ECTS - History and Novel
History and Novel (ELIT636) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| History and Novel | ELIT636 | General 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 | Ph.D. |
| 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 aim of the course is to trace the changing concepts of history, the ways in which fiction writers have used "history" in their works, beginning with the 19th century English novel, to our day. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | No data provided |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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| 1 | Introduction to Changing Concepts of History: historicism and the historical novel | Robert K. Massie "Narrating the Past: History or Biography" pp. 103-115 in Biography and Source Studies (1994) ed. Frederick R. Karl |
| 2 | Relationship between truth, fiction and art. Discussions of the essay by Robert K. Massie "Narrating the Past: History or Biography" pp. 103-115 in Biography and Source Studies (1994) ed. Frederick R. Karl | George Lukacs "The Classical Form of the Historical Novel", Andrzej Gasiorek "Postmodernism and the Problme of History", Linda Hutcheon "Telling Stores: fiction and history" and "Representing the past", Stephen Greenblatt "Towards a Poetics of Culture", Louis A. Montrose "Professing the Renaissance: The Poetics and Politics of Culture" |
| 3 | Discussions of essays: George Lukacs "The Classical Form of the Historical Novel", Andrzej Gasiorek "Postmodernism and the Problme of History", Linda Hutcheon "Telling Stores: fiction and history" and "Representing the past", Stephen Greenblatt "Towards a Poetics of Culture", Louis A. Montrose "Professing the Renaissance: The Poetics and Politics of Culture" | Walter Scott, Quentin Durward |
| 4 | Discussions of essays: George Lukacs "The Classical Form of the Historical Novel", Andrzej Gasiorek "Postmodernism and the Problme of History", Linda Hutcheon "Telling Stores: fiction and history" and "Representing the past", Stephen Greenblatt "Towards a Poetics of Culture", Louis A. Montrose "Professing the Renaissance: The Poetics and Politics of Culture" | Walter Scott, Quentin Durward |
| 5 | Walter Scott, Quentin Durward | Virginia Woolf, Orlando |
| 6 | Virginia Woolf, Orlando | John Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman |
| 7 | John Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman | Peter Ackroyd, Chatterton |
| 8 | Peter Ackroyd, Chatterton | Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot |
| 9 | Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot | Jeanette Winterson, The Passion |
| 10 | Jeanette Winterson, The Passion | Kazuo Ishiguro, When We Were Orphans |
| 11 | Kazuo Ishiguro, When We Were Orphans | Graham Swift, Waterland |
| 12 | Graham Swift, Waterland | Julian Barnes, A History of the World in 10 ½ Chapters |
| 13 | Julian Barnes, A History of the World in 10 ½ Chapters | |
| 14 | Discussion | |
| 15 | General Revision | |
| 16 | Final Exam |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. Virginia Woolf, Orlando |
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| 2. John Fowles, The French Lieutenant’s Woman | |
| 3. Peter Ackroyd, Chatterton | |
| 4. Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot | |
| 5. Jeanette Winterson, The Passion | |
| 6. Kazuo Ishiguro, When We Were Orphans | |
| 7. Graham Swift, Waterland | |
| 8. Julian Barnes, A History of the World in 10 ½ Chapters | |
| Other Sources | 9. Terry Eagleton (1990), The Ideology of the Aesthetic |
| 10. Paul Hamilton (1996), Historicism | |
| 11. Linda Hutcheon (1989), The Politics of Postmodernism | |
| 12. George Lukacs (1962), The Historical Novel | |
| 13. Brook Thomas (1991), The New Historicism and Other Old-Fashion Ideas |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | 1 | 20 |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | - | - |
| Presentation | 1 | 40 |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | - | - |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 40 |
| Toplam | 3 | 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 | ||||
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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. | 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 | 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 |
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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 | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | |||
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | |||
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 25 | 25 |
| Total Workload | 129 | ||