Iğdır University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
190301505100	18 TH CENTURY NOVEL	Compulsory	3	5	5

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to enable the student to acquire the knowledge, skills and competence required to analyse the features of historical and socio-cultural milieu within which the English novel emerged and developed, to discuss the elements of realism and formal realism and to distinguish the genre from the previous literary modes.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Asya Sakine UÇAR

Learning Outcomes

1	identifies the basic socio-cultural and economic conditions which are significant for the emergence of the English novel. studies representative novels and recognises the elements of formal realism. analyses the social, philosophical, theoretical developments of this genre.

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

The major differences between the novel in the 18th century and the literary genres of previous ages are introduced and the cultural, economic and social elements influential in the development of the genre are evaluated. The subgenres of the novel are examined with reference to the theoretical, philosophical and social context of the period.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	The Theory of the Novel and Introduction to the English Novel	reading, question answer, discussion
2	Ian Watt - Rise of the Novel	reading, question answer, discussion
3	E.M. Forster- Aspects of Novel	reading, question answer, discussion
4	Daniel Defoe- Robinson Crusoe	reading, question answer, discussion
5	Daniel Defoe- Robinson Crusoe	reading, question answer, discussion
6	The epistolary novel - Frances Burney's Evelina	reading, question answer, discussion
7	The epistolary novel - Frances Burney's Evelina	reading, question answer, discussion
8	midterm
9	Jane Austen- Pride and Prejudice	reading, question answer, discussion
10	Jane Austen- Pride and Prejudice	reading, question answer, discussion
11	Horace Walpole- The Castle of Otranto	reading, question answer, discussion
12	Horace Walpole- The Castle of Otranto	reading, question answer, discussion
13	revision	reading, question answer, discussion
14	final exams

Recommended or Required Reading

Ian Watt. The Rise of the Novel. E. M. Forster Aspects of the Novel. Michael McKeon. The Origins of the English Novel.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
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

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	1	1
Makeup Examination	1	1	1
Attending Lectures	14	1	14
Self Study	14	1	14
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	10	10
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	10	10
Performance	10	5	50
Homework	4	10	40
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			141

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