Department of English Language and Literature

About

The Department of English Language and Literature at the Faculty of Arts and Letters, Catholic University in Ruzomberok offers bachelor (BA) and master (MA) degree programmes for students of teacher training (English language and literature in combination with another subject) and for students of English philology and culture (English and American studies – a single major study programme, and English and American studies in combination with German language and literature, history, philosophy, political science or Slovak language and literature as a double major study programme). The department study programmes cover a large area of subjects in linguistics, literature, culture and methodology, where students can gain knowledge in an interactive way, and cultivate their critical thinking and skills necessary in articulating and defending their opinions in English language.

Bachelor studies graduates can find careers in fields such as project coordination, tourism, Slovak and foreign mass media, non-governmental and civic organizations, cultural institutions and public relations. Master studies graduates can enter teaching professions, translation, project coordination, tourism, Slovak and foreign media, human resources, non-governmental and civic organizations, cultural institutions, public relations, administration, diplomacy.

Faculty

doc. Gyorgy Kalmar, Ph.D.

doc. Gyorgy Kalmar, Ph.D.

Janka Kascakova, PhD.

Janka Kascakova, PhD.

19th and Early 20th Century English Literature, Modernism, Modernist Short Story, Katherine Mansfield, Fantasy Literature, J. R. R. Tolkien

janka.kascakova@ku.sk     CV

Jela Kehoe, PhD.

Jela Kehoe, PhD.

Translation Studies, ELT, Irish Mythology

jela.kehoe@ku.sk    academia.edu     CV

Bc. John Kehoe

Bc. John Kehoe

Communicative Skills in EL, Business English, Idioms and Phrasal Verbs in EL

john.kehoe@ku.sk

PaedDr. Katarina Labudova, Ph.D.

PaedDr. Katarina Labudova, Ph.D.

Contemporary British Literature, Canadian Literature, Angela Carter, Margaret Atwood, Fairy Tales

katarina.labudova@ku.sk     academia.edu     CV

PhDr. Danica Malekova, Ph.D.

PhDr. Danica Malekova, Ph.D.

Linguistics, Stylistics, Translation

danica.malekova@ku.sk     CV

David Levente Palatinus, Ph.D.

David Levente Palatinus, Ph.D.

C20-21 American Literature, Society and Digital Media, Anthropocene and Media, Medicine and Media, Cultural Theories of the Post-Millennium, Television Genres

david.palatinus@ku.sk     website     Anthropocene Media Lab     CV

prof. Nora Sellei, Ph.D., DrSc.

prof. Nora Sellei, Ph.D., DrSc.

19th and 20th Century Women Writers, Feminist Literary Theory and Criticism, Women’s Studies, Gender Studies, Modernist Narrative Techniques, Theory of Autobiography, Feminist Film Theory and Criticism

nora.sellei@ku.sk     CV