ECTS - Short Fiction
Short Fiction (ELIT516) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Short Fiction | ELIT516 | 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. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | The objective of the course is to study a large variety of short fiction which will enable students compare and contrast many stories from various critical approaches such as Marxist, feminist, psychoanalytical, postcolonial and postmodern critical approaches and concepts. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Analysis of selected short stories in the light of various literary theories and movements. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | Marxist criticism sheets provided by the instructor |
| 2 | Introduction | Psychoanalytical Criticism sheets provided by the instructor |
| 3 | "The Dead" "A Good Man is Hard To Find" Dubliners | Dubliners |
| 4 | Postcolonial and feminist criticism | Fiction. pp.80-96. Worlds of Fiction. pp.510-519 |
| 5 | Postcolonial and feminist criticism | Sheets provided by the instructor |
| 6 | "The Bliss" "The Guest" | "The Bliss" in The Story and Its Writer pp. 860-876 "The Guest" in Worlds of Fiction pp. 154-164 |
| 7 | Postmodernism: Rewriting, Fairy-Tale, magic realism, fantasy, postmodern female gothic | Sheets provided by the instructor |
| 8 | "The Bloody Chamber" "The Firebird's Nest" | "The Firebird's Nest" in nternet sources; |
| 9 | "A Wife's Story" "Flying Home" | Fiction.pp.198-214. |
| 10 | "Girls at War" "One Out of Mary" | Worlds of Fiction. pp. 19-28. pp.925-947. |
| 11 | "A Rose for Emily" "Everything That Rises Must Converge" | Fiction. pp. 153-160. pp.230-242. |
| 12 | Second presentations | Second presentations |
| 13 | Second presentations | Second presentations |
| 14 | Second presentations | Second presentations |
| 15 | Second presentations | Second presentations |
| 16 | Final exam | Final exam |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. Worlds of Fiction Rubenstein and Larson, New York : Macmillan Publishing Company, 1993 |
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| 2. Fiction :A Harpercollins Anthology R.S.Gwyn , HarperCollins Publishers, 1993 | |
| 3. The Story And Its Writer . Ann Charters ( Ed .) Boston: Bedford Books of St. Martin’s Press, 1995 . (PN6120.2.S85 1995 | |
| 6. Angela Carter, Bloody Chamber and Other Stories, Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1986 | |
| Other Sources | 4. Complete stories and poems of Edgar Allan Poe Garden City, 1996 |
| 5. The Dark side of Guy de Maupassant Arnold Kellett, Ramsey Campbell, Cardinal, 1989 | |
| 7. A Reader’s Guide to the short stories of William Faulkner D.J.Brown, G.K.Hall,Maxwell MacMillan Company, 1994 | |
| 8. An Introduction To Short Fiction Hans Ostrom, Holt,Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1991 |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 20 |
| Presentation | 2 | 40 |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | - | - |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 40 |
| Toplam | 4 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | 60 |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 40 |
| 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 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 | 5 | 10 |
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | |||
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Total Workload | 128 | ||