ADVANCED LITERARY-CULTURAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

MPHIL ENGLISH-I (ENG-716)

FALL-2020

INSTRUCTOR DETAILS
Instructor Ms. NAUREEN MUMTAZ
Room No. NB 03 Basement
Office Hours 08:00 PM till 04:00 PM (Mon – Thurs) Till 03:00 (Friday)
Email naureenmumtaz@lgu.edu.pk
Telephone 03144995250
Batch Advisor
Batch Advisor’s Office Hours 08:00 PM till 04:00 PM (Mon – Thurs) Till 03:00 (Friday)
Course URL (if any) www.moodle.lgu.edu.pk
Google classroom code ltsjvxh
Zoom ID will be provided at google classroom
COURSE BASICS

Credit Hours 3 Credits

Lecture(s) (per week) 1 Duration 3 hours
Lab Work (per week) Nil Duration Nil
COURSE DISTRIBUTION
Core It is an core course
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course introduces the basic and advanced concepts and practices in research. Since the students are from the Humanities
disciplines, the course will concentrate on qualitative methods. It has been designed for scholars who have some basic knowledge of
research practices.
Qualitative research complements quantitative research and there may be some areas where it is more likely to reflect the complexity
of observable data. For some social researchers, especially those working in the human sciences, qualitative research may be more
suitable to describe human actions and their symbolic exchanges. As a major approach of conducting social inquiry, qualitative
research has become a critically important contributor of knowledge about human social processes. The disciplines that have
benefitted from qualitative research include literary studies, ethnography, ethnology, anthropology, psychology, social work,
sociology, comparative religion studies, and critical theory.
COURSE PREREQUISITES
None
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1 identifying the setting and data
2 choosing the appropriate qualitative research methods or combining/mixing methods
3 fieldwork analysis
5 reporting the results
PROGRAM LEARNING GOALS
S/No. Goals

1 To help students to understand the globalized and multicultural literary and linguistic approaches.
2 To promote research oriented trend in student learning.
3 To provide critical and analytical exposure for studying
TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES (TLAs)
  Pre-reading Assignments
 Presentation of Key Concepts
 In-class Discussions
 Video-Watching and Discussions
 Simulation Exercise
 Quizzes on Comprehension of Contents in Lectures
 Oral Presentations by Students in Groups
 Written Report on Presentation Project

GRADING BREAKUP AND POLICY

S/No. Item %age Weightage
1 Mid Term Exam 25%
2 Final Exam 40%
4 Quizzes (4) 10%
6 Class Participation 5%
7 Group Projects / presentations 20%
Total 100%
TEXTBOOK(S)/REFERENCE BOOK(S)
S/No. Title Year / Author(s) Moodle E-Library Link
edition Link
1 Ethnographic methods Second Karen O'Reilly https://www.researchgate.net/publicati
Edition on/287833554_Ethnographic_methods
_second_edition

2 Qualitative versus Edited by Sonyel https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Y

Quantitative Research
3 Critical Discourse Analysis
4 Routledge Handbook of
Discourse Analysis
Oflazoglu usuf-
Bilgin/publication/318075665_Qualitati
ve_Method_Versus_Quantitative_Meth
od_in_Marketing_Research_An_Applica
tion_Example_at_Oba_Restaurant/links
/5a17f603a6fdcc50ade63604/Qualitativ
e-Method-Versus-Quantitative-Method-
in-Marketing-Research-An-Application-
Example-at-Oba-Restaurant.pdf
Norman Fairclough https://www.felsemiotica.com/descarga
s/Fairclough-Norman-Critical-Discourse-
Analysis.-The-Critical-Study-of-
Language.pdf
ERNST https://www.academia.edu/36763275/
WENDLAND Routledge_Handbook_of_Discourse_An
alysis
 COURSE CONTENTS
Time Date Topics No of Activities
Period Cr. Hr
Week 1 Introduction to Research 3
 constructing valid research questions
 What’s a hypothesis/thesis
statement/statement of the problem?
 Identifying the setting and data
Week 2 Research Methods 3
 choosing the appropriate qualitative research
methods or combining/mixing methods
 reporting the results
Week 3 Research Paradigms 3
 Concept of Research Paradigm and comparative
study of major paradigms of research
 Archival Research Methods
Week 4 Auto/biography as a Research Method (life histories) 3 Quiz 1

Week 5 Oral History as a Research Method 3

Week 6 Visual Methodologies 3

Week 7 Quantitative Methods for textual/literary studies 3 Quiz 2

Week 8 REVISION 3

Week 9 MID TERM EXAMS 3

Week 10 Cognitive biases 3 Quiz 3

 Selection of text as representation and
Interpretation
 Cognitive biases in the selection of text
Week 11 Politics of interpretation 3
 Examples and styles of Interpretation
Week 12 Academic Research 3
 Place and process of literary studies in academic
research
Week 13 Discourse Analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis 3 Quiz 4
 symbolic exchange/interaction analysis
 https://www.routledgehandbooks.com/doi/10.4324/
9781315739342.ch3

Week 14 Ethnography as a Research Method 3
 deconstruction/critique
Textual Analysis as a Research Method 3
Week 15  deconstruction/critique
Narrative Analysis
https://www.fib.unair.ac.id/jdownloads/Materi
%20Kuliah/Magister%20Kajian%20Sastra%20dan
%20Budaya/Analisis
%20Wacana/methods_of_critical_discourse_analysis_ruth_
wodak_and_michael_meyer_sage_publications_2001.pdf

Week 16 Semiotics as a research method 3

https://us.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-
assets/106653_book_item_106653.pdf

Week 17 REVISION 3 Presentations

(10 marks)

Week 18 FINAL TERM EXAMINATION