Intercultural Approaches to Anglophone Literature – Methodology of Academic Research
Instructor: Assistant Professor Nic Panagopoulos
This is primarily an advanced academic writing course designed to prepare students for the writing of research papers and dissertations at postgraduate level. It is designed to familiarize students with research methodology, academic style and rhetoric, the various stages of the writing process, the mechanics of writing, and MLA conventions. Secondarily, within the context of the programme’s overarching theme of the reception of Greece in modern Western culture, the course also offers an introduction to various relevant topics such as the theory and practice of comparative literature, myth, classicism-Neoclassicism, Hellenism-Philhellenism. Students will be asked to put into practice what they learn about the various steps of the research process by preparing an academic paper from inception to conclusion using a comparative methodology that juxtaposes one Anglophone text or author with a Greek text, author, philosophy, or myth of the students’ choosing.
The format of the class will be lecture, seminar, and workshop, and the evaluation will be based on various written assignments, a class presentation, a written research paper, and a final examination.