master's combined single-subject, language of instruction: Czech
Included in the programme: FF N-AJ_ English Language and Literature
Parts of the final state examination and its content
The state examination has two parts:
1. Defence of the diploma thesis
2. English language and literature
The second part of the state exam consists of an oral examination of professional literature within the specialization chosen during their studies by selecting optional courses related to their diploma thesis.
The current lists of the prescribed literature for the individual specializations are available at:
http://anglistika.phil.muni.cz/studium/informace-ke-studiu/books-master-s-state-exam.
Students are obliged to choose 2 out of 4 recommended overview texts within their specialization (e.g. Bloom/Eagleton and Brantlinger/Jenks for literary-cultural studies and Crystal/Svartvik&Leech and Firbas/Vached for linguistics). Additional three books are selected from three areas so that the student covers all relevant disciplines in their professional specialization. The aim of the exam is to assess the professional knowledge of the students by means of an open dialogue, with view to their awareness of the historical context as well as the current state of knowledge in their field.
Suggestion of theses topics and the topics of defended theses
Music in America: How it shaped and reflected the 1960s and 1970s US culture
(http://is.muni.cz/th/443306/ff_m/)
Police Violence against African Americans: Black Panthers and Black Lives Matter
(http://is.muni.cz/th/382942/ff_m/)
Aspects of Carnivalesque in Selected Novels by Margaret Atwood (http://is.muni.cz/th/330818/ff_m/)
Soldier Archetypes in The Second World War Films (http://is.muni.cz/th/383559/ff_m/)
Toward the Conversationalization of Public Discourse: Showbiz Vlog News
(http://is.muni.cz/th/369579/ff_m/)
Articulation of Canadian Identity through Don Cherry's Coach's Corner
(http://is.muni.cz/th/382652/ff_m_b1/)
The Passive Voice in Business English
(http://is.muni.cz/th/360966/ff_m/)
Recommended progress through the study plan
Povinné předměty (60-80 kr.)
| Code | Name | Type of Completion | Credits | Term | Profile Cat. |
| FF:AJL50001 | Literary and Cultural Theory I | zk | 8 | 1 | Z |
| FF:AJL50002 | Literary and Cultural Theory II | zk | 8 | 2 | Z |
| FF:AJL50003 | Historical Development of English | zk | 8 | 2 | Z |
| FF:AJL50004 | Moderní lingvistika | zk | 8 | 1 | Z |
| FF:AJL50005 | Anglická filologie v českém prostředí | zk | 8 | 3 | Z |
| FF:AJL51000 | Examination in English | zk | - | 3 | P |
| FF:AJL51100 | Oral Practical English Exam | zk | - | 3 | P |
| FF:AJL59801 | Mgr. Thesis Seminar I | z | 6 | 3 | P |
| FF:AJL59802 | Mgr. Thesis Seminar II | z | 20 | 4 | P |
| FF:AJL59850 | Master’s Thesis | z | - | 4 | P |
| 66 credits |
Selective courses
Each student must pass the optional courses within their specialization in the extent of at least 36 credits, in addition to obtaining at least 18 credits outside their specialization, i.e. the total amount of 54 credits.
| Code | Name | Type of Completion | Credits | Term | Profile Cat. |
| FF:AJL52065 | Semantics: The English Verb | zk | 6 | 1 | - |
| FF:AJL52066 | Pronunciation Varieties of English | zk | 6 | 2 | - |
| FF:AJL52068 | Semantics: Sentence Semantics | zk | 6 | 3 | - |
| FF:AJL52082 | Pragmatics: Meaning in Context | zk | 6 | 1 | - |
| FF:AJL52083 | Stylistics: Language and the Media | zk | 6 | 2 | - |
| FF:AJL52087 | Forensic Linguistics: English language and law | zk | 6 | 3 | - |
| FF:AJL52089 | Sociolinguistic Skills: Academic Oracy | zk | 6 | 1 | - |
| FF:AJL52091 | Sociolinguistics: Dimensions of Intercultural Communication | zk | 6 | 2 | - |
| FF:AJL52093 | Pronunciation Varieties of American English | zk | 6 | 3 | - |
| FF:AJL52098 | Linguistic analysis of broadcast talk | zk | 6 | 1 | - |
| FF:AJL54054 | Contemporary British Women Novelists | zk | 6 | 2 | - |
| FF:AJL54055 | Iris Murdoch: the Novelist and the Philosopher | zk | 6 | 3 | - |
| FF:AJL54090 | Theory of Biography | zk | 6 | 1 | - |
| FF:AJL54101 | Tom Stoppard, playwright | zk | 6 | 2 | - |
| FF:AJL55056 | Arthur Miller, Playwright | zk | 6 | 3 | - |
| FF:AJL56071 | John Milton's 'Paradise Lost' and the British Civil War | zk | 6 | 1 | - |
| FF:AJL57051 | Contemporary Native American Societies | zk | 6 | 2 | - |
| FF:AJL57053 | Civil and Human Rights: A Comparative Examination | zk | 6 | 3 | - |
| FF:AJL57075 | Philip K. Dick on Screen | zk | 6 | 1 | - |
| FF:AJL58056 | Varieties of Canadian Experience: Canadian Film since 1970 | zk | 6 | 2 | - |
| FF:AJL58084 | Indigenous Australia | zk | 6 | 3 | - |
| FF:AJL59054 | Translation of Literature for Children | zk | 6 | 1 | - |
| FF:AJL59055 | Carroll's "Alice" in Czech | zk | 6 | 2 | - |
| FF:AJL59066 | Translation of Style | zk | 6 | 3 | - |
| 144 credits |