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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:

ELL305

Course Name:

English Drama

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 helping students to get fully acquainted with major historical and cultural developments of English drama from the medieval period to the restoration period. It also aims at helping students read the literary works of each period to analyze canonical works with respect to their cultural context.

Course Content:

This course introduces English drama with a speacial focus on Elizabethan drama beginning with a brief introduction to the rise of the drama in the West in Acient Greece and development of liturgical drama in the Middle Ages. It reviews major historico-cultural developments from Medieval period to Restoration in English literature to provide the cultural context for the canonical literary works that will be read closely. The course focuses on Renaissance period in England and the emergence of secular theater.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) At the end of the course, students will have learned the history of the English drama
2) be familiar with medieval drama
3) be familiar with Elizabethan theatre
4) be familiar with the beginnings of professional theatre
5) be familiar with Renaissance movement and literature
6) have read the prominent literary works of English drama

Course Flow Plan

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction to the emergence of drama in the west Ancient Greek theatre
2)	Medieval drama Mystery plays: The Wakefield Second Shepherds' Play
3)	Morality plays: Everyman
4)	Renaissance in England Reformation in England Elizabethan theater
5)	Elizabethan theater
6)	Christopher Marlowe: The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus Deadline for theater tickets
7)	Christopher Marlowe: The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus Deadline for theater tickets
8)	MIDTERM IN CLASS
9)	William Shakespeare: Tragedy: Romeo and Juliet Deadline for bringing the books for presentation plays
10)	William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream
11)	William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream Deadline for bringing the outline of presentations
11)	William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream Deadline for bringing the outline of presentations
12)	Ben Johnson: Volpone, or the Fox
13)	Student presentations: Hamlet
14)	Student presentations: Othello and Macbeth
15)	Student presentations: Richard, The Merchant of Venice

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. The Arden Shakespeare OR Folger Shakespeare Library OR Norton Critical Edition OR The Oxford Shakespeare OR Cambridge edition

Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night's Dream. The Arden Shakespeare OR Folger Shakespeare Library OR Norton Critical Edition OR The Oxford Shakespeare OR Cambridge edition

Greenblatt, Stephen, gen. ed. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Volume A and Volume B:
• Christopher Marlowe’s The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
• The Wakefield Second Shepherds' Play
• Everyman
• Ben Jonson’s The Masque of Blackness AND Volpone, or the Fox
Shakespeare, William. Othello.

References:

Cambridge Companion to English Renaissance Drama. Edited by: A. R. Braunmuller and Michael Hattaway. Cambridge University Press, 2003

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5	6
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.	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)	Learns about the correct pronunciation of English words
6)	Can apply various analytical concepts and tools in literary theory to literary examples.	3
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.

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Presentation	1	% 20
Midterms	1	% 30
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	13	39
Study Hours Out of Class	16	80
Midterms	1	2
Final	1	2
Total Workload		123