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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:

ELL401

Course Name:

Modern Novel

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:

Dr. Öğr. Üy. LEYLA SAVSAR

Course Lecturer(s):

Dr. Öğr. Üy. LEYLA SAVSAR

Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives:	This course aims to familiarize the students with Modernism, British Modernist novel, class, empire, race, gender roles, identity, etc. Reflections of cultural and ideological discourses such as Joseph Conrad, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, D. H. Lawrence.
Course Content:	Modernism, British Modernist novel, class, empire, race, gender roles, identity, etc. Reflections of cultural and ideological discourses such as Joseph Conrad, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, D. H. Lawrence.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) To be able to define the social, political and cultural background of 20th century England which caused the transformation of the novelist tradition in English language
2) To be able to recognize the distinguishing features of modernist and postmodernist novel and distinguish it from previous examples
3) To be able to read critically the leading writers of the novel in English and the great works produced during the 20th century
4) To be able to apply various critical perspectives specific to the novel genre to classical and modern literary texts and to make inferences
5) To be able to evaluate the novels according to the period features by considering genres, subjects and content

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)	When & Why: The Rise of the Modern Novel	Read intro and chapter 1 from Modern Novel: A Short Introduction Read James Joyce, Dubliners (1914), Araby
3)	Themes: Alienation The New Woman, Gender, exile	Read Jean Rhys, After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie DUE: Response # 1
4)	New Forms: Reshaping the Novel	Read Jean Rhys, After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie Parts II Read chapter 3 from Modern Novel: A Short Introduction
5)	Themes: WWI, war neuroses/trauma, psychoanalysis, childhood	Read selected excerpts from Rebecca West’s The Return of the Soldier DUE: Weekly response # 1 + Creative response # 1
6)	Questioning the Modern: Mid-century Revisions Themes: WWII, genre fiction, theories of modernity, fascism, mass culture, technology	Read chapter 6 from Modern Novel: A Short Introduction Read selected excerpts from Graham Greene’s The Ministry of Fear DUE: Weekly response # 2 + Analysis Essay # 1 -First student presentation
7)	MIDTERM EXAM (In-class essay question + literary terms & characteristics of the genres)
8)	Themes: Anti-victorianism, high/low modernism, gender, class, psychoanalysis	Read D.H. Lawrence’s The Fox DUE: Weekly response # 3
9)	Postcolonial Modernity	Read chapter 6 from Modern Novel: A Short Introduction Read Salman Rushdie’s Imaginary Homelands essay & selected excerpts from Midnight’s Children DUE: Weekly response # 4 Student presentation
10)	The 20th century American novel: Modernism & Aestheticism	Read Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby Student presentation
11)	Modernism and Consciousness	Read William Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom! (1936) and "Wash" DUE: Weekly response # 5
12)	The Breakdown Narrative and Consciousness	Read Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar DUE: Weekly response # 6
13)	The Future of the Modern Novel	Read chapter 8 from Modern Novel: A Short Introduction DUE: Analysis Essay # 2 Student presentation
14)	FINAL REVIEW	Reviewing the historical/cultural context of the genres & the elements of the modern novel DUE: Creative response # 2
15)	FINAL EXAM	(DUE: Final Book Review/Report-Written + Presentation)

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	• See novels in the course schedule • Matz, Jesse. Modern Novel: A Short Introduction John Wiley & Sons; 1 edition (January 30, 2004) • Bradbury, Malcolm. The Modern American Novel (1983).
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	% 10
Project	1	% 10
Midterms	1	% 30
Final	1	% 40
total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 40
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