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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:

ELL015

Course Name:

The European Novel

Semester:

Spring

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:	This course aims to enhance the students' ability to analyze literary texts in historical and theoretical context. It also aims to draw a picture of contemporary British fiction by analyzing literary works as modes of social and philosophical inquiry which arise from the specific historical context and circumstances.
Course Content:	The course will consist of both lectures and discussions. In reading and analyzing the novels (1980-2000), please consider some questions and be prepared to discuss them in class. You will be assigned to read some articles on the novels. Please read these articles and consider the different approaches the writers propose.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) know contemporary English Historical Fiction in terms of style and manner.
2) distinguish literary characteristics of the texts.
3) recognize the historical and the cultural background of the texts.

Course Flow Plan

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Syllabus handed out. Course policies discussed. Introduction to the course.
2)	Introduction: “The Novel Today and Yesterday.”
3)	Waterland. G. Swift’in Sanatı Sunum. "What history is" pp:4-26. What is "metafiction"? - What is "historiographic metafiction"?
4)	Waterland. "Narrativisation of History" (article). "Postmodernism and the Problem of History"
5)	Sexing the Cherry
6)	Sexing the Cherry; "Telling Li(v)es"
7)	Chatterton. The Art of Peter Ackroyd; “The Postmodern”: a postmodern vocabulary
8)	Chatterton. Modernist and Postmodernist Experiments with the Historical Novel; “What History Is” by Jenkins
9)	Chatterton. “Peter Ackroyd, Postmodernist Play and Chatterton.” by Finney
10)	Chatterton. Fact and Fiction. “The Fictions of Factual Representation” by White
11)	Possession: A Romance. The Art of A. S. Byatt. Romancing the Past
12)	Possession: A Romance. The techniques in the novel: “Habitable Worlds and Literary Voices” by Polvinen
13)	Possession: A Romance. Tracing and collecting the past: “Fantasies of (Re)Collection” by John J.Su
14)	Possession: A Romance. Women’s historiography and private journals: “Burn What They Should Not See” by Shiffman

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Romanlar: Graham Swift, Waterland (1983) Peter Ackroyd, Chatterton (1987) Jeanette Winterson, Sexing the Cherry (1989) S. Byatt, Possession: A Romance (1990) Yardımcı Kitaplar: Atilla A., Historiography and the English Novel, Ege University Press, İZMİR, 2008 Childs, Peter. Contemporary Novelists. N.Y.: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. Connor, Steven. The English Novel in History: 1950-1995. N.Y.: Routledge, 1996. Cowart, David. History and the Contemporary Novel. Edwardville: S.Illinois U.P., 1989. Hutcheon,Linda.A Poetics of Postmodernism. NY: Routledge, 1988. ---. The Politics of Postmodernism. London and N.Y.: Routledge, 1993. Jenkins, Keith (ed). Postmodern History Reader. London, Routledge, 1997. ---. Rethinking History. London and N.Y.: Routledge, 1999. Lane, Richard. Contemporary British Fiction. Oxford: Polity Press, 2003. Lee, Alison. Realism and Power: British Postmodern Fiction. N.Y.: Routledge, 1990. Lukacs, Georg. The Historical Novel. London: Merlin Press, 1982. Mc Hale, Brian. Postmodernist Fiction. London: Routledge, 1987. Waugh, Patricia. Metafiction. N.Y.: Routledge, 1984.

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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.
4) Evaluates the basic literary genres such as fiction (novel, story), theater and poetry according to their characteristics.	3	3	3
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.
4)	Evaluates the basic literary genres such as fiction (novel, story), theater and poetry according to their characteristics.	3
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