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Description of Individual Course Units| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | | 190301503101 | MIDDLE AGE ENGLISH LITERATURE | Compulsory | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| | Level of Course Unit | | First Cycle | | Objectives of the Course | | Students are expected to acquire the skill and adequacy to know and to compare-contrast the prominent works of Middle English Literature with their qualities at the end of the course. | | Name of Lecturer(s) | | Dr. Öğretim Üyesi Zafer ŞAFAK | | Learning Outcomes | | 1 | Recognize the works and sources of Middle English Literature. | | 2 | Comprehend the genres of Middle English Literature. | | 3 | To be able examine the works of the period. | | 4 | To be able to evaluate the thematic differences and similarities among the works of the period. | | 5 | Being able to make stylistic comparision among the works of the period. |
| | Mode of Delivery | | Daytime Class | | Prerequisites and co-requisities | | - | | Recommended Optional Programme Components | | Students are expected to have obtained the text-books: English Literature to 1789 (by Kathleen McCoy, Judith A.V. Harlan, Harper Perennial/ Harper Collins Publishers, 1992), The McGraw-Hill Guide to English Literature/Vol. 1, Beowulf to Jane Austen (by Karen Lawrence, Betsy Seifter and Lois Ratner, McGraw-Hill Paperbacks, 1985), read and scrutinized the related parts (of the second and the third book) before the sessions. | | Course Contents | | The course will cover the Middle/Medieval English Literature including the sources of narrative forms/genres, terms and concepts and prominent works peculiar to this era and general Medieval attitude towards life. | | Weekly Detailed Course Contents | |
| 1 | Introduction
Late Medieval English Literature (1066-1485)
Background: Religious Liturgy, Chronicles, English Story-Telling, The Peasants’ Revolt | - | - | | 2 | The Source of Narrative Forms and Concepts: Middle English Poetry, Narrative Romance, Arthurian Romance, Fabliau | - | - | | 3 | Medieval Idealism, Courtly Love, Allegory
William Langland’s Piers the Ploughman/The Vision of Piers Plo‘w’man
Various Literary Concepts: Seven Deadly Sins, Seven Cardinal Virtues | - | - | | 4 | Piers the Ploughman
Critical Essay Readings on the Work | - | - | | 5 | Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Its Examination/Close Reading | - | - | | 6 | Critical Essay Readings on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | - | - | | 7 | Mid-Term Exam | - | - | | 8 | Geoffrey Chaucer and Some Other Medieval Genres
Chaucer’s Attitude to Life and Society | - | - | | 9 | The Canterbury Tales
General Prologue | - | - | | 10 | Critical Essay Readings on The Canterbury Tales | - | - | | 11 | Drama in Middle Ages
Mystery Plays/The Second Shepherd’s Play, The York Play of Crucifixion
Miracle Plays
Morality Plays | - | - | | 12 | Everyman as a Morality Play
The Critical Essay Readings on the Work | - | - | | 13 | Middle English Lyrics and Ballads (Secular Lyrics and Religious Lyrics)
Sir Thomas Malory/Le Morte d’Arthur | - | - | | 14 | General Overview
Middle English Literature and Medieval Attitudes towards Life on Earth | - | - |
| | Recommended or Required Reading | | 1 The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol. 1, 4th Edition, by M. H. Abrams, 1988
2 English Literature to 1789 by Kathleen McCoy, Judith A.V. Harlan, Harper Perennial/ Harper Collins Publishers, 1992
3 The McGraw-Hill Guide to English Literature/Vol. 1, Beowulf to Jane Austen by Karen Lawrence, Betsy Seifter and Lois Ratner, McGraw-Hill Paperbacks, 1985
- Middle English Literature: A Historical Sourcebook by Matthew Boyd Goldie, Wiley-Blackwell, 2003
- A Concise Companion to Middle English Literature by Marilyn Corrie/ Concise Companions to Literature and Culture, Wiley-Blackwell, 2009
- Middle English Literature: A Guide to Criticism by Roger Dalrymple/ Blackwell Guides to Criticism, Wiley-Blackwell, 2004
- Ethics and Eventfulness in Middle English Literature by J. Allan Mitchell/ The New Middle Ages, Palgrave Macmillan US, 2009
- Old and Middle English Literature by William Matthews/ Goldentree Bibliographies in Language and Literature, Appleton-Century-Crofts City, 1968
- Middle English Literature: A Critical Study of the Romances, the Religious Lyrics, and Piers Plowman by George Kane, Routledge, 2019
- A Companion to Old and Middle English Literature by Laura C. Lambdin, Robert T. Lambdin, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002
- A Companion to Medieval English Literature and Culture by Peter Brown/ Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2007
- The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Literature 1100-1500/ Cambridge Companions to Literature, by Larry Scanlon, Cambridge University Press , 2009
- The Cambridge History of Medieval English Literature by David Wallace, Cambridge University Press, 1999
- The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Literature in English/ Oxford Handbooks in Literature, by Elaine Treharne, Greg Walker, Oxford University Press, 2010 | | Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods | | | Assessment Methods and Criteria | |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | |
| Final Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | | Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 40 | | End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 60 | | SUM | 100 |
| | Language of Instruction | | English | | Work Placement(s) | | - |
| | Workload Calculation | |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 20 | 20 | | Final Examination | 1 | 30 | 30 | | Attending Lectures | 14 | 3 | 42 | | Discussion | 1 | 20 | 20 | | Criticising Paper | 1 | 50 | 50 | |
| Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes | | LO1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | | LO2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | | LO3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | | LO4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | | LO5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| | * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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