2024

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• The Concept of Time Travel in Alan Ayckbourn's "Communicating Doors" and Piers Torday's "The Box of Delights"
• Marital Relations in Ruth Rendell's "People Don't Do Such Things", "The Fever Tree" and Their Radio Adaptations
• Reflections on World War I in Selected Poems by Vera Brittain and Geoffrey Bache Smith
• Depiction of Women in David Edgar's "Teendreams" and Elinor Cook's "The Girl's Guide to Saving the World"
• Aspects of Grief in Jess Rothenberg's "The Catastrophic History of You and Me"
• Manipulation and Ambiguity in Thomas Eccleshare's "Heather" and Its BBC Radio Adaptation
• Depiction of Dysfunctional Family in Duncan Macmillan's "Every Brilliant Thing" and Mark Haddon's "Polar Bears"
• Character Development in "Absurd Person Singular" by Alan Ayckbourn
• Elements of Arthurian Legends in T.H. White's "The Once and Future King" and Its Radio Adaptation
• Didactic Elements in Christianna Brand's "The Collected Tales of Nurse Matilda"
• Narration in J.R.R. Tolkien’s "The Hobbit" and Its BBC Radio Adaptation
• Gothic Elements in “The Essex Serpent” by Sarah Perry
• Elements of Horror in "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" and Its Radio Adaptation
• Infidelity in Alan Ayckbourn's "Things We Do For Love" and Simon Gray's "Molly"
• Loneliness and Hope in Gail Honeyman's "Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine"
• Fairy-Tale Themes in Sound: H.Ch. Andersen's "The Snow Queen" and Its BBC Radio Adaptation

2023

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• Loss and Grief in "The Sisters" by James Joyce and "This Thing of Darkness" by Lucia Haynes and Eileen Horne
• Surreal Elements in Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and Its Radio Adaptation
• The Image of the Devil in Leon Garfield's "The Devil in the Fog” and Its Radio Adaptation
• Religious Elements in Cassandra Clare's "City of Bones" and "City of Glass"
• Historical References in George R.R. Martin's "The World of Ice and Fire"
• Victorian versus Modern Women in Arthur Wing Pinero's ''The Second Mrs Tanqueray'' and Timberlake Wertenbaker's ''The Break of Day''
• Gothic Elements in Wilkie Collins' "The Haunted Hotel" and Its Radio Adaptation
• Dystopia and Cyberpunk in "Altered Carbon" by Richard Morgan
• Experiencing Loss in John Green’s “Looking for Alaska” and Lucy Catherine's “Halfway Here”
• The Hostage-Captor Relationship in "A High Wind in Jamaica" by Richard Hughes
• Gothic Elements in Bram Stoker's "Dracula" and Its BBC Radio Adaptation
• The Impact of Colonisation on Family Relations in Caryl Phillips' "Crossing the River"
• The Mother-Daughter Relationship in "The Crocodile Bird" by Ruth Rendell
• Functions of Landscape Descriptions in "A Month in the Country" by J.L. Carr
• Features of the Dystopian World in George Orwell's "1984" and Its BBC Radio Adaptation

2022

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• Consumerism and Consumption in Caryl Churchill's "Owners"
• The Concept of Love in William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and Steven Berkoff's "The Secret Love Life of Ophelia"
• Emotional Tensions in Samuel Adamson's "Mrs Affleck"
• Moral Ambiguity and Crime in Donna Tartt's "The Secret History"
• The Role of Men in "Call the Midwife" by Jennifer Worth
• Gothic Elements in Catherine Storr's "Marianne Dreams"
• Individual versus Society in Lynne Reid Banks' "The L-Shaped Room"
• Dystopian Spaces in "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
• The Image of Evil in "The Binding" by Bridget Collins
• Gothic Heroines in the Radio Plays "Night of the Orchid" and "Windover"
• The "Genius" Podcast as a Spin-off of the Sherlock Holmes Series
• Marital Tensions in the Radio Plays "The Test" by Peter Whalley and "Black Dog" by Katie Hims
• Conflicting Perspectives on Witchcraft in Liz Lochhead's "Maleficium" and Abigail Docherty's "Ursula and Boy"
• Humour and Social Issues in Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and Its Radio Adaptation
• Amy Beashel's "The Sky Is Mine" as a Trauma Novel
• Women versus the Mafia in "Bound by Hatred" by Cora Reilly
• Escaping Maturity in David Eldridge's ''Summer Begins''

2021

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• Unreliable Narration in "The Woman in the Window" by A.J. Finn
• Image of America in Bob Dylan's Selected Songs
• The Struggle with Mental Illness in Jacqueline Wilson's "The Illustrated Mum"
• The Role of the Woman in Viking Times in the Laxdaela Saga and “Gudrun” Radio Drama
• Animals in J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"
• The Mother's Death as a Catalyst in Shelagh Stephenson's "The Memory of Water"
• The Image of Evil in Two Selected Episodes from "The Dark Tome" Series
• Sound and Silence in Samuel Beckett’s "Waiting for Godot" and Its Radio Adaptation
• Elements of Fantasy in Selected Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen and Their Radio Adaptations
• Female Roles in Michael Cunningham’s “The Hours” and Its BBC Radio Adaptation

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• Contemporary Versions of Motherhood in Liane Moriarty's “Big Little Lies”
• The Horror of Obsession in Stephen King’s “Misery” and Caroline Kepnes’ “You”
• The Uncanny Mother-Daughter Bond in Shirley Jackson’s “The Bird’s Nest” and Gillian Flynn’s “Sharp Objects”
• Women as Victims of Witch-Hunt in Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" and Kathleen Kent's "The Heretic's Daughter"
• Claustrophobia and Incest in V.C. Andrews' “Flowers in the Attic” and John Irving's “Hotel New Hampshire”

2020

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• Narration in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" and Its CBS Radio Adaptation
• Gothic Heroine in Selected Short Stories by Daphne Du Maurier
• Character Relations in L.P. Hartley's "The Go-Between"
• Portrayal of the Detective Couple in Dashiell Hammett's "The Thin Man" and Its Radio Adaptation
• An Unconventional Crime Story: Agatha Christie's "Endless Night" and Its Radio Adaptation
• The Motif of False Identity in "The Second Son" and "The Longest Journey" by Peter Whalley
• Supernatural Horror in H.P. Lovecraft's "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" and Its Radio Adaptation
• Elements of Absurd Humour in Selected Episodes of "The Mighty Boosh" Radio Series
• Portrayal of Women in Thomas Hardy's "Far from the Madding Crowd" and Its BBC Radio Adaptation
• Gothic Literature on the Radio: Horace Walpole's "The Castle of Otranto" and Its Radio Adaptation
• Elements of Bildungsroman in Neil Gaiman's "The Graveyard Book"
• Love versus Depression on the Radio: "Heart" by Mike Bartlett
• Escaping Maturity in J.M. Barrie's "Mary Rose" and Its BBC Radio Adaptation
• Representations of old age in selected short stories by Ernest Hemingway.
• The Significance of Things and Objects in "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
• Portrayal of Mental Disorders in "All the Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
• Elements of Bildungsroman in "Sister" by Rosamund Lupton
• Functions of Space in ''Last Seen Alive'' by Claire Douglas
• Memory and Memories in "The Things We Never Said" by Ming Ho
• Aspects of the American Dream in John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" and Its Radio Adaptation
• Symbolism in "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman

2019

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• London's diversity in selected plays from the "Urban Scrawl" online audio drama project
• The Motif of Escape in 'Troll' by Ed Harris and 'Only You Can Save Mankind' by Terry Pratchett
• Character relations in Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird'
• Victorian morality in G.B. Shaw's "You Never Can Tell" and its BBC radio adaptation
• "Elements of horror in Stephen King's 'Pet Sematary' and its radio adaptation"
• The image of Latin American culture in selected children's books published in the USA
• The figure of male and female detective in Agatha Christie's "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" and P.D. James's "An Unsuitable Job for a Woman"
• Aspects of Women's Status in Early Modern England in Fantomina by Eliza Haywood
• The myth of creation in C.S. Lewis's "The Chronicles of Narnia. The Magician's Nephew" and its BBC radio adaptation
• Mother-daughter relationship in Vivienne Franzmann's "Ink Deep" and Becky Prestwich's "My Mother's Daughter"
• Life-defining moments in the radio plays "The Sound of Roses" by Adrian Penketh and "Sleeping Dogs" by Steven Camden
• Gothic elements in selected episodes from the ''The Man in Black'' series
• "The motif of madness in B.A Paris's 'Breakdown' and Dave Simpson's 'Nightmares'"
• The Poetics of the Thriller Genre in Radio Plays "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" and "Demon Brother"
• Elements of psychological thriller in "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn and "The Missing Wife" by Peter Whalley
• Elements of detective fiction in A. C. Doyle's "The Hound of the Baskervilles" and its radio adaptation
• Power struggles in C. S. Lewis's "That Hideous Strength" and its radio adaptation

2018

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• Selected Shakespeare’s plays in BBC School Radio adaptations
• Obsessions and desires in two radio retellings of fairy tales: "The Red Shoes" and "White Snow" by Frances Byrnes
• The motif of death in E.A. Poe’s „The Pit and The Pendulum” and its selected radio adaptations.
• The motif of the main protagonists’ tragic fate in William Shakespeare’s "Macbeth" and Oscar Wilde’s "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
• Aspects of narration in ''The Katniss Chronicles''
• Aspects of Interpersonal Conflict in Three Contemporary Radio Plays
• Aspects of narration in crime radio plays: Tony McHale's "Dead in the Water" and John Dryden's "Scenes from a Crime"
• Approaches to Traditional Tales in Radio Dramas "The Forgotten" by Hattie Naylor and "Mustard Seed" by Nick Warburton.
• The motif of revenge in Emily Brontë's "Wuthering Heights" and Joseph Conrad's "Victory".
• The motif of isolation in "The Shining" by Stephen King
• The Image of Greece and Greeks in "The Magus" by John Fowles and "The Bull beneath the Earth" by David Calcutt
• "The vision of the world in Orson Welles' adaptation of H.G.Wells' "The war of the worlds."
• Feminist literary theory and Margaret Atwood’s "Handmaid’s Tale"
• Destructive power of love in Emily Brontë's "Wuthering Heights" and its radio adaptation
• Compensation of Lack of Sight in Tom Sullivan's Autobiography "If You Could See What I Hear"
• The motif of entrapment in Charlotte Brontë's "Jane Eyre" and its radio adaptation.
• The motif of suicide in the radio plays "doyouwishtocontinue'' and ''Bridge''.
• Alternative reality in "A Place Called Here" by Cecelia Ahern
• Metafictional Elements in John Fowles' "The French Lieutenant's Woman" and its Radio Adaptation
• "Portrayal of mental illness in K.R. Jamison's "An Unquiet Mind" and C. McCormack and M. Haynes's "The Shining Heart".
• Portrait of the Rebel in Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" and its BBC Radio Adaptation

2017

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• Isolation and Loneliness in Charlotte Brontë’s “Villette” and its BBC radio adaptation.
• Elements of Dystopia in Divergent by Veronica Roth
• Functions of sound effects in Orson Welles' radio adaptation of "The War of the Worlds" and Ed Hime's "Obey the Wave"
• Characters' struggle with memories in "Come to Grief" by Hannah Vincent and "The Blind Man" by Alfred Hitchcock"
• The portrayal of women in Anne Brontë's "Agnes Grey" and its BBC radio adaptation
• Representations of the post-apocalyptic world in Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" and “Galaxy News Radio: The Adventures Of Daring Dashwood!
• Aspects of love in selected contemporary radio plays
• Memory, time and space in "The Dark Tower" by C.S. Lewis and "Bracing for the Sting of the Dark Tower" by Peter Gruenbaum
• Elements of Celtic mythology and folklore in Melissa Marr's "Wicked Lovely" and David Calcutt's "The Otherworld Child"
• "The portrayal of the femme fatale in "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" by John Keats and "IOU" by Jaden Clark : A comparison."

2016

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• The Image of Prison in Bang Up by Sarah Hehir
• Intertextuality in "Vampirella" by Angela Carter
• Aspects of Tradition and Culture in Atching Tan: A Gypsy Wife by Dan Allum
• Radiophonic representation of fear in Season 1 "We're Alive" by Kc Wayland".
• The motif of parting in "My Life Is A Series Of People Saying Goodbye" by Dan Rebellato.
• "Characters' choices in the radio adaptation of Marnie by Winston Graham."
• Modifications of A. A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh series in selected animated adaptations by Disney
• Images of Gods in "Alpha" by Mike Walker and "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
• Football ideology in Red Star Newport by Paul Jenkins.
• Images of ghosts in selected plays from the BBC 'The Man in Black' series
• The Concept of Evil In the Radio Adaptation of Lord of The Flies by William Golding
• The Motif of Exclusion in "Kicking the Air" by Christine Murphy.
• Aspects of characterization in "Blue Glory" by Hayley Squires

2015

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• Relations among homeless people and their families in Tony Teardrop by Esther Wilson
• Temptation as a Trap in the Radio Play "The Devil's Violin" by Lucy Rivers
• Aspects of deafness in Early Warning by Richard Monks
• The Process of Coming of Age in the Radio Drama "The Man with Wings" by Rachel Joyce
• Womanhood vs. Girlhood in the Radio Drama "Educator" by Haley Squires
• The Motif of Journey in ''The Hitchhiker'' by Lucille Fletcher
• Radiophonic representation of Vampire in BBC Radio production of Bram Stoker's Dracula
• The Search for Self-Identity in the Radio Play "Rock me Amadeus"
• The Motif of Death in the Radio Drama "When the Night Has No Right to Be King" by John Lynch
• Insanity as an Escape to Alternative Reality in the Radio Drama "The Shining Heart" by Conor McCormack and Matt Haynes
• Means of Expressing Humour on the Basis of the Radio Drama 'When I Lived in Peru' by Andrew Viner

Prace magisterskie

• Archetypes that People Live by in Selected Plays by Christina Reid and Marina Carr
• Biblical Motifs In Selected Modern Rock Operas
• Aspects of Violence in Selected Modern British Plays
• Fantasy and Science Fiction in Contemporary British Radio Drama
• Representations of War in Selected Modern British Plays
• Elements of Naturalism in selected plays by H. Pinter and J.B. Priestley.
• The Poetics of Plays by Sarah Kane - Theory, Application, Effect
• The Role of History in Selected Modern British Radio Plays
• Representations of Educational Process in Selected Modern British Plays
• Gothic Elements in Selected Modern British Radio Plays
• Manifestation of Emotions in Selected Modern British Radio Plays

2014

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• Fears and Anxieties of Male Characters in Selected Plays by Steven Berkoff. A Psychoanalytical Approach.
• Manifestations of Female Independence in Modern British Drama on the Example of Caryl Churchill's "Top Girls", Rona Munro's "Bold Girls" and Barrie Keeffe's "My Girl".
• The concept of death in William Shakespeare's Hamlet and its adaptations.
• Representations of violence in modern British drama: Harold Pinter 'The Homecoming', Sarah Kane 'Blasted' and Mark Ravenhill 'Shopping and Fucking'. A psychoanalytical approach.
• "Women's Emancipation and Female Characters in Selected Post-War British Plays."
• The Space of Home in British Plays of the 1960s: "The Caretaker" by H. Pinter, "Live Like Pigs" by J. Arden, "Chicken Soup with Barley" by A. Wesker. A Semiotic Approach.