Supervised dissertations

Supervised MA Dissertations

2004-2005

  1. The Gothic Convention in The Marble Faun and The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  2. Gothicism and Determinism in Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce
  3. The Organization of Space in Herman Melville's Short Fiction
  4. The Treatment of Verisimilitude in The Great Gatsby and Selected Short Stories of Francis Scott Fitzgerald
  5. The Poetics of Transcending in Light in August and As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
  6. Narrative Strategies in Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce
  7. Fantastic Elements in Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe
  8.  Archetypal Imagery in Nathaniel Hawthorne's Short Stories
  9. Elements of the Drama in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and Short Stories

2005-2006

  1. "Semantics of Space in The House of the Seven Gables and The Marble Faun by Nathaniel Hawthorne"
  2.  "Genological Conventions in The Dark Tower cycle by Stephen King"
  3. "Stories of H. P. Lovecraft as Tales of Terror"
  4. "The Conventions of Weird Fiction in the Stories of Clark Ashton Smith"
  5. "Genological Conventions in Cannery Row, Tortilla Flat and Pastures of Heaven by John Steinbeck"
  6. "The Shaping of Characters in the Novels of Jack London"
  7.  "The Shaping of the Narratee in the Short Fiction of E.A. Poe"
  8.  "The Gothic Convention in the Fiction of Henry James"

2006-2007

  1.  'Text and Pathology in Expensive People, Zombie, and Beasts by Joyce Carol Oates'
  2.  'Gothicism in the Short Fiction of Edith Wharton'
  3. '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'
  4.  ‘Semantics of Space in Stephen King's The Shining and Pet Sematary'
  5. ‘The Poetics of Mystery inn the Selected Fiction of Shirley Jackson'
  6. 'Modeling Reception in Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire and Vampire Lestat'
  7. ‘The Treatment of the Gothic Convention in the Short Fiction of Ray Bradbury'
  8. 'The Function of Literary Allusions and Embedded Narratives in Peter Straub's Ghost Story and Mr. X'

2012 - 2013

  1.  "The shaping of the characters in the fiction of Thomas Harris"
  2. "Unreliable narrator in the selected novels by Joyce Carol Oates"
  3.  "The shaping of the characters in the selected novels from the Scarpetta series by Patricia Cornwell"
  4. "Body as a text in Books of Blood by Clive Barker"
  5. „Ukształtowanie przestrzeni w wybranych utworach Shirley Jackson"
  6. "The presentation of monsters in Clive Barker's fiction"
  7. "The role of the fantastic in H. P. Lovecraft's fiction

2014

  1. „Młodzi bohaterowie i rytuał przejścia w wybranych utworach Raya Bradbury'ego" „Young protagonists and rites of passage in the selected works of Ray Bradbury"
  2. „Bohaterowie transgresywni w wybranej twórczości Roberta Blocha" „Tramsgressive characters in the selected novels of Robert Bloch".

2015

  1. "Semantics of Space in the Selected Fiction by Francis Scott Fitzgerald," "Semantyka przestrzeni w wybranych utworach Francisa Scotta Fitzgeralda"
  2. "Spatial Arrangements in the Selected Novels by John Steinbeck" " Układy przestrzenne w wybranych powieściach Johna Steinbecka"
  3. "The Organization of Space in the Selected Novels  by Saul Bellow," "Organizacja przestrzeni w wybranych powieściach Saula Bellowa"
  4. "The Shaping of Space in the Selected Novels by Ernest Hemingway" "Ukształtowanie przestrzeni w wybranych powieściach Ernesta Hemingwaya"
  5. "Aluzje biblijne w wybranych utworach Nathaniela Hawthorne'a" "Biblical allusions in the selected fiction of Nathaniel Hawthorne"
  6. "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"
  7. "Graniczność w wybranych powieściach wampirycznych Anne Rice", "Liminality in the selected vampire novels of Anne Rice"
  8. "Narrative strategies in Ira Levin's novels" "Strategie narracyjne w powieściach Iry Levina"

2019

  1. 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
  2. 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. 
  3. Space organization in John Wyndham's Chrysalis and The Day of the Triffids/Organizacja przestrzeni w powieściach Poczwarki i Dzień Tryfidów J. Wyndhama
  4. 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
  5. 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 
  6. 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
  7. 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 
  8. 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 
  9. 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. 
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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

  1. "The Construction of Stage Reality in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller"
  2. "The Narrative Technique in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald"
  3. "The Shaping of Characters in Billy Budd by Herman Melville" 
  4.  "The Motif of the Quest in Moby Dick by Hermann Melville"
  5.  "The Techniques of Characterization in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne"
  6. "Iris Murdoch's Under the Net as Novel of Philosophical Issues"

2005

  1. "The Concept of Time in Slaughterhouse-Five  by Kurt Vonnegut"
  2. "The Construction of Plot in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald"
  3. "The Shaping of the Narratee in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger"
  4.  "The Gothic Convention in  Henry James's The Turn of the Screw"
  5.  "Philip Roth's The Breast as a Literary Game"
  6.  "Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as a Dystopia"
  7. "Genological Conventions in Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle"
  8. "The Story-within-the-story Convention in Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton"

2009

  1. "Narrative frames as a means of illuminating characters in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein"
  2. "The narrative complexity of Poe's Pym"
  3. "Constructional peculiarities of Le Fanu's  In a Glass Darkly"
  4. "Autonomy and metatextuality in the narrative frames of John Gardner's  'The King's Indian'"
  5. "Constructional peculiarities of James Hogg's The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner"
  6. "Narrative complexity as the reflection of the theme of fluctuating identity in  Stevenson's  The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"
  7. "The function of narrative frames in Nathaniel Hawthorne's  The Scarlet Letter"
  8. "Virginia Woolf: 'Kew Gardens'. Translation and the Translator's Note"
  9. "Ambrose Bierce 'The Damned Thing'. Translation with a translator's note."

2014

  1. "The Shaping of Space in the Selected Stories  by Edgar Allan Poe"
  2. "Ukształtowanie przestrzeni w wybranych opowiadaniach Edgara Allana Poego"
  3.  "The Organization of Space in John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men" Układy przestrzenne w powieści Johna Steinbecka Myszy i ludzie"
  4.  "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
  5. "The Shaping of Space in The Shining by Stephen King"
  6. "Ukształtowanie przestrzeni w powieści Lśnienie Stephena Kinga"
  7. "Spatial Arrangements in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar  Wilde" "Układy przestrzenne w powieści Portret Doriana Graya Oscara Wilde'a"
  8. "The Organization of Space in Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell"  "Organizacja przestrzeni w powieści Przeminęło z wiatrem Margaret Mitchell"
  9. "Spatial Arrangements in The Haunting of Hill House  by Shirley Jackson" "Układy przestrzenne w powieści The Haunting of Hill House  Shirley Jackson"
  10. "Spatial Arrangements in Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy", "Układy przestrzenne w powieści Tess  Thomasa Hardy'ego"
  11. "The Organization of Space in Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien," "Organizacja przestrzeni w powieści Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkiena"
  12. "The Shaping of Space in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll", "Ukształtowanie przestrzeni w  powieści Przygody Alicji w krainie czarów Lewisa Carrolla"
  13.  "The Organization of Space in The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison" "Organizacja przestrzeni w powieści The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison"

2015

  1. "Semantyka przestrzeni w wybranych opowiadaniach H. P. Lovecrafta."
  2. "Semantics of space in the selected stories of H.P. Lovecraft"
  3. "Układy przestrzenne w powieści "Czerwony smok" Thomasa Harrisa." "Spatial arrangements in the novel Red Dragon  by Thomas Harris"
  4. "Organizacja przestrzeni w Jądrze ciemności Josepha Conrada"
  5. "The organization of space in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad"
  6. "Organizacja przestrzeni w powieści Pożegnanie z bronią Ernesta Hemingwaya." "The organization of space in the novel A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway"
  7. "Układy przestrzenne w wybranych opowiadaniach Williama Faulknera." "Spatial arrangements in the selected stories of William Faulkner"
  8. "Układy przestrzenne w powieści Smętarz dla zwierzaków Stephena Kinga." "Spatial arrangements in the novel Pet Sematary by Stephen King"
  9.  "Semantyka przestrzeni w powieści Wielki Gatsby F. Scotta Fitzgeralda." "Semantics of space in the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald"
  10.  Semantyka przestrzeni w wybranych opowiadaniach Nathaniela Hawthorne'a. "Semantics of space in the selected stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne"
  11.  "Organizacja przestrzeni w cyklu powieściowym Malazańska księga poległych Stevena Eriksona." "The organization of space in the cycle The Malazan Book of the Fallen"
  12.  "Organizacja przestrzeni w wybranych powieściach Nicholasa Sparksa."  "The organization of space in the selected novels by Nicholas Sparks". 
  13.  "Organizacja przestrzeni w powieści Wichrowe wzgórza Emily Brontë." "The organization of space in the novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë.

2017

  1.  The Function of the Supernatural in Edith Wharton's "The Eyes," and "The Triumph of the Night"
  2.  The Significance of Space in Ambrose Bierce's "A Tough Tussle," "An Inhabitant of Carcosa," and "One Summer Night"
  3. Elements of the Gothic Convention in Edith Wharton's "The La-dy's Maid's Bell," and "Kerfol" 
  4. 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" 
  5. Space as Fossilized Time in H. P. Lovecraft's "The Rats in the Walls," "The Shunned House," and "The Nameless City" 
  6.  Intertextuality in Robert Bloch's "Constant Reader," and "The Man Who Collected Poe"
  7. Elements of the Gothic Convention in Ambrose Bierce's "The Moonlit Road," "The Damned Thing," and "Staley Fleming's Hallucination" 
  8. The Shaping of Space and Time in the Selected Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
  9.  Catastrophic Prophecies in Ray Bradbury's "The Sound of Thunder," "The Veldt," and "There Will Come Soft Rains" 
  10.  The Shape of Evil in C. A. Smith's "The Beast of Averoigne," "The Holiness of Azédarac," and "The Enchantress of Sylaire" 
  11.  The Shaping of Characters in H. P. Lovecraft's "Herbert West - Reanimator," and "Pickman's Model" 
  12.  The Shaping of Characters in C. A. Smith's "The City of the Singing Flame," "The Hunters from Beyond," and "The Devotee of Evil" 
  13. 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" 
  14. The Shaping of Characters in Edith Wharton's "Afterward" and "A Fulness of Life"