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Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code:

ELL014

Course Name:

Special Topics in English Literature

Semester:

Fall

Course Credits:

ECTS

Language of instruction:

English

Course Condition:

Does the Course Require Work Experience?:

Type of course:

Departmental Elective

Course Level:

Bachelor

TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree

QF-EHEA:First Cycle

EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree

Mode of Delivery:

Face to face

Course Coordinator:

Araş. Gör. BURAK ASLAN

Course Lecturer(s):

Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives:

The aim of this course is to examine contemporary literary works (British and Turkish) by and about women. The course is designed as a kind of chronological survey of contemporary female writers, and genres and issues covered by contemporary women authors. It offers the students to see the links and breaking points in women’s writing and the created image of woman as well as providing them with readings of different themes, styles, genres and issues. Therefore, students are especially encouraged to concentrate on the literary achievement and fictional technique of the works.

Course Content:

Novels, short stories, films, critical theory and feminist terminology.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Evaluate and discuss women’s place in literature.
2) Learn about phases of women’s literature.
3) Learn about how and what historical and cultural developments influnced women’s literature.

Course Flow Plan

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction to the course
2)	A Literature of Their Own, Elaine Showalter Managing Monsters: Six Myths of Our Time, Marina Warner
3)	A Literature of Their Own, Elaine Showalter Managing Monsters: Six Myths of Our Time, Marina Warner
4)	Selections from The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye: Five Fairy Stories
5)	Movie: Possession
6)	The Penelopiad, Margaret Atwood
7)	Jeanette Winterson, The Passion
8)	Jeanette Winterson, The Passion
9)	Jeanette Winterson, The Passion
10)	Movie: The Left Hand of Darkness
11)	Movie: The Left Hand of Darkness
12)	Movie: The Left Hand of Darkness
13)	The Rape of Shavi, Buchi Emechata
14)	The Rape of Shavi, Buchi Emechata

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Showalter, Elaine. A Literature of Their Own. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1977.  Robbins, Ruth. Literary Feminisms. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2000.  Morris, Pam. Literature and Feminism. Oxford: Blackwell, 1994.  Humm, Maggie. The Dictionary of Feminist Theory. New York: Prentice Hall, 1995.  Moi, Toril. Sexual/Textual Politics. London: Methuen, 1985.  Warner, Marina. Managing Monsters: Six Myths of Our Time. Vintage, 1994

References:

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3
Program Outcomes
1) Uses academic English language skills effectively.
2) Knows the historical and cultural foundations of English Language and its developmental periods in detail.
3) Knows the periods of English Literature in detail with its cultural and historical features.	3	3	3
4) Evaluates the basic literary genres such as fiction (novel, story), theater and poetry according to their characteristics.
5) Can apply various analytical concepts and tools in literary theory to literary examples.
6) Comprehends the modern language and linguistic theories in a comprehensive way.
7) Can evaluate the important literary figures and works in American and world literature together with their cultural and historical features.
8) Evaluates the history of world civilization from the cultural and historical perspective.
9) To be able to translate English to Turkish and Turkish to English in different text types.
10) Apply contemporary teaching methods and techniques related to teaching English as a foreign language.
11) Develops course materials related to teaching English as a foreign language.
12) Uses a second foreign language at B1 General Level at least according to the European Language Portfolio criterion.
13) Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the basic level of European Computer Driving License.
14) Applies basic research methods and theories of social sciences.
15) Takes responsibilities by adopting fundamental universal values and developing a prudent, respectful, open to communication and learning attitude towards different language, race, gender, religion and social class groups.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Average	3 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Uses academic English language skills effectively.
2)	Knows the historical and cultural foundations of English Language and its developmental periods in detail.
3)	Knows the periods of English Literature in detail with its cultural and historical features.	3
4)	Evaluates the basic literary genres such as fiction (novel, story), theater and poetry according to their characteristics.
5)	Can apply various analytical concepts and tools in literary theory to literary examples.
6)	Comprehends the modern language and linguistic theories in a comprehensive way.
7)	Can evaluate the important literary figures and works in American and world literature together with their cultural and historical features.
8)	Evaluates the history of world civilization from the cultural and historical perspective.
9)	To be able to translate English to Turkish and Turkish to English in different text types.
10)	Apply contemporary teaching methods and techniques related to teaching English as a foreign language.
11)	Develops course materials related to teaching English as a foreign language.
12)	Uses a second foreign language at B1 General Level at least according to the European Language Portfolio criterion.
13)	Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the basic level of European Computer Driving License.
14)	Applies basic research methods and theories of social sciences.
15)	Takes responsibilities by adopting fundamental universal values and developing a prudent, respectful, open to communication and learning attitude towards different language, race, gender, religion and social class groups.

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Midterms	1	% 50
Final	1	% 50
total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 50
total		% 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities	Number of Activities	Preparation for the Activity	Spent for the Activity Itself	Completing the Activity Requirements	Workload
Course Hours	14	0	3		42
Study Hours Out of Class	16	0	5		80
Midterms	1	0	2		2
Final	1	0	2		2
Total Workload					126