English Language and Literature (English) Preview
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code:

ELL107

Course Name:

Survey of English Literature 1

Semester:

Fall

Course Credits:

ECTS

Language of instruction:

English

Course Condition:

Does the Course Require Work Experience?:

Type of course:

Compulsory Courses

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. DENİZ YILDIZ

Course Lecturer(s):

HATİCE YURTTAŞ

Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives:

The course aims at acquainting students with major historical and cultural developments of England from ancient times to the Augustan Age. Students are expected to understand the defining characteristics of the literary works of each period and analyze canonical works with respect to their cultural context.

Course Content:

This course is designed as a general introduction to the English literature from the Anglo-Saxon period to Augustan Age. It reviews major historico-cultural developments in this long era as well the introduction of canonical literary works both in prose and verse. The course is offered in the form of introductory lectures for each literary and historical period followed by the reading and discussion of individual texts.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) At the end of the course, students will have learned the history of English language
2) be familiar with literary periods in the history of English Literature
3) be familiar with the Anglo-Saxon period
4) have read basic writings of Anglo-Saxon literature
5) be familiar with medieval thought and literature
6) have read basic texts of Midlle English period
7) be familiar with Renaissance movement and literature
8) have read the prominent literary texts of the English renaissance
9) be familiar with early seventeenth century literary texts.

Course Flow Plan

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	• Introduction to English Language, Literature and the literary periods • Historical and Linguistic background of the Old English • Venerable Bede: Church History of English People
2)	• Anglo-Saxon literary culture • Old English heroic poetry: • Beowulf • The Wanderer • The Wife’s Lament
3)	• Old English religious poetry: Caedmon and his school: Genesis Exodus • The Dream of the Rood
4)	• Middle English Romance: • Geoffrey of Monmouth: The History of the Kings of Britain • Marie de France: Lanval • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
5)	• Geoffrey Chaucer: Canterbury Tales: The General Prologue and The Knight’s Tale
6)	• Piers Plowman • Malory: Morte d’Arthur
7)	• Renaissance in England • Reformation in England • Classicism, humanism, translations
8)	MIDTERM
9)	• Renaissance poetry: the sonnet: Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard
10)	• Sir Philip Sydney: A defense of Poesy • Astrophil and Stella
11)	• Edmund Spenser: Fairie Queene
12)	• Elizabethan theater: William Shakespeare: Tragedy: Hamlet • John Donne: The Good Morrow The Canonization A Valediction
13)	• Christopher Marlowe: Hero and Leander • Andrew Marvell: To His Coy Mistress
14)	• Francis Bacon: The Advancement of Learning • Puritan Revolt and the Commonwealth interregnum
14)	• Francis Bacon: The Advancement of Learning • Puritan Revolt and the Commonwealth interregnum
15)	• John Milton: Paradise Lost • John Dryden: Absalom and Achitophel: A Poem

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Greenblatt, Stephen, gen. ed. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Volume A, Volume B, and Volume C
References:	Greenblatt, Stephen, gen. ed. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Volume A, Volume B, and Volume C

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
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) Learns about the correct pronunciation of English words
6) Can apply various analytical concepts and tools in literary theory to literary examples.
7) Comprehends the modern language and linguistic theories in a comprehensive way.
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) Can evaluate the important literary figures and works in American and world literature together with their cultural and historical features.
13) Have sufficient knowledge of a second foreign language from other European languages
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.
16) Acquires awareness of lifelong learning, the ability to access information, follow developments in science and technology, and constantly renew oneself.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Average	3 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Uses academic English language skills effectively.	3
2)	Knows the historical and cultural foundations of English Language and its developmental periods in detail.	3
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.	3
5)	Learns about the correct pronunciation of English words
6)	Can apply various analytical concepts and tools in literary theory to literary examples.	2
7)	Comprehends the modern language and linguistic theories in a comprehensive way.
8)	Evaluates the history of world civilization from the cultural and historical perspective.	2
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)	Can evaluate the important literary figures and works in American and world literature together with their cultural and historical features.
13)	Have sufficient knowledge of a second foreign language from other European languages
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.
16)	Acquires awareness of lifelong learning, the ability to access information, follow developments in science and technology, and constantly renew oneself.

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	1	% 10
Midterms	1	% 40
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	Workload
Course Hours	14	42
Study Hours Out of Class	16	74
Presentations / Seminar	13	13
Homework Assignments	3	3
Final	2	4
Total Workload		136