Master in English Language, Literature and Culture in a European Context

02/12/2022

2nd year MA student Bogdan Parliteanu has succesfully participated in the 7th International Student Symposium, Samarkand Institute of Economics and Service, Uzbekistan, with a presentation on "NEWSPEAK, BETWEEN FICTION AND REALITY. AN ANALYSIS OF GEORGE ORWELL'S "1984" NEWSPEAK IN RELATION TO TODAY'S
LANGUAGE USE". Heartfelt congratulations!

18/12/2021

Four MA students of the programme English language, literature, and culture in a European Context have successfully participated in the CLIE-2021 Conference, together with colleagues from International Burch University. Heartfelt congratulations!

MA student Antonia Manuela Popa, 1 Decembrie 1918 University of Alba Iulia, Romania
The role of intercultural dialogue in overcoming cultural barriers in a globalized context

MA student Bogdan Pîrlițeanu, 1 Decembrie 1918 University of Alba Iulia, Romania
Video games as a tool of learning English

MA student Diana Avram, 1 Decembrie 1918 University of Alba Iulia, Romania
Conceptualisations of education in Romanian and English proverbs

MA student Carmen Țetcu, 1 Decembrie 1918 University of Alba Iulia, Romania
Metaphors in European Commission’s legal articles. A corpus-based analysis

MA student Ismet Dilaver, International Burch University, Bosnia and Herzegovina
An analysis of Ray Bradbury’s short story “Dark They Were and Golden Eyed” from the perspective of time and place

BA student Ajla Aljović, International Burch University, Bosnia and Herzegovina
An overview of the background factors that influence Bosnian – Herzegovinian adult learners' English proficiency

29/08/2021

First international scientific production bearing the trademark of the Master in English Language, Literature and Culture in a European Context:

Cognitive Approaches to Contemporary Media (editor Teodora Popescu), Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Great Britain

The collection is the result of two-year research carried out by MA students as part of the academic course "Metaphoricity in Contemporary Journalese" (led by Professor Teodora Iordăchescu)

Table of Contents:

Part One: Conceptual Metaphors in Business Journalese

Chapter One................................................................................................. 2
The Conceptualisation of the MARKET in English and Romanian.
A Corpus-based Approach
Crina-Maria Herţeg
Chapter Two .............................................................................................. 18
A Comparative Study of Business Metaphors in English, French
and Romanian Economic Discourse in the Context of the Covid-19
Pandemic
Andra Iulia Ursa
Chapter Three ............................................................................................ 40
Conceptualisations of Economic Relations between the US and China
Andra Georgiana Corpade

Part Two: Metaphors of illness and health
Chapter Four.............................................................................................. 56
Waging War against Covid-19. A Case Study of Romanian Metaphorical
Conceptualisations of the Novel Coronavirus
Teodora Popescu
Chapter Five .............................................................................................. 75
Conceptual Metaphors in Medical Journalese
Oana-Elena Stoica
Chapter Six................................................................................................ 90
The Healthcare System is a Body. A Case Study of Metaphorical
Conceptualisations – The Case of Sweden
Adela Natalia Neciu
Chapter Seven.......................................................................................... 106
Covid-19 in Journalese. A Case Study of Health, Lifestyle, and Political Agenda Domains
Gabriela-Corina Șanta (Câmpean)

Part Three: Multimodal Metaphors in Films
Chapter Eight........................................................................................... 142
Metaphors in Fiction Films. A Discourse Analysis of Before I Wake
Diana Emanuela Tîrnăvean
Chapter Nine............................................................................................ 163
Myth and Metaphor in The Matrix Trilogy
Adina Botaș
Chapter Ten ............................................................................................. 186
The Multimodal Metaphor in Film: A Case Study of The Shack
Bianca Moisi

https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-6953-9

25/06/2021

Carmina Vâlceanu, 1st year MA student in English Language, Literature and Culture in a European Context, speaks about her learning experiences at ”1 Decembrie 1918” University of Alba Iulia.

She is a teacher of Romanian at "Sfânta Varvara" Secondary School, Aninoasa, Hunedoara County, Romania.

Carmina has a genuine interest in mother tongue/foreign language teaching methodology and is actively involved in classroom action research. Her article "Teaching Present Perfect to Romanian students" has been accepted for publication in ”Buletinul sesiunii studenţilor şi masteranzilor filologi” [Bulletin of BA and MA Philology students' conference], a CrossRef-indexed journal.

Best of luck in your teaching career!

24/06/2021

Congratulations to the recent winner of the UAB's student research grant, Antonia Popa, who will be carrying out research on the topic: "The role of intercultural dialogue in overcoming cultural barriers in a globalized context".

Antonia has a BA diploma in Translation and Interpreting from "1 Decembrie 1918" University of Alba Iulia and is currently an MA student in the English Language, Literature and Culture in a European Context programme of the same university.

She is genuinely interested in Romanian culture, traditions and values and their dissemination across the globe and has so far published 3 articles in specialist journals and participated in conferences and translation contests, with remarkable results.

Good luck!

17/06/2021

2021 Admissions Update:

The MA Programme in English Language, Literature and Culture in a European Context, Faculty of History and Philology, 1 Decembrie 1918 University of Alba Iulia, Romania, is a research-based postgraduate programme, taught completely in English, re-accredited by the Romanian Academic Quality Agency ARACIS in 2019.

Programme description:
120 ECTS, 4 semesters, 2 years
The programme includes a combination of taught courses and supervised research.
Recent courses have included:
• Research methodology in language education
• Intercultural pragmatics
• Intercultural transfer
• Cultural identity and literary discourse
• Migration of European cultural concepts. Central and peripheral identities
• English in the context of globalisation
• Metaphoricity in contemporary journalese
• Corpus linguistics
• Linguistic negotiation and mediation
• Analysis of literary texts
• Intercultural business communication
• SF reflections in the social imaginary

Online admissions for the academic year 2021-2022, on the basis of the candidate’s BA studies GPA, without a motivational interview (due to uncertain pandemic evolution).

This year’s approved intake is 50 students, both state-subsidised and self-funded places. The annual tuition fee is 2200 lei for Romanian, EU and EEA citizens, payable in four instalments. The enrolment administrative fee is 150 lei. For non-EU students, see http://relint.uab.ro/index.php?pagina=pg&id=52&l=en.

The mission of the Master"s programme is to train specialists in the field of Philology whose professional skills, attitudes and values meet the requirements of the current socio-economic and cultural environment.

17/05/2021

5 MA students of the programme English language, literature, and culture in a European Context have successfully participated in the International Symposium for Students and Young Researchers, 4th edition (online): Transculturalism and Cultural Confinements, organised by the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania, during May 14-15, 2021.
https://interculturalia.linguaculture.ro/schedule/

Bianca MOISI (2nd year) - Japaneseness’ in Anime: A Case Study of Naruto (coordinated by Prof. Teodora Iordăchescu)

Diana Emanuela TÎRNĂVEAN (2nd year) - “I Hear America Singing” in Romanian: a Contrastive Approach (coordinated by Assistant Professor Natalia Muntean)

Francisc HORVATH (2nd year) - Men versus Women in Proverbs (coordinated by Prof. Teodora Iordăchescu)

Diana Alexandra AVRAM (1st year) - Pandemic Metaphors in Journalese (coordinated by Prof. Teodora Iordăchescu)

Gabriela Corina ȘANTA (CÂMPEAN) (2nd year) - Covid-19—Corpus Analysis of English-speaking Press (coordinated by Prof. Teodora Iordăchescu)

Congratulations to you all!

Programme Fri, 09.30– 10.30OPENING CEREMONY || CÉRÉMONIE D’OUVERTUREFri, 10.30– 12.45KEYNOTE SPEECHES || CONFÉRENCES INVITÉES (1)Fri, 13:00-14:30Live virtual tour of Iași with Mihai BULAI || Tour virtuel de Iași en direct avec Mihai BULAIFri, 15:00– 17:00A. CONCURRENT PANELS || SESSION...

05/05/2021

Professor Emerita Mona Baker' speech on Narrative Analysis in Translation and Interpreting Studies

Professor Emerita Mona Baker, the University of Manchester, UK will be speaking on “Narrative Analysis in Translation and Interpreting Studies” as part of the International Webinar on "Translation Studies across Frontiers", jointly organized by FACIS, Sri Sri University and CALTS, University of Hyderabad.

Professor Emerita Mona Baker, the University of Manchester, UK will be speaking on “Narrative Analysis in Translation and Interpreting Studies” as part of th...

04/05/2021

Abralin's series of live lectures "Linguists online":

Ray Jackendoff: The Texture of the Lexicon: Relational Morphology in the Parallel Architecture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtRGrAEM1QE

The Texture of the Lexicon: Relational Morphology in the Parallel Architecture

Linguistic theory has emphasized Humboldt’s “infinite use of finite means,” to the relative neglect of the “finite means,” i.e. the lexicon. What does a language user store in the lexicon, and in what form? We explore this question in the context of the Parallel Architecture (Jackendoff 1997, 2002; Culicover and Jackendoff 2005). Within this outlook, lexical items are pieces of phonological, (morpho)syntactic, and semantic structures, and morphology is the grammar of word-sized pieces of structure.

26/04/2021

On 23 April 2021, five of our MA students participated in the international students' conference INTERUNIVERSITARIA, XVIIth edition, organised by the "Alecu Russo" University of Bălți, Republic of Moldova -
https://media.usarb.md/2021/04/24/conferinta-stiintifica-a-studentilor-interuniversitaria-editia-a-xvii-a-2/

Gabriela Corina ȘANTA (CAMPEAN), On LIFE and DEATH in proverbs: plant-and animal-related vocabulary (scientific advisor Professor Teodora IORDĂCHESCU)

Diana-Emanuela TÎRNĂVEAN, Strategies in translating Lucian Blaga's Eva. A contrastive approach (scientific advisor Assistant Professor Natalia Gloria MUNTEAN)

Maria-Carmen ȘTEFAN-ȚETCU, Comunicarea în conflicte (scientific advisor Professor Teodora IORDĂCHESCU)

Ioana-Lavinia MUNTEAN, Universality and disruption in Mihai Eminescu's Făt-Frumos din Lacrimă – era upon Romanian mythology and the pattern of folktales (scientific advisor Associate Professor Petru IONESCU)

Antonia-Manuela POPA, Global Village: evolution of life in a globalized world, (scientific advisor Lecturer Cristina-Matilda VĂNOAGĂ)

Congratulations and we are looking forward to the published proceedings!

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18/10/2020

2nd year student Bianca Moisi participated in CLIE-2020 with a presentation titled " The Multimodal Metaphor in Film: A Case Study of The Shack".