Instytut Literaturoznawstwa Katedra Literatur i Kultur Anglojęzycznych adiunkt Pracownia Literatury Angielskiej i Amerykańskiej Centrum Nauk Humanistycznych, pokój 306 telefon: 89 524 65 48 e-mail: slawomir.studniarz@uwm.edu.pl konsultacje

 

Professional carreer

 

1991-2004

Teacher

Teaching Practical English Grammar and American Literature: Teacher Training College of Foreign Languages in Bydgoszcz

2003 up till now

Associate Professor

Lectures in American Literature, M.A. Seminars in American Literature: English Department at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

2012 till now

2009-2017, seminars in literary translation at the University of Gdańsk, post-diploma studies in translation

 

 

Academic degrees

February 1990
Master of Arts, English Philology the Institute of English Philology of the University of Gdańsk

November/14/ 2002
Doctor of Philosophy, Literary Studies, the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Gdańsk

2018

the degree of doktor habilitowany, Wydział Filologiczny, Uniwersytet Łódzki

 

Training and attended courses

1996, participation in the seminar on William Faulkner's novels, the University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg

2000, library grant, Institute of North American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin

2009 - Business English course, Oxford, Lake School of English

 

Awards

2003, the award of the Polish literary journal Literatura na Świecie in the category ‘New Voices' for the translation of Poe's short stories into Polish
2009, the award of the Rector of The University of Warmia and Mazury for scholarly achievements
2016, Adelle Mellen Prize for Outstanding Scholarship

 

Monographs

 

1. Narrative Framing in Contemporary American Novels: Twice-Mediated Fiction, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle 2017.
2. The Time Transcending Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe: An Explanation of the Mechanics of His Poetic Speech, Mellen Press, Lewiston 2016.
3. Brzmienie i sens w wierszach Edgara Allana Poego, Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, Toruń 2011.
4. Tragiczna wizja. Rzecz o nowelistyce Poego, Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, Toruń 2008.

 

 

Monographs edited

     1. Edgar Allan Poe - artysta i wizjoner,  Wydawnictwo UWM, Olsztyn 2013.

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

1. „Beckett's early verse and the Modernist long poem: A study of ‘Enueg I'", The Jour-nal of Beckett Studies, 28.2 (2019).
2. "Edgar Allan Poe and the Tradition Of Western Mysticism: A Study of a Selection of His Short Stories". Revista de Estudios Norteamericanos, 22 (2018).
3. „Zapomniany poeta Samuel Beckett", TEKSTUALIA nr 4 (55), 2018.
4. "The American Waste: A New Take on the Conquest of the West in Paul Auster's Novel Travels in the Scriptorium," ECOZON@, Vol 9, No 2, 2018, 89-105. Internet.
5. "Sonority and Semantics in 'Annabel Lee,'" The Edgar Allan Poe Review, Vol. 16 (1), Spring 2015, 107-125.
6. "Poetry as 'an inferior or less capable Music': Sound and Meaning in 'The Conqueror Worm 'and 'To One in Paradise,'" The Edgar Allan Poe Review, Vol. 15 (1), Spring 2014, 59-81.
7. "Poetyka przestrzeni w opowiadaniach Williama Faulknera Róża dla Emily i Spalenie stodoły," TEKSTUALIA, nr 1 (44), 2016, 79-94.
8. "O symbolizmie romantycznym,"  Symbolizm czy symbolizmy, TEKSTUALIA, tekstualia.pl/index.php/pl/43-varia-online/symbolizm-czy-symbolizmy/artykuly/108-o-symbolizmie-romantycznym, (2013-05-13). Internet.
9. "Pięć żywotów 'Kruka' czyli o polskich przekładach wiersza 'The Raven' E. A. Poego,"  Acta Neophilologica, XIII, University of Warmia and Mazury Press, Olsztyn 2011,281-302.
10. "Pojęcie dominanty semantycznej w analizie tłumaczenia artystycznego. Kilka uwag o polskich przekładach wiersza Emily Dickinson 'Wild Nights,'" Biuletyn Polskiego Towarzystwa Językoznawczego, zeszyt LXVI, 2010, 223-232.
11. "Lost in the textual maze? Concealments and doublings in Peter Straub's Mr. X," Acta Neophilologica, XII, University of Warmia and Mazury Press, Olsztyn 2010, 193-202.
12. "In Search of a Modern Epic: On the Generic Status of Walt Whitman's Song of Myself", Acta Neophilologica, VII, Olsztyn 2005, 63-76.

 

Chapters in Peer-Reviewed Mongraphs

1. "Weaving the House of Fiction: Spatial Poetics in Shirley Jackson's The Lovely House," w: Space in Literature: Method, Genre, Topos Ed. Urszula Terentowicz-Fotyga, Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main, 2018.
2. „Demoniczne epifanie i artystyczna transcendencja w poezji Edgara Allana Poego", POE-LAND Studia i szkice, (red.) Kazimierz Maciąg et al., Wydawnictwo Uniwersy-tetu Rzeszowskiego, Rzeszów 2017.
3. "A new take on ‘The Mournful and Never Ending Remembrance'. The personal loss and the trauma of history in E. L. Doctorow's Andrew's Brain", Spaces of Expres-sion and Repression in Post-Millennial North-American Literature and Visual Culture, red. Izabella Kimak i Julia Nikiel, Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2017.
4. "Lovecraft's Poetry and Poe's Poetics," The Lovecraftian Poe: Essays on Influence, Reception, Interpretation, and Transformation, Ed. Sean Moreland, Lehigh Universi-ty Press, Bethlehem 2017.
5. "Peter Straub's Shadowland: Character in the liminal space," Characters in Literary Fictions, Ed. J. Węgrodzka, Peter Lang Frankfurt am Main, 2015, 54-68.
6. "Coincidence and Causality in 'The Signalman' and 'The Trial for Murder,'" Reflections on/of Dickens, Eds. E. Kujawska-Lis, A. Krawczyk-Łaskarzewska, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne 2014, 67-76.
7. "Relacja między brzmieniem a znaczeniem w wierszach Edgara Allana Poego. Przykładowa analiza 'Annabel Lee' i 'Ulalume,'"Edgar Allan Poe - artysta i wizjoner, Ed. Sławomir Studniarz, University of Warmia and Mazury Press, Olsztyn, 2013, 92-119 .
8. "Ekphrasis in Lawrence Ferlinghetti's 'In Goya's greatest scenes,' Poets of the Past. Poets of the Present, Eds. M. Szuba, T. Wiśniewski, Gdańsk University Press, Gdańsk 2013, 263-274.
9. "An attempt at a phonosemantic analysis of Samuel Beckett's 'Stirrings Still,'" series between.pomiędzy, Vol.2, Ed. T. Wiśniewski, Gdańsk University Press, Gdańsk 2012, 41-56.
10. "Korzenie gotyckie powieści Becketta Molloy," Samuel Beckett. Tradycja - awangarda, series between.pomiędzy, Vol.1, Ed. T. Wiśniewski, Gdańsk 2012, Gdańsk University Press, 169-190.
11. "Ontology, simulacra and hyperreality. Philip K. Dick's Ubik and the question of postmodernist canon," Canon Unbound, Ed. J. Węgrodzka, Wydawnictwo Uczelniane Politechniki Koszalińskiej, Koszalin 2011,115-132.
12. "Sound and Sense Relation in Poe's Poetry. A Study of 'Ulalume,'" Poe in the Century of Anxiety, Ed. Luisa Juarez, Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin, Madrid 2011, 65-74.
13. "Pomiędzy lirycznością a epickością. O funkcjonowaniu tekstu poetyckiego w nowelach Poego," Edgar Allan Poe niedoceniony nowator, Eds. E. Kasperski, Ż. Nalewajk, Oficyna Wydawnicza ATUT, Wrocław 2010, 207-226.
14. "Rola peritekstów w Opowieści Artura Gordona Pyma," Edgar Allan Poe - klasyk grozy i perwersji, Eds. E. Kasperski, Ż. Nalewajk, Warsaw University Press, Warszawa 2009,153-174.
15. "Mechanisms of Literary Organization in Peter Straub's 'Ashputtle' and 'Bunny is Good Bread,'" Margins and centres reconsidered, Eds. S. Wącior, G. Maziarczyk, Lublin 2008, Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL, 177-187.
16. "A Literary Structure and Radical Intertextuality. On the Semantic Complexity of John Gardner's 'The King's Indian,'" Eds. L. Gruszewska-Blaim, A. Blaim, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University Press, Lublin 2008, 235-254.
17. "The Dialogic Perspective in Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire,' PASE Papers 2007, Vol. 2, Studies in culture and literature, Eds. W. Kalaga, J. Mydla, PARA, Katowice 2008, 377-387.
18. "The Function of Peritexts in The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym," Texts in/of Texts, Eds. A. Blaim, J. Kokot, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University Press, Lublin 2007, 53-74. "The Book that Was to be a Different Book: On the Textual Irresoluteness of Cat's Cradle, Texts of Literature. Texts of Culture, Eds. L. Gruszewska- Blaim, A. Blaim, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University Press, Lublin 2005, 181-192.
19. "The Treatment of Traditional Narrative Components in Birdy by William Wharton," Perspectives on Literature and Culture, Eds. L. S. Kolek et al., Maria Curie-Skłodowska University Press, Lublin 2004, 289-298.
20. "The Gothic Convention in 'The Fall of the House of Usher,'" Konwencje a teksty, Ed. A. Zgorzelski, Gdańsk University Press, Gdańsk 2003, 160-173.

 

 

Conferences organized

2009,Olsztyn, Poland
"Edgar Allan Poe -artysta i wizjoner" ("Edgar Allan Poe - the artist and the visionary")

 

 

Conferences attended with papers presented

1. Making sense of Samuel Beckett's final grapple with words. An at-tempt at an anal-ysis of "What is the word" and "Comment dire", 5th International Conference of the Samuel Beckett Society, Samuel Beckett and Translation, University of Almeria, Almeria, Hiszpania, 9.05.-11.05.2019.
2. "Writing, death, and trauma in Paul Auster's The Book of Illusions," 14th Interna-tional Conference of the Spanish Association for American Studies (SAAS), The Image and the Word, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Hiszpania, 9-11.04.2019
3. Sławomir Studniarz, „The forgotten poet Samuel Beckett. Putting Beckett's work on the map of twentieth-century poetry". Samuel Beckett: Literature and Translation, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Hiszpania, 12-13.04.2018
4. Sławomir Studniarz "The Southwest in the novels of Paul Auster". Migrants, Visi-tors, Invaders in the American South and the Southwest, Uniwersytet Łódzki, Łódź, 20-22.09.2018
5. Sławomir Studniarz, „A curious case of Beckett's translations of his own poems". The University of Gdańsk Samuel Beckett Seminar, Uniwersytet Gdański, Sopot 16-17.05.2018
6. Sławomir Studniarz, "The American waste: A new take on the conquest of the West in Paul Auster's novel Travels in the Scriptorium", 13th International Conference of Spanish Association for American Studies, "Understanding (Human) Nature," Uni-versity of Extremadura, Cáceres, Hiszpania, 2017.
7. Sławomir Studniarz, 2016, „A new take on ‘The Mournful and Never Ending Re-membrance'. The personal loss and the trauma of history in E. L. Doctorow's An-drew's Brain", "ExRe(y). Spaces of Expression and Repression in Post-Millennial North-American Literature and Visual Culture", UMCS, Lublin.
8. Sławomir Studniarz, „Postcolonialism Goes Queer: Concealments and Disclosures in Dinaw Mengestu's All Our Names", "Interrupted Discourse, Discontinued Dialog: Diversity, Marginalization, Otherness," Uniwersytet Łódzki, Łódź. 2016.
9. "The Heuristic Moment. A Phonosemantic Analysis of 'Alone' and 'Dream Within a Dream,'" the American Comparative Literature Association Conference, "Global Poe" Seminar, Harvard, Cambridge, 17-20 March, 2016.
10. "Ikoniczna funkcja układów dźwiękowych w poezji," SYMPOZJUM "ZNAK," Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, 3-4 November 2015.
11. "Demoniczne epifanie i artystyczna transcendencja w poezji Edgara Allana Poego," "Poeland: miejsce duchowej obecności Edgara Allana Poego," University of Rzeszów, Rzeszów, 13 November 2015.
12. "Spatial Poetics in Arthur Miller's Short Fiction. A Study of 'Homely Girl, A Life,' 'Fame,' and 'Fitter's Night,'" "International Arthur Miller Centennial  Conference," University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain, 19-21 November 2015.
13.  "Weaving the House of Fiction. Spatial Arrangements in Shirley Jackson's Story 'The Lovely House,'" "Space in Literature: Beyond Mimesis," University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, 29-30 September 2014.
14.  "Coincidence, causality and counterfactuality in Dickens's ghost stories," "Reflections on/of Dickens. Dickens - Refleksje", University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, 11-13 April  2013.
15. "Poetry as 'an inferior or less capable Music': On Poe's verbal art," CONVERSAZIONI IN ITALIA: EMERSON, HAWTHORNE, POE, Florence, 8-10 June 2012.
16. "Problemy z konstrukcją odbiorcy w polskich przekładach poematu Song of Myself Walta Whitmana," DNI HUMANA, University of Warmia and Mazury, 06-16 May 2012, Olsztyn.
17. "The process of the character's becoming and the liminal space in Peter Straub's Shadowland,"  SYMPOZJUM  O POSTACI LITERACKIEJ, Gdańsk University, 12-14 April 2012, Sopot.
18.  "The use of music in Tennessee Williams' A Street Car Named Desire and Sweet Bird of  Youth," "International Tennessee Williams Centennial Conference: Embracing the Island of His Self," Faculty of Arts and Letters, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain,1-3 December 2011. 
19. "Ekphrasis in the poem 'In Goya's greatest scenes' by L. Ferlinghetti," "Back  Two,", Faculty of Philology, Gdańsk University and Salzburg University, Sopot, 17-21 May 2011.
20. "An attempt at a phonosemantic analysis of Samuel Beckett's 'Stirrings Still,'" "Back to the Beckett Text," Faculty of Philology, Gdańsk University, Sopot, 10-16 May 2010.
21. "Pięć żywotów 'Kruka' czyli o polskich przekładach wiersza 'The Raven' E. A. Poego,' "The Lives of Texts," Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, 9-10 November 2009.
22. "Sound and sense relation in Edgar Allan Poe's poetry. A study of 'Ulalume,'" "Poe Alive in the 'Century of Anxiety,'" University of Alcala de Henares, Madrid, 21-24 May 2009.
23. "Sonority and semantics in Poe's 'Annabel Lee,'" "International Edgar Allan Poe Conference: The Long Shadow of a Tormented Genius," Faculty of Letters, University of Extremadura, Caceres, Spain, 19-21 November 2009.
24. „O paronomazji w poezji Edgara Allana Poego," "Edgar Allan Poe - artysta i wizjoner," Department of English Philology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, 6-7 May 2009.
25. "Pojęcie dominanty semantycznej w analizie tłumaczenia artystycznego. Kilka uwag o polskich przekładach wiersza Emily Dickinson 'Wild Nights,'"  "Język w dialogu między kulturami," LXVII Congress of Polish Linguistic Society, Faculty of Humanities, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, 25-26  September 2009.
26. "Pomiędzy lirycznością a epickością. O funkcjonowaniu tekstu poetyckiego w nowelach Poego," "Edgar Allan Poe - prekursor czy tradycjonalista?" , Faculty of Polish Philology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, 29-20 October 2009.

 

 

Translated books

1. Bruce Lipton, Biologia wiary, Wydawnictwo Esse, 2019.
2. Neale Donald Walsch, Rozmowy z Bogiem Księga Czwarta ( Conversations with God, Book Four), Wydawnictwo Esse, 2017.
3. E. L. Doctorow, Umysł Andrew (Andrew's Brain), Świat Książki, 2016.
4. Dinaw Mengestu, Wszystkie nasze imiona ( All Our Names), Świat Książki 2015
5. (with Justyna Studniarz) Tara Conklin, Służąca (The House Girl), Świat Książki, Warszawa, 2014.
6. Toni Morrison, Najbardziej niebieskie oko (The Bluest Eye), Świat Książki, Warszawa, 2014.
7. Ann Bauer, Mój na zawsze (Forever Marriage) Świat Książki, Warszawa, 2014.
8. (with Justyna Studniarz) Andrew O'Hagan, Rozważania psa Mafa i jego przyjaciółki Marylin Monroe, (The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog and f His Friend Marilyn Monroe) Świat Książki 2011.
9. Robert Crais, Zasada dwóch minut, (The Two Minute Rule) Świat Książki, 2008.
10. John Darnton, Spisek Darwina, (The Darwin Conspiracy) Świat Książki 2007.
11. Ann-Marie MacDonald, Co widziały wrony (The Way the Crow Flies), Świat Książki 2006, wznowienie 2011.
12. Dennis Lehane,  Wyspa skazańców  ( Shutter Island) Świat Książki  2004,  reprinted as Wyspa Tajemnic, Prószyński i S-ka, 2010.
13. Philip Margolin, Nierozerwalne więzy (Ties that Bind), Świat Książki 2004.
14. Robert Ludlum, Protokół Sigmy (The Sigma Protocol), Świat Książki 2003.
15. Edgar Allan Poe, Wybór opowiadań (Selected Tales) , Świat Książki 2002, reissues: 2003, 2009, 2012.
16. Neale Donald Walsch, Wspólnota z Bogiem (Communion with God),  Limbus 2001.
17. Stanton Friedman, Ściśle tajne/Majestic; Prawda o UFO (Top Secret/Majestic), Limbus 2000.
18. Neale Donald Walsch, Przyjaźń z Bogiem (Friendship with God), Limbus 2000.
19. Raphael H. Rhodes, Hipnoza (Hypnosis),            Limbus 1999.
20. Victor Sanchez,  Nauki Don Carlosa (The Teachings of Don Carlos) , Limbus 1997.
21. (with Justyna Studniarz) Elliott S. Dacher, Leczenie holistyczne (Whole Healing),  Limbus 1997.
22. Neale Donald Walsch, Rozmowy z Bogiem (Conversations with God), Księga Pierwsza (Book 1), Limbus 1997, reprinted by Wydawnictwo Esse, 2013.
23. Neale Donald Walsch, Rozmowy z Bogiem  Księga Druga (Book 2), Limbus 1998, reprinted by Wydawnictwo Esse, 2013.
24. Neale Donald Walsch, Rozmowy z Bogiem  Księga Trzecia (Book 3) ,  Limbus 2000,  reprinted by Esse 2013.
25. Fida M. Hassnain, Poszukując prawdziwego Jezusa (A Search for the Historical Jesus), Limbus 1996.
26. Geoff Boltwood, Posłaniec źródła (The Messenger), Limbus 1996.
27. Ralph Abraham, Rupert Shledrake, Terence McKenna, Zdążyć przed apokalipsą (The Trialogues at the Edge of the West),  Limbus 1995.
28. (with Justyna Studniarz) Ira Levin, Ten wspaniały dzień (This Perfect Day), Limbus 1995.
29. Bruno Bettelheim,  Sztuka oczywistości (The Art of the Obvious), Limbus 1995.
30. Harlan Margold,   Alchemia życia (Alchemist's Almanac),            Limbus 1994.
31. Stephen Gallagher, Ciała do wynajęcia(The Valley of Lights),  Amber 1993.
32. Brian Lumley, Władcy podziemi (The Burrowers Beneath) , Limbus 1993.
33. (with Monika Dalecka) Richard Rainey, Demony: władcy, imperia, okultyzm, Limbus 1993.
34. David Ash, Peter Hewitt Ludzie jak bogowie (Science of the Gods,)  Limbus 1992, ISBN 8385475036
35. Raymond Moody,             W stronę światła (The Light Beyond),   Limbus 1992.
36. Raymond Moody,  Życie przed życiem (Life before Life),   Limbus 1991.
37. Rudy Rucker, Seksfera (Sexsphere), Express Books 1991.
38. Brian Stableford, Najeźdźcy z centrum (Invaders from the Centre), Express Books 1991.

 

 

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 Lodg-ings Michaela Innesa i Darkness at Pemberley T. H. White'a
2. Characters in R.L. Stevenson's Strange Case of Doc-tor Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, and H.P. Love-craft'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 Dick-son 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"