recorded (20%).

Students
who do not submit a supervised project, or who fail
to submit at least 50% of the other tasks for assessment, will be graded as
absent from assessment (NP: no presentado).

Students
who do not pass in the first opportunity will be able
to re-sit in July, when they will be required to demonstrate that they have
acquired the skills for each module via two types of assessment: a supervised
project with the same percentage value and characteristics as in the first
opportunity, plus the exercises agreed upon with the lecturer(s) as a
substitute for the other activities of the module.

As
the common guide says, the total competencies to be acquired in this subject
are: CB6, CB7, CB9, 
G01, G02, G04, G05, G06, G08, G09, G10, E09, E10, E11  

Sources of information
Basic

(Bibliography)

Altick, Richard D., and John Fenstermaker. The Art of Literary Research. W. W. Norton & Co., 1992.

Bourdieu, Pierre, et al. Academic Discourse: Linguistic Misunderstanding and Professional Power. Stanford University Press, 1994.

Canagarajah, A. Suresh. Critical Academic Writing and Multilingual Students. The University of Michigan Press, 2002.

The Chicago Manual of Style. 16th ed., The University of Chicago Press, 2010.

Da Sousa Correa, Delia and W. R. Owens, editors. The Handbook to Literary Research.Routledge, 2009.

Durham, Meenakshi Gigi and Douglas M. Kellner, editors. Media and Cultural Studies: Keyworks. Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.

Henry, D. J. and A. Dorling Kindersley. Writing for Life: Paragraph to Essay. Longman, 2007.

The Hodges Harbrace Handbook. Wadsworth, 2010.

Leitch, Vincent B. et al, editors. The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. 2nd ed., W. W. Norton & Co., 2010.

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 8th ed., Modern Language Association, 2016.

Soriano, Ramón. Cómo se escribe una tesis. Guía práctica para estudiantes e investigadores. Berenice, 2008.

Walker, Melissa. Writing Research Papers.A Norton Guide. W. W. Norton & Co., 1996. 

Wisker, Gina. The Postgraduate Research Handbook. 2nd ed., Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

(Webs: URLs)

Modern Language Association: http://www.mla.org/

The Norton Introduction to Literature: http://wwnorton.com/college/english/litweb10/writing/

Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL): http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
Complementary


Recommendations
Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously

Subjects that continue the syllabus

Other comments


(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.