| Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
| 1) |
INTRODUCTION |
-Intro to the characteristics of British literature
• The outline/timeline of British literature from medieval to restoration
• Syllabus review
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| 2) |
THE MIDDLE AGES: Old English/Anglo-Saxon Period (latter part of the 7th Century)
Defining Englishness & the Tradition of Oral Poetry
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-Read “The Middle Ages (Introduction)” in the Norton Anthology pp. 3-28
-Read The Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Preface- until the end of Chapter II)
-Read A History of the English Language pg. 1-23
-Read Caedmon’s Hymn
DUE: Highlight selections from your reading that you found significant & be prepared to discuss in class.
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| 3) |
THE MIDDLE AGES: Old English/Anglo-Saxon Period-Middle English Period
False heroes and no heroes: The Early British Hero & Christian attitude toward the Middle Ages
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-Read Beowulf pgs. 1-50
-Read Middle English Lit in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
DUE: Reflect in writing on the following question: What is the relevance of Anglo-Saxon heroic ideal to spiritual warfare today?
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| 4) |
THE MIDDLE AGES: Middle English Period
Knowledge of Scripture VS understanding of Scripture
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-Finish reading Beowulf
-Read Anglo-Norman Literature: The Myth of Arthur’s Return (Le Morte d’Arthur) pp. 480-500
-Read the article titled THE MYTH OF KING ARTHUR'S IMMORTALITY
IN CLASS: Be prepared to discuss the themes of Christianity & messianic return. How does Beowulf and King Arthur reflect our eternal quest for ‘strong and stable’ leadership?
DUE: Response paper # 1 on Beowulf (topic list posted on Edmodo)
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| 5) |
THE MIDDLE AGES: Middle English Period
Warriors VS Knights (Chivalric romance)
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Pilgrimage of life as a biblical concept: similarities between Chaucer’s pilgrims and today’s “pilgrims”
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-Continue King Arthur discussion
-Read Sir Gaiwan and the Green Knight pp. 183-238
-Read Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale”
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| 6) |
THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
Renaissance virtues-Discovering Morality
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-Read “The Sixteenth Century 1485-1603 (Introduction) pp. 531-563
-Poetry selections (Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson, & John Donne)
-Read Doctor Faustus pp. 1106-8, 1127-63
-Midterm review
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| 7) |
MIDTERM EXAM (Take home project: a creative rendition of a literary work) |
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| 8) |
THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
Evaluating Shakespeare’s major themes and worldview
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-Introduction to William Shakespeare (select sonnets)
-Read King Lear
Analysis: Christians as moral idealists rather than cynics; the wisdom of making the body the servant of the soul; life in light of earthly transience; the fear of death
DUE: Response paper # 2
DUE: Response paper # 2
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| 9) |
THE EARLY & SEVENTEENTH CENTURY (1603-1660)
Intro to the age of upheaval & change
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-Read The Early Seventeenth Century 1603-1660 (Introduction) pp. 1341-1369
-Read “Crisis of Authority” & “Reporting the News” pp. 1834-5 & “Political Writing” pp. 1842-3
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| 10) |
THE EARLY & SEVENTEENTH CENTURY cont’d
Characteristics of The Stuart Period/Lit
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-Read “Gender Relations: Conflict & Counsel” pp. 1648-1660
-Read Katherine Philips selected poetry
-Read The Duchess of Malfi
Overview: Suffering as a means to great spiritual and literary achievement
Analysis: The Restoration theater’s abandoning the Christian heroic worldview
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| 11) |
THE EARLY & SEVENTEENTH CENTURY cont’d
Lit & Science
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-Read “Writing the Self” pp. 1867-1871, 1874-1880
-Poetics of Scientific Investigation
-Paradise Lost
DUE: Response paper # 3
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| 12) |
THE RESTORATION & EIGTEENTH CENTURY (1660-1785)
The Age of Neoclassicism, Satire, & Didacticism
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-Read The Restoration & the Eighteenth Century (Introduction) pp. 2177-207
-Read “Low People & High People” pp. 2435-7
-Read John Locke Selections from “An Essay Concerning Human Understanding” pp. 2279-83
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| 13) |
THE RESTORATION & EIGTEENTH CENTURY (1660-1785)
Questioning the Status Quo
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-POETRY: Read Debating Women: Arguments in Verse” pp. 2766-87; Epistle from Mrs. Yonge to Her Husband
-Read William Congreve’s “The Way of the World” pp. 2379-2420
-Read Jonathan Swift selections from Gullivers Travels pp. 2464-6, 2487-633
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| 14) |
FINAL REVIEW |
- Fishbowl Debate
DUE: Response Paper # 4
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| 15) |
(in-class essay question) |
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| Course Notes / Textbooks: |
The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Middle Ages Through the Restoration and the Eighteenth Century. Volume One. 7th edition. M.H. Abrams and Stephen Greenblatt, eds. New York: W W Norton & Company, 2001.
Greenblatt, Stephen, et al, Eds. / The Norton Anthology of English Literature (Vol. 1) (8th ed., 2006)
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| References: |
• Joanne Collie, ed., A Short History of English Literature, Routledge
• David Daiches, A Critical History of English Literature, 2 vols 1970
• W.F. Thrall & Addison Hibbard, A Handbook to Literature, ed 1992
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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) |
Can apply various analytical concepts and tools in literary theory to literary examples. |
2 |
| 6) |
Comprehends the modern language and linguistic theories in a comprehensive way. |
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| 7) |
Can evaluate the important literary figures and works in American and world literature together with their cultural and historical features. |
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| 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. |
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| 10) |
Apply contemporary teaching methods and techniques related to teaching English as a foreign language. |
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| 11) |
Develops course materials related to teaching English as a foreign language. |
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| 12) |
Uses a second foreign language at B1 General Level at least according to the European Language Portfolio criterion. |
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| 13) |
Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the basic level of European Computer Driving License. |
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| 14) |
Applies basic research methods and theories of social sciences. |
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| 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. |
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