Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue
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| Year/Semester of Study | 2 / Spring Semester | ||||
| Level of Course | 1st Cycle Degree Programme | ||||
| Type of Course | Optional | ||||
| Department | ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE | ||||
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face to Face | ||||
| Teaching Period | 14 Weeks | ||||
| Name of Lecturer | DİDEM METİN (didemmetin@nevsehir.edu.tr) | ||||
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| Language of Instruction | Turkish | ||||
| Work Placement(s) | None | ||||
| Objectives of the Course | |||||
| To examine the narratives of European diplomats, clergy, merchants and sailors who traveled east in the 16th and 17th centuries. | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | Can obtain information about 16th and 17th century British travelers. |
PO-8 They can participate in various social, cultural and artistic activities in the field of English and British culture and add new values to society based on the inferences they obtain as a result of these participations. 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. |
Examination |
| LO-2 | Can analyze the stories and study the research of Western travelers to the East. |
PO-6 They use the inferences they obtain by learning the language, which was born and developed in a foreign culture and is a living part of that culture, together with cultural elements, in intercultural interaction. 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-9 They conduct research and analysis in the field of English language, literature, culture and history. |
Examination |
| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
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| Course Contents | ||
| To interpret how the image of the East was shaped by examining the narratives of European diplomats, clergy, merchants and sailors who traveled to the East in the 16th and 17th centuries. | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 | Introduction to Travel Literature | Discussion Method Narration Method |
| 2 | Introduction to Travel Literature | Discussion Method Narration Method |
| 3 | 19th Century British Travel literature, Women's Travel literature, 20th Century British Travel literature, Post-colonial Travel literature | Discussion Method Narration Method |
| 4 | Marco Polo | Discussion Method Narration Method |
| 5 | Piri Reis | Discussion Method Narration Method |
| 6 | Evliya Çelebi | Discussion Method Narration Method |
| 7 | Daniel Defoe-Robinson Crusoe | Discussion Method Narration Method |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | Jonathan Swift- Gullivers’ Travels | Discussion Method Narration Method |
| 10 | Mary Wollstonecraft -Letters Written during a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark | Discussion Method Narration Method |
| 11 | Charles Dickens- American Notes for General Circulation, Pictures from Italy | Discussion Method Narration Method |
| 12 | Herman Melville- Typee | Discussion Method Narration Method |
| 13 | Henry James-Italian Hours | Discussion Method Narration Method |
| 14 | E.M. Forster-A Passage to India | Discussion Method Narration Method |
| 15 | Review week | Discussion Method Narration Method |
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| 1 | The Turkish Letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (translated by Edward Seymour Forster) | |
| 2 | A voyage into the Levant by Henry Blount | |
| 3 | Rare Adventures and Painful Peregrinations by William Lithgow | |
| 4 | A Relation of a Journey by George Sandys | |
| 5 | Travel Writing by Carl Thompson | |
| Required Course instruments and materials | ||
| Textbook and secondary resources. | ||
| Assessment Methods | |||
| Type of Assessment | Week | Hours | Weight(%) |
| mid-term exam | 8 | 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 | 16 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| mid-term exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Own study for final exam | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| final exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | |||
| 0 | |||
| Total work load; | 92 | ||