ECTS - Travel Writing
Travel Writing (ELIT314) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Travel Writing | ELIT314 | 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. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | The aim of this course is to give students an overall view of English travel writing. The course enables students to learn English travel writing from pilgrimages to postcolonial explorations. The course is going to analyze and relate a variety of texts which show representatives of a home culture in confrontation with terra incognita ((Latin, unknown lands), or with unfamiliar peoples. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Charting the genre, paths to the real world, paths to the self, the Home Tour, travel writing in the 19th century, women?s travel writing, British travel writing in the 20th century, postcolonial travel writing. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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| 1 | Introduction, charting the genre, paths to the real world, paths to the self, the Home Tour | English Travel Writing from Pilgrimages to Postcolonial Explorations. |
| 2 | Introduction, charting the genre, paths to the real world, paths to the self, the Home Tour | English Travel Writing from Pilgrimages to Postcolonial Explorations. |
| 3 | Travel writing in the nineteenth century, women’s travel writing, British travel writing in the twentieth century, postcolonial travel writing | English Travel Writing from Pilgrimages to Postcolonial Explorations |
| 4 | Marco Polo | Marco Polo |
| 5 | Piri Reis | Piri Reis |
| 6 | Evliya Çelebi | Evliya Çelebi |
| 7 | Daniel Defoe -Robinson Crusoe | Robinson Crusoe |
| 8 | Jonathan Swift- Gullivers’ Travels | Gullivers’ Travels |
| 9 | Letters Written during a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark by Mary Wollstonecraft | Letters Written during a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark |
| 10 | American Notes for General Circulation, Pictures from Italy by Charles Dickens | American Notes for General Circulation, Pictures from Italy |
| 11 | Herman Melville- Typee | Typee |
| 12 | Joseph Conrad- Heart of Darkness | Heart of Darkness |
| 13 | Henry James-Italian Hours | Italian Hours |
| 14 | E.M. Forster-A Passage to India | A Passage to India |
| 15 | Patrick White-Voss | Voss |
| 16 | Final Exam | Revision |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. Korte, Barbara. English Travel Writing from Pilgrimages to Postcolonial Explorations. London: Macmillan, 2000. |
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| 2. Shaw, Peter Knox. The Explorer in English Fiction. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1986. | |
| Other Sources | 3. Gilroy, Amanda. Romantic Geographies. Discourses of Travel 1775-1844. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2000. |
| 4. Hadfield, Andrew. Literature, Travel, and Colonial Writing in the English Renaissance 1545-1625. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998. |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | 2 | 20 |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 50 |
| Toplam | 4 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | 50 |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 50 |
| 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 | X | ||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Total Workload | 125 | ||