Information Of Programmes

FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / İNG 301 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Code: İNG 301

Course Title: ENGLISH POETRY AND PROSE III

Theoretical+Practice: 3+0

ECTS: 6

Year/Semester of Study

3 / 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 examine the poetry and prose produced during the Victorian era, a significant period in 19th-century English literature. This course will enable students to understand the cultural, social, and historical context of Victorian literature and analyze the aesthetic and thematic features of literary works from this period. Additionally, it will help students grasp the influence of the Victorian era on the literary field and understand the literary movements and themes of this era.

Learning Outcomes		PO	MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1	can explain the major socio-cultural developments of the Victorian period.	PO-	Examination
LO-2	can explain the characteristics and authors of Victorian literature.	PO-	Examination
LO-3	can explain the works written during the Victorian period in relation to the cultural and literary developments of the time.	PO-	Examination
LO-4	can discuss the types of early twentieth-century poetry.	PO-	Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
In this course, the selected texts of Victorian poetry and prose from the beginning of the Victorian period until the 1920s are analysed and the characteristics and genres of early twentieth century poetry and prose are explained. Works of the Victorian poets (Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Carlyle, and Ruskin) and the Pre-Raphalelite poets (Rossetti and Swinburne) are thematically studied in relation to the philosophical developments of the period.
Weekly Course Content
Week	Subject	Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1	Introduction to the 19th-century history, culture and literature	Lecture, Discussion
2	Analysis and discussion of selected Victorian poets and their poetry	Lecture, Discussion
3	Tennyson ve Browning’in seçilen başlıca eserlerinin incelenmesi	Lecture, Discussion
4	Analysis and discussion of selected Victorian thinkers and their works (continued)	Lecture, Discussion
5	Analysis and discussion of selected Victorian thinkers and their works (continued)	Lecture, Discussion
6	Analysis and discussion of selected Victorian women poets and their poetry	Lecture, Discussion
7	Analysis and discussion of selected Pre-Raphaelite poetry and poets	Lecture, Discussion
8	mid-term exam
9	Analysis and discussion of the1890’s “Art for Art’s Sake” Movement	Lecture, Discussion
10	Analysis and discussion of early 20th-century socio-cultural and historical developments	Lecture, Discussion
11	Reflections of early 20th-century socio-cultural and historical developments on literature	Lecture, Discussion
12	Seçilen başlıca erken 20. yüzyıl şairleri ve eserlerinin incelenmesi	Lecture, Discussion
13	Analysis and discussion of selected works of War poetry and poets	Lecture, Discussion
14	Analysis and discussion of Thomas Hardy and early 20th-century literature and its selected poetry	Lecture, Discussion
15	Overall Evaluation	Lecture, Discussion
16	final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1	Herbert F. Tucker. A Companion to Victorian Literature and Culture.
2	Geoffrey Best. Mid-Victorian Britain, 1851-1870.
3	R. P. Draper. An Introduction to Twentieth-Century Poetry in English.
4	C. K. Stead. Pound, Yeats, Eliot, and the Modernist Movement.
Required Course instruments and materials
The materials 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)	3	14	42
Outside Class
a) Reading	3	14	42
b) Search in internet/Library	3	14	42
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	3	6	18
mid-term exam	1	1	1
Own study for final exam	4	5	20
final exam	2	1	2
			0
			0
Total work load;			167