SLA2040

Polish studies II/1A

(ART)

L Zarnowski

8 points + 3 hours per week + First semester + Clayton + Prerequisites: SLA1040, SLA1050

Synopsis: (1) Advanced study through literary and official texts of the nowomowa (/new speech0) which characterises postwar Polish usage. Analysis of the stylistics of contemporary Polish political, economic and cultural discourses. Advanced translation. (2) Literature and society: Polish Modernism through dramatic, poetic, novelistic and artistic tests, studies against the backdrop of fin-de-siecle cultural movements in Poland and Eastern Europe. Contemporary Polish drama, fiction and film in the context of East European Postmodernism.

Assessment: Language test (1 hour): 30% + Written work (1000 words): 20% + Literature and society essay (2500 words): 30% + Tutorial paper (1500 words): 20%