ECTS - Shakespeare Studies
Shakespeare Studies (ELIT312) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Shakespeare Studies | ELIT312 | Area Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | Elective Courses |
| Course Level | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer, Drill and Practice. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | This course evaluates early modern culture and society through the traces in the Shakespearean text. With the help of new historicist theory and postmodernist attitudes of history, we will try to understand the early modern culture. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | The reflections of Shakespearean plays in other mediums. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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| 1 | Overview of Renaissance and Shakespearean drama in a cultural context | |
| 2 | Theoretical background, Troilus and Cressida | Read: Troilus and Cressida |
| 3 | Troilus and Cressida | Finish reading Troilus and Cressida, Read chapters in Hillman, Thomas and Schanzer |
| 4 | All’s Well that Ends Well | All’s Well that Ends Well |
| 5 | All’s Well that Ends Well | Finish reading All’s Well that Ends Well. Read chapters in Hillman, Thomas and Schanzer |
| 6 | Measure for Measure | Measure for Measure |
| 7 | Measure for Measure | Finish reading Measure for Measure. Read chapters in Hillman, Thomas and Schanzer |
| 8 | Measure for Measure | |
| 9 | Merchant of Venice | Merchant of Venice |
| 10 | Julius Caesar | Julius Caesar |
| 11 | Julius Caesar | Read chapters in Hillman, Thomas and Schanzer |
| 12 | Hamlet | Hamlet |
| 13 | Hamlet | Read chapters in Hillman, Thomas and Schanzer |
| 14 | Odds’n Ends |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. 1. The Riverside Shakespeare, 2nd Edition. |
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| Other Sources | 2. 2. A. R. Braunmuller and Michael Hattaway, (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to English Renaissance Drama, 2nd ed., (Cambridge, Cambridge UP, 2003) |
| 3. 3. Michael Hattaway, Elizabethan Popular Theatre: Plays in Performance, (London, Routledge, 1982, repr. 2008). | |
| 4. 4. Louis Montrose, The Purpose of Playing: Shakespeare and The Cultural Politics of the Elizabethan Theatre, (Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1996). | |
| 5. 5. A Companion to Shakespeare's Works, Volume IV: The Poems, Problem Comedies, Late Plays Ed. Richard Dutton and Jean E. Howard (Blackwell, 2005) | |
| 6. 6. Political Shakespeare: New Essays in Cultural Materialism, 2nd ed. Eds. Jonathan Dollimore and Alan Sinfield. Cornell UP, 1994 (esp. Dollimore and McLuskie) |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | 1 | 10 |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 30 |
| Presentation | 1 | 20 |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | - | - |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 40 |
| Toplam | 4 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 100 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | |
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| Major Area Courses | X |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to use English language competently concerning four basic skills, namely listening, reading, speaking, and writing | X | ||||
| 2 | To have extensive theoretical knowledge about English literature. | X | ||||
| 3 | To gain knowledge about literary theories and to be able to apply these theories to various literary texts | X | ||||
| 4 | To acquire detailed knowledge about British culture in all its aspects | X | ||||
| 5 | To be able to compare and contrast English literature with other literatures through works from different periods and genres. | X | ||||
| 6 | To be able to compare and contrast British culture with other cultures | X | ||||
| 7 | To plan, organize, and conduct the activities related to the field | X | ||||
| 8 | To acquire the skills of creative, critical, and analytical thinking | X | ||||
| 9 | To gain knowledge about how to conduct an academic research and to use the acquired knowledge in accordance with the purpose of the research | X | ||||
| 10 | To acquire professional ethics and to use them in the process of research and production | X | ||||
| 11 | The ability to translate various kinds of texts from different disciplines both from English into Turkish and from Turkish into English | X | ||||
| 12 | To get prepared for professional life by developing a sense of responsibility through individual tasks and group projects | X | ||||
| 13 | To be able to understand and decipher various discourses involved in literature such as literary, philosophical, psychological, cultural, critical and theoretical discourses in English language | X | ||||
| 14 | To be able to understand and be a part of world culture | |||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | |||
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 15 | 5 | 75 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | |||
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | |||
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | |||
| Total Workload | 75 | ||