ECTS - Gender and Literature
Gender and Literature (ELIT430) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Gender and Literature | ELIT430 | 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 | Social Sciences Master's Degree |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer. |
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| Course Objectives | This course aims at raising awareness of the concept of gender through studying this concept on selected texts from mostly from English and American Literature and Culture. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Sex, gender, patriarchy, feminist critical approaches. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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| 1 | A General Introduction; The Period of Mother Goddess, Isis, etc. The Establishment of Patriarchy: Greek Myths: Hera, Helen of Troy, Pandora; Adam’s first wife Lillith,Adam^s Second wife Eve, etc. Toplumsal Cinsiyet ve Yansımaları, Chapter V | A General Introduction |
| 2 | Fairy Tales :“Blue Beard” Charles Perrault” (On The Internet)…And Then The Prince Knelt Down and Tried to put the Glass Slipper on Cindrella’s Foot” Judith Viorst; “Gossip” Jake Allsop (on The Internet) | Fairy Tales |
| 3 | “The Birth of Her First Child and Her First Vision” and “Her Pride and Attempts To Start A Business”, Margery Kempe Norton Anth.Vol: I, pp.367-369 | Norton Anth.Vol: I, pp.367-369 |
| 4 | 4- “To The Queen’s Most Exellent Majesty” Aemilia Lanyer, The Norton Anthology, Vol:I p. 1282; “A Married State” Katherine Philips, The Norton Anthology Vol: I p.1679 | The Norton Anthology |
| 5 | “A True Relation of My Birth,…,” The Epilogue to The Reader, Margaret Cavendish The Norton Anthology, pp. 1762-1765; “The Lover :A Ballad” Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, The Norton Anthology Vol:I, p.2580 | The Norton Anthology |
| 6 | A Vindication of The Rights of Women, M.Wollstonecraft The Norton Anthology,Vol:II, Ch. 4, pp.189-196 | A Vindication of The Rights of Women |
| 7 | “My Last Duchess Ferrara”, Robert Browning, The Norton Anthology,Vol:II,pp.1255-1256 | “My Last Duchess Ferrara” |
| 8 | Midterm | |
| 9 | “To George Sand” : A Desire”; “To George Sand” : A Recognition” Elizabeth Barrett Browning The Norton Anthology, Vol:II 1083; “Livvie” Eudora Welty Fiction, Gwyn(ed) pp. 186-197 | “To George Sand” : A Desire”; “To George Sand” : A Recognition” Elizabeth Barrett Browning |
| 10 | Trifles, Susan Glaspell Literature and Gender, pp.360-369 | Trifles |
| 11 | “Cora Unashamed” Langston Hughes; On the Internet; “Desiree’s Baby” Kate Chopin The Story and Its Writer p.316-320 | “Cora Unashamed” Langston Hughes;; “Desiree’s Baby” Kate Chopin |
| 12 | From The Subjection of Women John Stuart Mill, The Norton Anthology Vol:II pp.1061-1070 A Room of One’s Own , Virginia Woolf The Norton Anthology Vol: II pp.2092-2152 | The Subjection of Women John Stuart Mill |
| 13 | “To The Room 19” Doris Lessing, The Norton Anthology , Vol: II, pp. 2544-2565 | “To The Room 19” Doris Lessing |
| 14 | “Weekend Story” Fay Weldon | “Weekend Story” Fay Weldon |
| 15 | The Chrysantemums John Steinbeck Fiction Gwyn (ed.) pp.165-174 | The Chrysantemums John Steinbeck |
| 16 | Review |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. The Norton Anthology of English Literature Vols 1 and 2 (for primary sources) |
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| 2. Fiction A.S.Gwyn A Harper Collins Pocket Anthology, 1993 | |
| 3. The Story and Its Writer Ann Charters (ed), Bedford Books , 1995 | |
| 9. Literature and Gender Ed. By Lizbeth Goodman, Routledge, 1996. | |
| 11. World’s of Fiction R.Rubesnstein and C. Larson (eds) McMillan,1993 | |
| Other Sources | 4. Working With Feminist Criticism Mary Eagleton, Blackwell, 1996 |
| 5. A Literature Of Their Own : From Charlotte Bronte to Doris Lessing, Virgo press,1995 | |
| 6. An Introduction to Women’s Studies. Berly Madoc-Jones, (ed.)Blackwell, 1997 | |
| 7. Feminist Criticism: Women as Contemporary Critics, Maggie Humm, St. Martin’s Press | |
| 8. Modern Feminisms, Maggie Humm, Columbia UP, 1992 | |
| 10. A Reader’s Guide to Contemporary Feminism, Maggie Humm, Harvester, Wheatsheaf, 1994 |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 10 |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 40 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 50 |
| Toplam | 3 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | 50 |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 50 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | X |
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| 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 | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to use English language competently concerning four basic skills, namely listening, reading, speaking, and writing. | |||||
| 2 | To have extensive theoretical knowledge about English Culture and literature. | |||||
| 3 | To gain knowledge about literary theories and to be able to apply these theories to various literary texts. | |||||
| 4 | To acquire detailed knowledge about British culture in all its aspects. | |||||
| 5 | To be able to compare and contrast English culture and literature with other literatures through works from different periods and genres. | |||||
| 6 | To be able to compare and contrast British culture with other cultures. | |||||
| 7 | To plan, organize, and conduct the activities related to the field. | |||||
| 8 | To acquire the skills of creative, critical, and analytical thinking. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 10 | To acquire professional ethics and to use them in the process of research and production. | |||||
| 11 | To get prepared for professional life by developing a sense of responsibility through individual tasks and group projects. | |||||
| 12 | 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. | |||||
| 13 | 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) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Total Workload | 135 | ||