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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 enable the student to acquire the knowledge, skills and competence to understand the development of the 18th-century poetry and prose and the English Romantic movement through a discussion of selected texts and writers of these periods in historical, social and cultural contexts. This course also aims to teach how the Romantic movement diverged from the Neo-classical movement seen in England in the 18th century.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 can explain and discusses the rise and development of Neoclassical movement, and its effects on English poetry. PO-7 They acquire the necessary equipment that will enable them to act as a bridge in intercultural communication and in the perception and interpretation of different cultures.
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 discusses the selected writers of the period and their works and identifies the major characteristics. PO-7 They acquire the necessary equipment that will enable them to act as a bridge in intercultural communication and in the perception and interpretation of different cultures.
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 explain and discuss English Romanticism within the cultural, social and historical contexts. PO-7 They acquire the necessary equipment that will enable them to act as a bridge in intercultural communication and in the perception and interpretation of different cultures.
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

Course Contents
In this course, after introducing the Neoclassical English literature and the Romantic movement within their historical, social and cultural contexts, some selected writers and their works (are analysed, discussed and compared. The Neoclassical writers (Dryden, Swift, Pope Johnson, Addison and Steele), the Pre-Romantics (Thomas Gray and Robert Burns) and the Romantics (Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats) are studied and compared.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction, Restoration and 18th-century background Lecture, Discussion
2 The rise and development of Neoclassicism, historical, social, literary background Lecture, Discussion
3 The literary genres in the period and their qualities Lecture, Discussion
4 A study of the major Neoclassical poets and their works Lecture, Discussion
5 Neoclassical principles illustrated in these works Lecture, Discussion
6 Neoclassical principles illustrated in these works Lecture, Discussion
7 A study of other Neoclassical poets and their works Lecture, Discussion
8 mid-term exam
9 The rise and development of Pre-Romantic and Romantic movement Lecture, Discussion
10 A study of the major works by the Pre-Romantic poets Lecture, Discussion
11 Major principles of English Romantic movement Lecture, Discussion
12 Major principles of English Romantic movement Lecture, Discussion
13 A study of selected works by the Romantic poets Lecture, Discussion
14 A study of selected works by the Romantic poets Lecture, Discussion
15 Overall Evaluation Lecture, Discussion
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Tradition. Douglas Canfield ve J. Paul Hunter ed. Rhetorics of Order/Ordering Rhetorics in English Neoclassical Literature.
2 Introduction to Romanticisim
3 Norton Anthology of English Literature
4 Duncan Wu, ed. Romanticism: A Critical Reader.
5 Howard Erskine-Hill. The Augustan Idea in English Literature.
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