Medieval Literature and Culture (ELIT502) Course Detail

Course Name	Course Code	Season	Lecture Hours	Application Hours	Lab Hours	Credit	ECTS
Medieval Literature and Culture	ELIT502	General Elective	3	0	0	3	5

Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A

Course Language	English
Course Type	Elective Courses
Course Level	Social Sciences Master's Degree
Mode of Delivery	Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies	Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer, Team/Group, Brain Storming.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)	Dersin öğretim elemanı (Academic staff)
Course Assistants
Course Objectives	The objective of this course is to identify the forms, genres, literary conventions, and topics of concern that characterize medieval literature and approach the works as a product of specific historical and cultural circumstances.
Course Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; know about the significant historical, social and cultural events and their impact on literature, know the foundations and features of Medieval literary genres such as the epic, romance, hagiography, dream poetry and fabliau, are able to comment on the social inequalities and corruption as represented by the great satirists of the period, are able to comment on the condition of women in the Middle Ages as represented in Medieval literary works.
Course Content	Studies on medieval literature and culture.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week	Subjects	Preparation
1	Historical, social and cultural context	Related chapters of the selected materials
2	Anglo-Saxon Period	Related chapters of the selected materials
3	Anglo-Saxon Period religious poems - The Dream of the Rood, Caedmon's Hymn	Related chapters of the selected materials
4	Epic poetry - Beowulf	Related chapters of the selected materials
5	Epic Poetry - Beowulf	Related chapters of the selected materials
6	Women in Anglo-Saxon Poetry - The Wife's Lament ve Judith	Related chapters of the selected materials
7	Midterm
8	Anglo-Norman Period - Romance Tradition	Related chapters of the selected materials
9	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the related chapters of the selected materials
10	Historical, social and cultural context in the 14th century and later, and Chaucer	Related chapters of the selected materials
11	Corruption and the perception of women: Canterbury Tales (The General Prologue, The Miller's Tale, The Wife of Bath's Tale)	Canterbury Tales (The General Prologue, The Miller's Tale, The Wife of Bath's Tale) and related chapters of the selected materials
12	Corruption and the perception of women: Canterbury Tales (The General Prologue, The Miller's Tale, The Wife of Bath's Tale)	Canterbury Tales (The General Prologue, The Miller's Tale, The Wife of Bath's Tale) and related chapters of the selected materials
13	William Langland: Piers Plougman	William Langland: Piers Plougman
14	Thomas Malory: “Morte D’Arthur”	Thomas Malory: “Morte D’Arthur”
15	Revision
16	Final Exam

Sources

Course Book	1. David Wallace, The Cambridge History of Medieval English Literature, Cambrige Universty Press, 1999
	2. Larry Scanlon, The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Literature 1100-1500, Cambridge University Press, 2009
	3. The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Literature in English, Oxfod Univrsity Press, 2010
	4. Medieval English Literature, Oxford Universty Press, 2002

Evaluation System

Requirements	Number	Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation	-	-
Laboratory	-	-
Application	-	-
Field Work	-	-
Special Course Internship	-	-
Quizzes/Studio Critics	-	-
Homework Assignments	2	20
Presentation	1	10
Project	-	-
Report	-	-
Seminar	-	-
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury	1	30
Final Exam/Final Jury	1	40
Toplam	5	100

Percentage of Semester Work	60
Percentage of Final Work	40
Total	100

Course Category

Core Courses	X
Major Area Courses
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
#	Program Qualifications / Competencies	1	2	3	4	5
1	Develop understanding of translation theories, concepts and history, and their application to the processes used in translating
2	Develop critical knowledge and understanding of current issues, European Union and international relations, law and technical issues in terms of translation studies
3	Detect, define, formulate and solve the problems to be encountered in translation process
4	Acquire the skills of translation analysis, criticism and hermeneutics
5	Develop critical understanding of international affairs and cultural studies regarding to profession of translation
6	Improve skills of research techniques, use CAT tools, databases and other printed and electronic devices and sources efficiently
7	Develop efficient individual and group working skills, build self-confidence for taking responsibility and acquire powerful communication skills.
8	Build awareness for life-long learning; to catch the developments in science and technology and sustain continuous personal development.
9	Acquire knowledge on ethical and professional issues in translation
10	Build awareness about project management and the rights of employees and the legal consequences of translation applications.
11	Build awareness about the universal and societal dimensions of translation studies and gather information about the problems of the contemporary World.
12	Improve skills to use source and target languages fluently in presentations and academic studies
13	Acquire knowledge on terminology management and global translation quality standards at a professional level

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Total Workload
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	1	5	5
Project
Report
Homework Assignments	2	10	20
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury	1	10	10
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury	1	15	15
Total Workload			126