1. SylabUZ
2. Faculty of Social Sciences
3. winter term 2022/2023
4. Sociology - Second-cycle studies leading to MS degree
5. Critical Analysis and Editing of Texts

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Critical Analysis and Editing of Texts - course description

Aim of the course

Familiarizing students with various types of texts (including journalistic, literary, popular science, journalistic, digital) and identifying differences in the creation of a scientific text; familiarizing students with the specificity and variety of scientific texts; an indication of the determinants and requirements for such texts; familiarization with the structure, logic, functions and purposes of scientific texts in comparison with other texts. Moreover, the aim is to familiarize students with the methods of analyzing scientific texts, as well as with the principles of their creation / preparation.

Prerequisites

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Scope

1. Scientific text and other types of texts - similarities and differences

2. Classifications of texts

3. Types, genres and characteristics of scientific texts

4. The structure and logic of scientific texts

5. Components of a scientific text (terms, definitions, laws of science, references, references, footnotes, formulas, results of empirical research).

6. Requirements for scientific texts.

7. Who creates scientific texts; who are they intended for and how should they be read?

8. Examples of scientific texts - analysis

9. Preparation of a scientific text

Teaching methods

Group work, presentations, work with text, e-learning, blended learning

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description	Outcome symbols	Methods of verification	The class form

Assignment conditions

Choice test with open-ended questions. Minimum point threshold 50%

Recommended reading

1. Charles B. Faulhaber, Textual Criticism in the 21st Century, Romance Philology 45 (1991)
2. George P. Landow, Hypertext: The Convergence of Contemporary Critical Theory and Technology (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins UP, 1992), new ed., Hypertext 2.0 Being a Revised, Amplified Edition of Hypertext: The Convergence of Contemporary Critical Theory and Technology (Baltimore-London: The Johns Hopkins UP, 1997),
3. Peter M. W. Robinson, ìRedefining Critical Editions, The Digital World: Text-Based Computing in the Humanities 

Further reading

1. Alison Alexander, W. James Potter, How to Publish Your Communication Research: An Insider’s Guide, Sage Publishing 2001;
2. C. A. Mack, Editorial: How to Write a Good Scientific Paper: Title, Abstract, and and Keywords, J. Micro/Nanolith. MEMS MOEMS 11(2), 020101 (2012).

Notes

Modified by dr Tomasz Kołodziej (last modification: 15-04-2022 12:54)