Selected Topics in the English Novel

Program Type:

Thesis

Course Code:

ELIT 631

Course Type:

Area Elective

P:

3

Lab:

0

Credits:

3

ECTS:

15

Course Language:

English

Course Objectives:

To gain knowledge in the intellectual and cultural background of the English novel in comparative contexts.

Course Content:

The course examines the development of the British and world novel from the eighteenth century to the present and analyses theories of the novel as a genre.

Teaching Methods:

1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion, 4: Simulation, 5: Case Study

Assessment Methods:

A: Testing, B: Class Performance, C: Homework, D: Presentation

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Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes	Program Outcomes	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
To explore the history of the novel.	1-4, 6-10	1,2,3	B, C, D
2) To gain knowledge in the intellectual and cultural background of modern literature.	1-4, 6-10	1,2,3	B, C, D
3) To develop the necessary critical faculties, analytical approach, and interdisciplinary vision for a successful understanding of literature.	1-4, 6-10	1,2,3	B, C, D
4) To analyse different definitions of the novel.	1-4, 6-10	1,2,3	B, C, D
5) To gain interpretative skills used in the analysis of literary texts.	1-4, 6-10	1,2,3	B, C, D

Course Flow

COURSE CONTENT
Week	Topics	Study Materials
1	Introduction	Materials for the course provided by instructor
2	Pavel, The Lives of the Novel
3	Doody, The True Story of the Novel
4	Robert, Origins of the Novel
5	Lukács, Theory of the Novel
6	Bakhtin, The Dialogic Imagination
7	Watt, The Rise of the Novel
8	McKeon, “Generic Transformation and Social Change”
9	Armstrong and Tennenhouse, “The American Origins of the English Novel”
10	Armstrong and Tennenhouse, “The Problem of Population and the Form of the American Novel”
11	Hutcheon, “Historiographic Metafiction”
12	Fiedler, Love and Death in the American Novel
13	Appiah, “Is the Post- in Postmodernism the Post- in Postcolonial?”
14	Bhabha, “The Postcolonial and the Postmodern”
15	Conclusion

Recommended Sources

RECOMMENDED SOURCES

Textbook

Michael McKeon, The Theory of the Novel

Additional Resources

Thomas Pavel, The Lives of the Novel

Margaret Ann Doody, The True Story of the Novel

Leslie Fiedler, Love and Death in the American Novel

Homi Bhabha, The Location of Culture

Assessment

ASSESSMENT
IN-TERM STUDIES	NUMBER	PERCENTAGE
Presentation	1	10
Class Performance	1	10
Final Project	1	80
Total		100
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL PAPER TO OVERALL GRADE		80
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE		20
Total		100

Course’s Contribution to Program

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
No	Program Learning Outcomes	Contribution
No	Program Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	The ability to apply knowledge of literature and social sciences to topics including culture, society, ethics, politics etc.			x
2	The ability to review, analyse and apply the relevant literature.			x
3	The ability to carry out interdisciplinary reading and analysis.				x
4	The ability to utilise the basic concepts and issues of literary theories in developing life strategies				x
5	Awareness of professional ethics and responsibility				x
6	Effective communication skills.				x
7	A sufficiently broad education to understand the global and social impact of literary movements.			x
8	An awareness of the importance of lifelong learning and the ability to put it into practice.			x
9	Knowledge of issues in contemporary literature and of the cultural issues of the period.				x
10	The ability to use sources and modern tools in order to carry out research in the areas of literature and aesthetics.			x

ECTS

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 15x Total course hours)	15	3	45
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	14	17	252
Presentation	1	18	18
Final Paper	1	60	60
Total Work Load			375
Total Work Load / 25 (h)			15.0
ECTS Credit of the Course			15

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