Postcolonial Novel (ELIT514) Course Detail

Course Name	Course Code	Season	Lecture Hours	Application Hours	Lab Hours	Credit	ECTS
Postcolonial Novel	ELIT514	Area 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.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)	Dersin öğretim elemanı (Academic staff)
Course Assistants
Course Objectives	The aim of the course is to study the novels of formerly colonised peoples who are British citizens and writing in English, in the light of the theories of postcolonialism and definition of colonisation, imperialism, neocolonialism, multiculturalism etc.
Course Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; can understand the history of Western colonialism. can understand the politics of colonialism and theories of postcolonialism. can understand how colonialism has affected the lives of colonised people. can analyze the issues concerning identity, mimicry, otherness, alienation, displacement as reflected in the novels of once colosied peoples in terms of theme, technique and language.
Course Content	The study of the postcolonial novels written in English.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week	Subjects	Preparation
1	Introduction lecture	Introduction lecture
2	Class discussion of required reading material	Robert J. Young's Postcolonialism. Introduction and Chapter I and II
3	Class discussion of required reading material	Homi Bhabba's Location of Culture (Introduction), Franz Fannon's Introduction and Part I
4	Presentation of articles assigned to students	E. Said, E. K. Braithwaite, Achebe, Spivak, Fanon, Bhabba
5	Oral reports on stories	Mr Kingsley's Travels in West Africa; Conrad's Heart of Darkness; Orwell's A Hanging
6	Reports on Stories (continuing)	Naipaul "One Out of Many", Rushdie "The Prophet's Hair", Ishiguro A Family Supper
7	Reports on Stories (continuing)	Naipaul "One Out of Many", Rushdie "The Prophet's Hair", Ishiguro A Family Supper
8	Beginning of oral presentations of assigned novels	Jean Rhys's Wide Sargossa Sea
9	oral presentations of assigned novels	Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart
10	oral presentations of assigned novels	C. Achebe's Anthills of Savannah
11	oral presentations of assigned novels	Emecheta's The Bride Price and Second Class Citizen
12	oral presentations of assigned novels	Naipaul, The Enigma of Arrival
13	oral presentations of assigned novels	Timothy Mo, Sour Sweet
14	oral presentations of assigned novels	Salman Rushdie, Midnight Children
15	oral presentations of assigned novels	Naipaul, Half a Life
16	Final Exam	Final Exam

Sources

Course Book	1. Young, Robert J. F. Postcolonialism: A Historical Introduction. Oxford: Blackwell, 2001.
	2. Ashcroft, Griffiths and Tiffin (eds). The Empire Writes Back. Routledge, 1989.
	7. Said, Edward. Orientalism. Penguin, 1978.
Other Sources	3. Boehmar, Elleke. Colonial and Postcolonial Literature. Oxford UP, 2005.
	4. Loomka, Ania. Colonialism/Postcolonialism. London: Routledge, 1998.
	5. Bhabba, Homi K. The Location of Culture. London: Routledge, 1998.
	6. Said, Edward. Culture and Imperialism. Chatto and Windus, 1993.

Evaluation System

Requirements	Number	Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation	-	-
Laboratory	-	-
Application	-	-
Field Work	-	-
Special Course Internship	-	-
Quizzes/Studio Critics	-	-
Homework Assignments	2	40
Presentation	2	20
Project	-	-
Report	-	-
Seminar	-	-
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury	-	-
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
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
#	Program Qualifications / Competencies	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 Culture and 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 culture and 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	To get prepared for professional life by developing a sense of responsibility through individual tasks and group projects.		X
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.					X
13	To be able to understand and be a part of world culture.					X

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	15	3	45
Presentation/Seminar Prepration	2	3	6
Project
Report
Homework Assignments	2	5	10
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury	1	20	20
Total Workload			129