Master Thesis
Code: 42318 ECTS Credits: 10| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4313178 Comparative Literature: Literary and Cultural Studies | OB | 0 | 2 |
Contact
- Name:
- Jordi Julià Garriga
- Email:
- jordi.julia@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- spanish (spa)
Teachers
- Pere Ballart Fernandez
- Jordi Cerdà Subirachs
- María José Vega Ramos
- David Roas Deus
- Gonzalo Ponton Gijon
- Meri Torras Frances
- Eduard Vilella Morato
- Antonio Penedo Picos
- Jordi Julià Garriga
Prerequisites
Generic requirements are required to take the master's degree and have the corresponding reflective and investigative capacity to perform a written work that culminates said studies.
Objectives and Contextualisation
The TFM must be original. The research topic is left to the free choice of the student and after the approval of the teacher who accepts your address. Both persons will always work in agreement and will set the pace of work, debate and correction sessions, as well as the corresponding advice. This work must account for the competences acquired after the studies carried out during the Master and demonstrate their aptitude for the choice of topics of relevance, the ability to develop them and know how to prepare their own proposal in this regard. Upon completion of the master's degree, the work will show that the students have been properly trained in the approaches, perspectives and work methods studied in the modules and know how to account for such learning by showing it in the writing of a text that highlights the objectives basic training of the Master.
Competences
- Apply the different theoretical and generic models to text analysis and interpretation.
- Interpret, in accordance with the principal analysis methodologies, the thematic and symbolic contents of the work in terms of its rhetorical and pragmatic strategies.
- Organise, plan and manage projects.
- Present research findings to experts and non-experts.
- Reason critically based on analysis and synthesis.
- Work in an interdisciplinary team in different contexts.
Learning Outcomes
- Analyse a wide variety of cultural texts and products, applying different theories and seeking to offer a thematic interpretation that pays attention to formal and pragmatic strategies.
- Organise, plan and manage projects.
- Present research findings to experts and non-experts.
- Reason critically based on analysis and synthesis.
- Use different research methodologies.
- Work in an interdisciplinary team in different contexts.
Content
The subjetct of the Master Thesis should be related to any of the lines of work exhibited in any of the modules of the Master, without the need for an exact correspondance. Its research frame work mus involve the chosen objecto f study and the approaches of the Theory of Literature and Comparative Literature. Althought the focus must be consistent with the Master’s Degree, the objects of study may come from areas such as film, music, art, audiovisual media, etc.
Methodology
The methodology must adhere to those of the areas of knowledge of the Theory of Literature and Comparative Literature,
focused from the parameters of Cultural Studies. The different modules of the master's degree will illustrate to the students
what are the acceptable and convenient methodologies for the preparation of the TFM, and the professional who directs it
will have the power to indicate to the student the convenience or not of determined investigative practic.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| TFM Writing | 0 | 0 | 1, 3, 2, 4, 6, 5 |
Assessment
The extension of the Master Thesis project is 50 pages. It can be presented in Spanish and Catalan, as well as in other languages, with prior agreement with the director of work (English, French, Italian, Portuguese). The final delivery period is the first week of September, although such work may be submitted in July (always in agreement with the director of the same). Once the work is delivered, the principal will indicate to the student the evaluation and defense process. The work will be judged by a three-member tribune in public session.
In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.
In the event that Master’s Thesis (TFM) cannot be take onsite, it will be adapted to an online format made available through the UAB’s virtual tools (original weighting will be maintained). Lecturers will ensure that students are able to access these virtual tools, or will offer them feasible alternatives.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Master Thesis | 10 | 235 | 9.4 | 1, 3, 2, 4, 6, 5 |
| Master Thesis | 10 | 15 | 0.6 | 1, 3, 2, 4, 5 |
Bibliography
The teacher will advise students on the most suitable bibliography in relation to the topic and objectives of the Master Thesis.
Software
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