This course probides students with a comprehensive understanding of research methodology guiding them through the full process from the identification of a research problem to the presentation and interpretation of the findings. By the end of the course, students will be able to develop a clear, coherent and methodological sound research proposal, and also evaluate research proposals in their field.

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Literature: Theory and Practice is a lecture course designed for L3 English students. It examines the philosophical and cultural foundations of modernism, emphasizing its major thematic and stylistic hallmarks in literary texts, and slave narratives. The module introduces students to key modernist concerns, particularly alienation, fragmentation, identity formation, and the transformation of narrative technique, through close analysis of representative works. It offers both historical and literary background on the emergence and evolution of the slave narrative as a foundational genre in African American literature. Core texts include James Joyce’s “The Dead”, explored for its use of stream of consciousness and the modernist device of epiphany, and Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, studied for its complex negotiations of identity and estrangement within colonial modernity. In parallel, the course engages Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave to examine the conventions and cultural significance of the slave narrative. Combining theoretical frameworks with practical textual analysis, the course provides students with a comprehensive understanding of contemporary literary study and its methodological tools.

Research is a fundamental human activity aimed at gaining knowledge, understanding, and finding solutions to various problems. It is an innate process that begins at birth and continues throughout life, driving curiosity and discovery in all individuals—from babies seeking comfort to academics exploring new ideas. In the academic context, research defines scholars’ identities and fuels their pursuit of knowledge. This research methodology module introduces students to the systematic processes and techniques used to conduct effective research, emphasizing the importance of well-designed methods to produce reliable and valid results that contribute to solving real-world issues.

 
 
 
 

Course Title: Introduction to Sociolinguistics and Psycholinguistics

Course Description:
This course introduces students to two major macro-linguistic branches of theoretical linguistics: Sociolinguistics and Psycholinguistics. It aims to provide third-year undergraduate (License) students with fundamental concepts and essential assumptions related to these two fields.

 

The tutorials of this course accompany the lectures. The aim of the former is to enable students to make sense of the latter through the close reading, analysis, and interpretation of relevant literary texts particularly James Joyce's "The Dead", Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, and Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.