Research Methods (Literary and Cultural Studies) - Detailseite

The course aims at practicing and rehearsing research skills central for producing scholarly texts, specifically final theses. It will focus on topics such as identifying a topic and a central research question, structuring the text, and language use. Discussions in class will address questions of methodology, theoretical grounding, academic language, and bibliographic conventions. Students will present their own (preliminary) research projects and draft tables of content, bibliographies, and short sections of text, which will be reviewed by the instructor to facilitate the writing process. The class is most effective for those students who are about to start thinking about and writing their BA thesis; each student needs an academic writing project to make most of this class. 

Requirements:

Credit for the course requires regular attendance and participation in class discussions, the completion of the written assignments, and an oral presentation of one's project.

NOTE: The seminar focuses on BA thesis topics and methods in literary and cultural studies.