Literature and Culture Seminar

The student acquires the skill of writing a scholarly essay in the field of literary or cultural studies and conducts research based on the chosen topic. They are capable of justifying the research topic, conducting a literature review, performing research, and presenting the results in a format that adheres to the standards of scholarly writing. They are able to present their work in the seminar.

There are no enrolment or degree requirements for the course.

In the seminar, students acquire skills in writing longer academic essays. They select and justify a research topic and review the state of research in the field addressed by the study. As part of independent work, they conduct research and write a seminar paper, which they present in the seminar.

Knowledge and Understanding:
- Students develop a thorough understanding of the principles and conventions of academic writing in the field of literature and culture.
- Gain insight into the research methodologies and approaches in literary and cultural studies.

Skills:
- Students acquire proficiency in crafting well-structured and substantiated academic essays that adhere to scholarly standards.
- Enhance research skills, including the ability to select, justify, and investigate research topics effectively, culminating in the production of a seminar paper and its oral presentation.

• Hladnik, Miran. 2003. Praktični spisovnik ali Šola strokovnega ubesedovanja [Elektronski vir]. Ljubljana: samozal. M. Hladnik, 2003. Catalogue E-version
• Aberšek, Boris in Kordigel Aberšek, Metka. 2019. Znanstveno pisanje. Maribor: Univerzitetna založba. E- version

Seminar Paper (80 %) and
Oral Presentation in Seminar (20 %).

Assoc. Prof. dr. Ana Toroš is employed at the Faculty of Humanities and at the Research Center for the Humanities of the University of Nova Gorica (UNG). In addition to pedagogical and research work, she is the director of the study program Humanities III. degree, which operates within the Faculty of Postgraduate Studies of UNG. Her research is focused on the field of regional comparative literature and literary imagology, and she is interested in multilingual literature in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region (Italy) and in the Goriška and Obalno-kraška regions.

Selected Bibliography:

• TOROŠ, Ana. O zemlja sladka: kamen, zrno, sok: Alojz Gradnik ter romanski in germanski svet, (Razprave in eseji, 65). Ljubljana: Slovenska matica, 2013. 186 str., ilustr. ISBN 978-961-213-239-2. [COBISS.SI-ID 271853056] / nagrada: Nagrada Občine Brda, prejeta leta 2014
• TOROŠ, Ana (avtor, prevajalec). Podoba Trsta in Tržaškega v slovenski in italijanski poeziji prve polovice 20. stoletja, (Humanistika). V Novi Gorici: Univerza, 2011. 131 str., ilustr. ISBN 978-961-6311-67-0. [COBISS.SI-ID 255205888] / nagrada: Nagrada Urada Vlade RS za Slovence v zamejstvu in po svetu (USZS), prejeta 2011
• TOROŠ, Ana. The role of migrations and cultural hybridity in literary systems : studying the case of Alojz Gradnik in Argentina. Annales : anali za istrske in mediteranske študije, Series historia et sociologia, ISSN 1408-5348. [Tiskana izd.], 2018, letn. 28, št. 1, str. 65-76, ilustr. http://zdjp.si/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ASHS_28-2018-1_TOROS.pdf, doi: 10.19233/ASHS.2018.06. [COBISS.SI-ID 5187067]
• TOROŠ, Ana. Slovene-Friulian-Italian literary connections at the beginning of the 20th century : the case of Alojz Gradnik and select Friulian and Italian authors. Interlitteraria, ISSN 1406-0701, 2017, vol. 22, no. 2, str. 386-396, doi: 10.12697/IL.2017.22.2.15. [COBISS.SI-ID 5026299]
• TOROŠ, Ana. Minority writing : the case of Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Italy), Goriška and Coastal-Karst regions (Slovenia). Slavia Centralis, ISSN 1855-6302. [Tiskana izd.], 2017, letn. 10, št. 2, str. 50-65. [COBISS.SI-ID 4983547]
• TOROŠ, Ana. Auto-stereotypes and hetero-stereotypes in Slovene and Italian poetry about Trieste from the first half of the 20th century. Interlitteraria, ISSN 1406-0701, 2016, vol. 21, no. 2, str. 290-304, doi: 10.12697/IL.2016.21.2.10. [COBISS.SI-ID 4712699]
• TOROŠ, Ana. Alojz Gradnik and the Slovenian community in Italy from the second half of the twentieth century to the present. Slovene studies, ISSN 0193-1075, 2015, vol. 37, no. 1/2, str. 25-44. [COBISS.SI-ID 61113442]
• TOROŠ, Ana. Le figure femminili nella poesia slovena e italiana su Trieste della prima metà del XX secolo. Quaderni d'italianistica, Toronto, ISSN 0226-8043, 2014, vol. 35, no. 1, str. 135-148. [COBISS.SI-ID 3705083]
• TOROŠ, Ana. Triestinità and tržaškost : common points and differences. Slovene studies, ISSN 0193-1075, 2014, vol. 36, no. 1, str. 39-54. [COBISS.SI-ID 3914491]
• TOROŠ, Ana. The "other" in contemporary Slovene literature from the Trieste region : a case study of national stereotypes in minority literatures. V: ROSENTHAL, Caroline (ur.). Disrespected neighbo(u)rs : cultural stereotypes in literature and film. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars. 2018, str. 223-233. [COBISS.SI-ID 5238523]