Supervised dissertations
Supervised MA Dissertations
2004-2005
- The Gothic Convention in The Marble Faun and The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Gothicism and Determinism in Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce
- The Organization of Space in Herman Melville's Short Fiction
- The Treatment of Verisimilitude in The Great Gatsby and Selected Short Stories of Francis Scott Fitzgerald
- The Poetics of Transcending in Light in August and As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
- Narrative Strategies in Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce
- Fantastic Elements in Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe
- Archetypal Imagery in Nathaniel Hawthorne's Short Stories
- Elements of the Drama in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and Short Stories
2005-2006
- "Semantics of Space in The House of the Seven Gables and The Marble Faun by Nathaniel Hawthorne"
- "Genological Conventions in The Dark Tower cycle by Stephen King"
- "Stories of H. P. Lovecraft as Tales of Terror"
- "The Conventions of Weird Fiction in the Stories of Clark Ashton Smith"
- "Genological Conventions in Cannery Row, Tortilla Flat and Pastures of Heaven by John Steinbeck"
- "The Shaping of Characters in the Novels of Jack London"
- "The Shaping of the Narratee in the Short Fiction of E.A. Poe"
- "The Gothic Convention in the Fiction of Henry James"
2006-2007
- 'Text and Pathology in Expensive People, Zombie, and Beasts by Joyce Carol Oates'
- 'Gothicism in the Short Fiction of Edith Wharton'
- 'Elements of the Gothic Convention in Bram Stoker's The Lady of the Shroud, Lair of the White Worm, and The Jewel of Seven Stars'
- ‘Semantics of Space in Stephen King's The Shining and Pet Sematary'
- ‘The Poetics of Mystery inn the Selected Fiction of Shirley Jackson'
- 'Modeling Reception in Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire and Vampire Lestat'
- ‘The Treatment of the Gothic Convention in the Short Fiction of Ray Bradbury'
- 'The Function of Literary Allusions and Embedded Narratives in Peter Straub's Ghost Story and Mr. X'
2012 - 2013
- "The shaping of the characters in the fiction of Thomas Harris"
- "Unreliable narrator in the selected novels by Joyce Carol Oates"
- "The shaping of the characters in the selected novels from the Scarpetta series by Patricia Cornwell"
- "Body as a text in Books of Blood by Clive Barker"
- „Ukształtowanie przestrzeni w wybranych utworach Shirley Jackson"
- "The presentation of monsters in Clive Barker's fiction"
- "The role of the fantastic in H. P. Lovecraft's fiction
2014
- „Młodzi bohaterowie i rytuał przejścia w wybranych utworach Raya Bradbury'ego" „Young protagonists and rites of passage in the selected works of Ray Bradbury"
- „Bohaterowie transgresywni w wybranej twórczości Roberta Blocha" „Tramsgressive characters in the selected novels of Robert Bloch".
2015
- "Semantics of Space in the Selected Fiction by Francis Scott Fitzgerald," "Semantyka przestrzeni w wybranych utworach Francisa Scotta Fitzgeralda"
- "Spatial Arrangements in the Selected Novels by John Steinbeck" " Układy przestrzenne w wybranych powieściach Johna Steinbecka"
- "The Organization of Space in the Selected Novels by Saul Bellow," "Organizacja przestrzeni w wybranych powieściach Saula Bellowa"
- "The Shaping of Space in the Selected Novels by Ernest Hemingway" "Ukształtowanie przestrzeni w wybranych powieściach Ernesta Hemingwaya"
- "Aluzje biblijne w wybranych utworach Nathaniela Hawthorne'a" "Biblical allusions in the selected fiction of Nathaniel Hawthorne"
- "Bohaterowie literaccy w obliczu traumy w wybranych utworach Joyce Carol Oates" "Characters in the face of trauma in the selected works of Joyce Carol Oates"
- "Graniczność w wybranych powieściach wampirycznych Anne Rice", "Liminality in the selected vampire novels of Anne Rice"
- "Narrative strategies in Ira Levin's novels" "Strategie narracyjne w powieściach Iry Levina"
2019
- Conventions of detective fiction in Michael Innes' Death at the President's Lodgings, and T.H. White's Darkness at Pemberley/Konwencje prozy detektywistycznej w powieściach Death at the President's Lodgings Michaela Innesa i Darkness at Pemberley T. H. White'a
- Characters in R.L. Stevenson's Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, and H.P. Lovecraft's The Case of Charles Dexter Ward/Ukształtowanie postaci w powieści Dr Jekyll i pan Hyde R. L. Stevensona, Portret Doriana Graya Oscara Wilde'a i Przypadek Charlesa Dextera Warda H. P. Love-crafta.
- Space organization in John Wyndham's Chrysalis and The Day of the Triffids/Organizacja przestrzeni w powieściach Poczwarki i Dzień Tryfidów J. Wyndhama
- Conventions of detective fiction in the novels by Edmund Crispin: The Case of the Gilded Fly, The Moving Toyshop, and Holy Disorders/Konwencje prozy detektywistycznej w powieściach The Case of the Gilded Fly, The Moving Toyshop i Holy Disorders Edmunda Crispina
- The motif of the quest and space patterns in the Conan stories by Robert E. Howard/Motyw wędrówki i układy przestrzenne w utworach z Conanem Roberta E. Howar-da
- Space and investigation in S.S. Van Dine's The Scarab Murder Case, The Greene Murder Case, and The Bishop Murder Case/Przestrzeń i śledztwo w powieściach detektywistycznych The Scarab Murder Case, The Greene Murder Case i The Bishop Murder Case S. S. Van Dine'a
- Conventions of Gothic and detective fiction in John Dickson Carr's Death Watch, The Mad Hatter Mystery and Poison in Jest/Konwencje prozy gotyckiej i detektywistycznej w powieściach Death Watch, The Mad Hatter Mystery i Trucizna Johna Dicksona Carra
- Conventions of Gothic and detective fiction in John Dickson Carr's Below Suspicion, Hag's Nook, and The Three Coffins/Konwencje prozy gotyckiej i detektywistycznej w powieściach Below Suspicion, Hag's Nook i The Three Coffins Johna Dicksona Carra
- Space patterns in William Burroughs' The Land That Time Forgot, At the Earth's Core, and in Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World/Układy przestrzenne w powieściach Ląd zapomniany przez czas i We wnętrzu Ziemi Williama Burroughsa oraz Zaginiony świat A. Conan Doyle'a.
- Criminal motivation and the child figure in Agatha Christie's Cat among the Pigeons, The Crooked House, and Halloween Party/Motywacja zbrodni i postać dziecięca w powieściach Agathy Christie Kot wśród gołębi, Dom zbrodni i Wigilia Wszystkich Świętych
- Space and characters in Bram Stoker's The Lair of the White Worm and Dracula/Przestrzeń i postać w powieściach Brama Stokera Kryjówka białego węża i Drakula
- Ethical motivation of investigation in Agatha Christie's Ordeal by Innocence, Murder is Easy, and Elephants Can Remember/Etyczna motywacja śledztwa w powieściach Agathy Christie Słonie mają dobrą pamięć, Morderstwo to nic trudnego i Próba niewinności.
Supervised BA Disserations
2004
- "The Construction of Stage Reality in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller"
- "The Narrative Technique in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald"
- "The Shaping of Characters in Billy Budd by Herman Melville"
- "The Motif of the Quest in Moby Dick by Hermann Melville"
- "The Techniques of Characterization in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne"
- "Iris Murdoch's Under the Net as Novel of Philosophical Issues"
2005
- "The Concept of Time in Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut"
- "The Construction of Plot in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald"
- "The Shaping of the Narratee in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger"
- "The Gothic Convention in Henry James's The Turn of the Screw"
- "Philip Roth's The Breast as a Literary Game"
- "Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as a Dystopia"
- "Genological Conventions in Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle"
- "The Story-within-the-story Convention in Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton"
2009
- "Narrative frames as a means of illuminating characters in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein"
- "The narrative complexity of Poe's Pym"
- "Constructional peculiarities of Le Fanu's In a Glass Darkly"
- "Autonomy and metatextuality in the narrative frames of John Gardner's 'The King's Indian'"
- "Constructional peculiarities of James Hogg's The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner"
- "Narrative complexity as the reflection of the theme of fluctuating identity in Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"
- "The function of narrative frames in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter"
- "Virginia Woolf: 'Kew Gardens'. Translation and the Translator's Note"
- "Ambrose Bierce 'The Damned Thing'. Translation with a translator's note."
2014
- "The Shaping of Space in the Selected Stories by Edgar Allan Poe"
- "Ukształtowanie przestrzeni w wybranych opowiadaniach Edgara Allana Poego"
- "The Organization of Space in John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men" Układy przestrzenne w powieści Johna Steinbecka Myszy i ludzie"
- "Spatial Arrangements in The Wee Free Men from Terry Pratchett's Discworld "Układy przestrzenne w powieści Wolni Ciut Ludzie z cyklu Świat Dysku Terry'ego Pratchetta
- "The Shaping of Space in The Shining by Stephen King"
- "Ukształtowanie przestrzeni w powieści Lśnienie Stephena Kinga"
- "Spatial Arrangements in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde" "Układy przestrzenne w powieści Portret Doriana Graya Oscara Wilde'a"
- "The Organization of Space in Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell" "Organizacja przestrzeni w powieści Przeminęło z wiatrem Margaret Mitchell"
- "Spatial Arrangements in The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson" "Układy przestrzenne w powieści The Haunting of Hill House Shirley Jackson"
- "Spatial Arrangements in Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy", "Układy przestrzenne w powieści Tess Thomasa Hardy'ego"
- "The Organization of Space in Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien," "Organizacja przestrzeni w powieści Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkiena"
- "The Shaping of Space in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll", "Ukształtowanie przestrzeni w powieści Przygody Alicji w krainie czarów Lewisa Carrolla"
- "The Organization of Space in The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison" "Organizacja przestrzeni w powieści The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison"
2015
- "Semantyka przestrzeni w wybranych opowiadaniach H. P. Lovecrafta."
- "Semantics of space in the selected stories of H.P. Lovecraft"
- "Układy przestrzenne w powieści "Czerwony smok" Thomasa Harrisa." "Spatial arrangements in the novel Red Dragon by Thomas Harris"
- "Organizacja przestrzeni w Jądrze ciemności Josepha Conrada"
- "The organization of space in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad"
- "Organizacja przestrzeni w powieści Pożegnanie z bronią Ernesta Hemingwaya." "The organization of space in the novel A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway"
- "Układy przestrzenne w wybranych opowiadaniach Williama Faulknera." "Spatial arrangements in the selected stories of William Faulkner"
- "Układy przestrzenne w powieści Smętarz dla zwierzaków Stephena Kinga." "Spatial arrangements in the novel Pet Sematary by Stephen King"
- "Semantyka przestrzeni w powieści Wielki Gatsby F. Scotta Fitzgeralda." "Semantics of space in the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald"
- Semantyka przestrzeni w wybranych opowiadaniach Nathaniela Hawthorne'a. "Semantics of space in the selected stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne"
- "Organizacja przestrzeni w cyklu powieściowym Malazańska księga poległych Stevena Eriksona." "The organization of space in the cycle The Malazan Book of the Fallen"
- "Organizacja przestrzeni w wybranych powieściach Nicholasa Sparksa." "The organization of space in the selected novels by Nicholas Sparks".
- "Organizacja przestrzeni w powieści Wichrowe wzgórza Emily Brontë." "The organization of space in the novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë.
2017
- The Function of the Supernatural in Edith Wharton's "The Eyes," and "The Triumph of the Night"
- The Significance of Space in Ambrose Bierce's "A Tough Tussle," "An Inhabitant of Carcosa," and "One Summer Night"
- Elements of the Gothic Convention in Edith Wharton's "The La-dy's Maid's Bell," and "Kerfol"
- Elements of the Gothic Convention in Ambrose Bierce's "The Secret of Macarger's Gulch," "The Middle Toe of the Right Foot," and "A Vine on a House"
- Space as Fossilized Time in H. P. Lovecraft's "The Rats in the Walls," "The Shunned House," and "The Nameless City"
- Intertextuality in Robert Bloch's "Constant Reader," and "The Man Who Collected Poe"
- Elements of the Gothic Convention in Ambrose Bierce's "The Moonlit Road," "The Damned Thing," and "Staley Fleming's Hallucination"
- The Shaping of Space and Time in the Selected Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Catastrophic Prophecies in Ray Bradbury's "The Sound of Thunder," "The Veldt," and "There Will Come Soft Rains"
- The Shape of Evil in C. A. Smith's "The Beast of Averoigne," "The Holiness of Azédarac," and "The Enchantress of Sylaire"
- The Shaping of Characters in H. P. Lovecraft's "Herbert West - Reanimator," and "Pickman's Model"
- The Shaping of Characters in C. A. Smith's "The City of the Singing Flame," "The Hunters from Beyond," and "The Devotee of Evil"
- The Shaping of Time and Space in Robert E. Howard's "The Chil-dren of the Night," "The Black Stone," and "The Fire of Asshurbanipal"
- The Shaping of Characters in Edith Wharton's "Afterward" and "A Fulness of Life"



