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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:

ELL021

Course Name:

Irish 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:

Bu dersin amacı, öğrencilerin yirminci yüzyıl İrlanda edebiyatının temel metinlerini İrlanda kültürü ve tarihi bağlamında analiz edebilmelerini, sömürgecilik ve sömürgecilik-sonrası kuramsal literatür ışığında metinlerdeki kimlik sorunsalını okuyabilmelerini, yirminci yüzyıl İrlanda edebiyatının merkezi meselelerinden biri olan ulusal kimlik ve edebiyat ilişkisini anlayıp tartışabilmelerini, İrlanda Modernizmi ile Avrupa ana-akım Modernizmi arasındaki farkları öğrenmelerini sağlamaktır.

Course Content:

İrlanda-İngiltere ilişkisi üzerinden İrlanda tarihi; Edebi Diriliş Hareketi ve İrlanda edebiyatı; Bağımsızlık mücadelesi ve İrlanda tiyatrosu; İrlanda Modernizmi; Kolonyel ve Post-kolonyel bildungsroman; Mit ve kültürel bellek; Ulus inşasında hiciv ve mizahın rolü

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) be able to understand the cultural and social identities in Ireland within the context of Ireland's historical and political relationship with England.
2) be able to know Ireland's relationship to modernity and how this relationship has shaped Irish literature.
3) be able to understand Irish Modernism in comparison with the mainstream European Modernism.
4) be able to know the major authors of Irish literature and to analyze their works within the cultural and historical context of the time they are produced.
5) be able to know the major thematic issues in pre- and post-independence Irish literature and to understand the relationship between form and content.

Course Flow Plan

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Overview of Ireland’s history and literary tradition
2)	Maria Edgeworth, Castle Rackrent
3)	Irish Literary Revival and Irish Literature Synge, The Playboy of the Western World
4)	Synge, The Playboy of the Western World
5)	John Bernard Shaw, John Bull’s Other Island
6)	John Bernard Shaw, John Bull’s Other Island
7)	James Joyce, Dubliners, “The Sisters”, “The Dead”
8)	Midterm Exam
9)	Irish Modernism, James Joyce ve Ulysses
10)	James Joyce, Ulysses, “Calypso”
11)	James Joyce, Ulysses, “The Lotus Eaters”
12)	James Joyce, Ulysses, “Hades”
13)	Pádraic Ó Conaire, Exile
14)	Flann O’Brien, The Poor Mouth

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Metinler: Maria Edgeworth, Castle Rackrent John Bernard Shaw, John Bull’s Other Island Synge, The Playboy of the Western World James Joyce, Dubliners, “The Sisters”, “The Dead” James Joyce, Ulysses, “Calypso”, “The Lotus Eaters”, “Hades” Pádraic Ó Conaire, Exile Flann O’Brien, The Poor Mouth Yardımcı kitaplar: Douglas Hyde, “The Necessity of De-Anglicising Ireland” W. B. Yeats, “The Literary Movement in Ireland” George Russell (AE), “The New Nation” James Joyce, “Ireland: Island of Saints and Sages” Declan Kiberd, “The War against the Past” in The Irish Writer and the World (pp. 158-190) Declan Kiberd, “A New England Called Ireland?” in Inventing Ireland (pp. 9-25) Declan Kiberd, Ulysses and Us: The Art of Everyday Living. London: Faber and Faber, 2009. Declan Kiberd, Irish Classics. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard UP, 2000. Harry Blamires, The New Bloomsday Book: A Guide Through Ulysses. London and New York: Routledge, 2002. R. F. Foster, The Oxford History of Ireland. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1989. Stephen Howe, Ireland and Empire: Colonial Legacies in Irish History and Culture. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2002. David Pierce (Ed), Irish Writing in the Twentieth Century: A Reader. Cork: Cork UP, 2000

References:

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
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.
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.	3	3	3	3	3
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.
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.	3
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