Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue
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| Year/Semester of Study | 1 / Fall Semester | ||||
| Level of Course | 1st Cycle Degree Programme | ||||
| Type of Course | Compulsory | ||||
| Department | ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE | ||||
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face to Face | ||||
| Teaching Period | 14 Weeks | ||||
| Name of Lecturer | İSMAİL SERDAR ALTAÇ (serdaraltac@nevsehir.edu.tr) | ||||
| Name of Lecturer(s) | |||||
| Language of Instruction | Turkish | ||||
| Work Placement(s) | None | ||||
| Objectives of the Course | |||||
| The aim of this course is to enable the student to acquire the knowledge, skills, and competence to define literary genres, rhetorical devices, figures of speech, and the features of literary movements, to comment on and categorise them, and to analyse these genres and figures of speech in literary works. Within this context, poems dramas, novels and the other prose types are aimed to be analysed with a special interest in the literary concepts. | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | can identify literary terms in the literary texts. |
PO-1 They acquire knowledge and skills about English grammar, English culture, English literature, the structure and education of the English language. PO-10 They gain proficiency in reading and interpreting English texts. PO-13 In addition to information about the English language, literature, culture, society and history, the student can gain the ability to collect current issues and information about England from English sources and share them with the relevant person, institution and organization. PO-25 They gain advanced sensitivity and predisposition in the fields of language, culture and literature. |
Examination |
| LO-2 | can explain literature broadly and with its basic characteristics. |
PO-1 They acquire knowledge and skills about English grammar, English culture, English literature, the structure and education of the English language. PO-10 They gain proficiency in reading and interpreting English texts. PO-13 In addition to information about the English language, literature, culture, society and history, the student can gain the ability to collect current issues and information about England from English sources and share them with the relevant person, institution and organization. PO-25 They gain advanced sensitivity and predisposition in the fields of language, culture and literature. |
Examination |
| LO-3 | can interpret literary texts. |
PO-1 They acquire knowledge and skills about English grammar, English culture, English literature, the structure and education of the English language. PO-9 They conduct research and analysis in the field of English language, literature, culture and history. PO-10 They gain proficiency in reading and interpreting English texts. PO-13 In addition to information about the English language, literature, culture, society and history, the student can gain the ability to collect current issues and information about England from English sources and share them with the relevant person, institution and organization. PO-25 They gain advanced sensitivity and predisposition in the fields of language, culture and literature. |
Examination |
| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
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| Course Contents | ||
| In this course, the concept of literature with its main features is discussed; literary periods and movements are introduced; literary genres are explained through examples; forms of literature such as poetry, novel, drama and non-fiction are introduced with their kinds and major characteristics; and these literary movements, genres, rhetorical devices, and figures of speech are examined in selected works of literature. | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 | Introduction | Lecture |
| 2 | Definition of literature and literary genres | Lecture, Discussion |
| 3 | Forms of poetry | Lecture |
| 4 | Forms of poetry | Lecture |
| 5 | Figurative language and figures of speech | Lecture |
| 6 | Figurative language and figures of speech | Lecture |
| 7 | Figurative language and figures of speech | Lecture |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | Versification and sound devices: types of rhyme, onomatopoeia, alliteration, assonance, consonance, caesura | Lecture |
| 10 | Versification and sound devices: types of rhyme, onomatopoeia, alliteration, assonance, consonance, caesura | Lecture |
| 11 | Forms of fiction: Short Story, Novella, Novel, types of Novel (Picaresque, Epistolary, Gothic, Historical, Sentimental, Novel of Manners, Bildungsroman) | Lecture |
| 12 | Short Story Analysis | Lecture, Discussion |
| 13 | Short Story Analysis | Lecture, Discussion |
| 14 | Elements of narrative: character, plot (prologue, suspense, conflict, climax, epilogue), point of view | Lecture, Discussion |
| 15 | Overall Evaluation | Discussion |
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| 1 | A Glossary of Literary Terms (M.H. Abrams) | |
| 2 | An Introduction to Literary Studies (Mario Klarer) | |
| 3 | Sound and Sense: An Introduction to Poetry (Laurence Perrine) | |
| 4 | Introduction To Drama (Robert C. Roby, Barry Ulanov) | |
| 5 | Introduction to Fiction (X. Kennedy, Dana Gioia) | |
| Required Course instruments and materials | ||
| The sources selected by the teaching staff | ||
| Assessment Methods | |||
| Type of Assessment | Week | Hours | Weight(%) |
| mid-term exam | 1 | 40 | |
| Other assessment methods | |||
| 1.Oral Examination | |||
| 2.Quiz | |||
| 3.Laboratory exam | |||
| 4.Presentation | |||
| 5.Report | |||
| 6.Workshop | |||
| 7.Performance Project | |||
| 8.Term Paper | |||
| 9.Project | |||
| final exam | 2 | 60 | |
| Student Work Load | |||
| Type of Work | Weekly Hours | Number of Weeks | Work Load |
| Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| Outside Class | |||
| a) Reading | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| b) Search in internet/Library | 1 | 14 | 14 |
| c) Performance Project | 0 | ||
| d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report | 0 | ||
| e) Term paper/Project | 0 | ||
| Oral Examination | 0 | ||
| Quiz | 0 | ||
| Laboratory exam | 0 | ||
| Own study for mid-term exam | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| mid-term exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Own study for final exam | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| final exam | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | |||
| 0 | |||
| Total work load; | 105 | ||