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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:

ELL204

Course Name:

English Novel

Semester:

Spring

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:

Dr. Öğr. Üy. LEYLA SAVSAR

Course Lecturer(s):

Dr. Öğr. Üy. LEYLA SAVSAR

Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives:	A review of the historico-cultural developments that lead to the rise of the genre of the novel and pursuing the transformations in novelistic tradition from the 18th to the 20th century with special emphasis on the structural and thematic developments that differentiates novel from its predecessors and makes it one of the most powerful and influential literary genres.
Course Content:	The differences between novella and the novel; basic characteristics of the genre; The birth of novel in English Literature; the ideological and cultural extensions of the birth and development of the novel; Samuel Richardson, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, E. M. Forster.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) To be able to define sociocultural changes in the 16th and 17th centuries which effected the birth of the novel
2) To know the basic features of the novel and to identify thematic and structural differences with the previous genres
3) To be able to list leading novel writers and important works of English Literature
4) To be able to apply various critical perspectives to classical and modern literary texts and to make different inferences
5) To be able to analyze important novels according to their genres

Course Flow Plan

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction	-Introduction to course & syllabus -What is fiction? Why read literary fiction in a world of cinema/moving images/constant stream of entertainment? Read ‘Writings About Lit’ section I
2)	Exploring the beginnings of the novel (literary terms & periods/genres handout) And The Historical Novel	Select chapters from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
3)	The Epistolary Novel	-Bram Sroker’s Dracula (all) -Select chapters from Alice Walker’s The Color Purple DUE: Response # 1
4)	Selections from the British Novel (1740-the present)	-Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (all) -Select chapters from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson
5)	The British Novel (cont’d)	Frankenstein by Mary Shelley DUE: Weekly response # 1 + Creative response # 1
6)	The Bildungsroman	Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre (all) DUE: Weekly response # 2 + Analysis Essay # 1 -First student presentation
7)	MIDTERM EXAM (In-class essay question + literary terms & characteristics of the genres)
8)	The Autobiographical Novel	-Select chapters from The Great Expectations -Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (all) DUE: Weekly response # 3
9)	The Satirical Novel	-George Orwell’s Animal Farm (all) -Select chapters from Kurt Vonnegut or Joseph Heller’s Catch 22 DUE: Weekly response # 4 Student presentation
10)	The 19th-20th Century Novel Stream of Consciousness/Psychological	Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway (all) Student presentation
11)	Stream of Consciousness (cont’d)	Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway DUE: Weekly response # 5
12)	Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway DUE: Weekly response # 5	Huxley’s Brave New World Select chapters from Orwell’s 1984 DUE: Weekly response # 6
13)	Novella Bonus: The Bestseller-What defines it?	Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (all) DUE: Analysis Essay # 2 Student presentation
14)	FINAL REVIEW	Reviewing the historical/cultural context of the genres & literary terms/periods DUE: Creative response # 2
15)	(DUE: Final Book Review/Report-Written + Presentation)

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Watt, Ian. The Rise of The English Novel. Rules for Writers with Writing about Literature by Diana Hacker, Nancy Sommers
References:	Rules for Writers with Writing about Literature by Diana Hacker, Nancy Sommers

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
Program Outcomes
1) Uses academic English language skills effectively.	3	3	3	3	3
2) Knows the historical and cultural foundations of English Language and its developmental periods in detail.	2	2	2	2	2
3) Knows the periods of English Literature in detail with its cultural and historical features.	2	2	2	2	2
4) Evaluates the basic literary genres such as fiction (novel, story), theater and poetry according to their characteristics.	3	3	3	3	3
5) Can apply various analytical concepts and tools in literary theory to literary examples.	3	3	3	3	3
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.	3
2)	Knows the historical and cultural foundations of English Language and its developmental periods in detail.	2
3)	Knows the periods of English Literature in detail with its cultural and historical features.	2
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.	3
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
Attendance	1	% 10
Homework Assignments	1	% 20
Presentation	1	% 10
Midterms	1	% 30
Final	1	% 30
total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 70
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 30
total		% 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities	Number of Activities	Workload
Course Hours	14	42
Study Hours Out of Class	16	80
Midterms	1	2
Final	1	2
Total Workload		126