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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / İNG 305 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Code: İNG 305 Course Title: ENGLISH NOVEL I 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 required to analyse the features of historical and socio-cultural milieu within which the English novel emerged and developed, to discuss the elements of realism and formal realism and to distinguish the genre from the previous literary modes.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 can identify the basic socio-cultural and economic conditions which are significant for the emergence of the English novel. 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-17 They gain awareness about looking at their own nation objectively by using knowledge in English language, literature and culture.
 		Examination
LO-2 can idenitfy representative novels and recognise the elements of the 18th-century formal realism. 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-17 They gain awareness about looking at their own nation objectively by using knowledge in English language, literature and culture.
 		Examination
LO-3 can analyse social and political satire in the relevant novels with reference to the events and figures of the age. 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-17 They gain awareness about looking at their own nation objectively by using knowledge in English language, literature and culture.
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, the cultural, economic and social elements influential in the birth and development of the British novel are evaluated through the study of early examples. Realism and formal realism in the works of the 18th-century authors are studied with reference to the cultural, literary, social, and philosophical context of the period.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction to the novel genre and to the British novel Lecture, Discussion
2 Introduction to the subgenres of the novel and examples Lecture, Discussion
3 Analysis of the development of the novel genre within the 18th-century context Lecture, Discussion
4 Discussion of an early novel within the historical, cultural and political context of the period Lecture, Discussion
5 Discussion of an early novel within the historical, cultural and political context of the period Lecture, Discussion
6 Discussion of the elements of formal realism in a selected novel Lecture, Discussion
7 Analysis of a Realist Novel Lecture, Discussion
8 mid-term exam
9 Analysis of a Realist Novel Lecture, Discussion
10 Analysis of a Picaresque Novel Lecture, Discussion
11 Analysis of a Picaresque Novel Lecture, Discussion
12 Analysis of an Epistolary Novel Lecture, Discussion
13 Analysis of an Epistolary Novel Lecture, Discussion
14 Analysis of a Gothic Novel Lecture, Discussion
15 Analysis of a Gothic Novel Lecture, Discussion
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Ian Watt. The Rise of the Novel.
2 Dennis Walder. The Realist Novel.
3 Alan Dugald Mckillop. The Early Masters of English Fiction.
4 Michael McKeon. The Origins of the English Novel.
5 Terry Eagleton. The English Novel: An Introduction.
6 Robinson Crusoe
7 Moll Flanders
8 Tom Jones
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) 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