Unit 1: Research in Literature: Key Issues

Research questions, hypothesis and its types, hypothesis testing, research design, ethics

Unit 2: The place of theory in literary disciplines (Chapters 7 to 12 from A Handbook to Literary Research edited by Simon Eliot and W.R.Owens, 1998 and chapter 7 from The Handbook to Literary Research Edited by Delia da Sousa Correa and W.R. Owens, New York, Routledge, 1998

Unit 3: Literary research and interdisciplinarity, Use of linguistics and stylistics in literary research, Literary research and translation, Literary research and other media(Chapters 8,9,10 from The Handbook to Literary Research Edited by Delia da Sousa Correa and W.R. Owens, New York, Routledge, 1998)

Unit 4: Report Writing

Structure of Research Report, style manuals, avoiding plagiarism