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
190301506100	19 TH CENTURY NOVEL	Compulsory	3	6	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 19th century English novel, and literary, social, historical, philosophical and theoretical developments of the novel in this century; illustrate the significance of the Industrial Revolution in the literary and historical transformation of the novel and investigate primary characteristics of the 19th century English novel.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Asya Sakine UÇAR

Learning Outcomes

1	The ability to read and analyse Victorian novels under the light of the period's historical, social, economic and cultural background. The ability to bring a critical approach to the Victorian novels with the aid of various literary theories.

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

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Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

This course studies the changes in novel genre and the period's technological, cultural and political changes through an analysis of the Victorian Era (1837-1901) and selected Victorian novels.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Introduction to the 19th century novel	reading, question answer, discussion
2	The Victorian Novel	reading, question answer, discussion
3	Charlotte Bronte- Jane Eyre	reading, question answer, discussion
4	Charlotte Bronte- Jane Eyre	reading, question answer, discussion
5	Emily Bronte- Wuthering Heights	reading, question answer, discussion
6	Emily Bronte- Wuthering Heights	reading, question answer, discussion
7	Charles Dickens- Hard Times	reading, question answer, discussion
8	midterm
9	Charles Dickens- Hard Times	reading, question answer, discussion
10	Thomas Hardy- Tess of the D'urbervilles	reading, question answer, discussion
11	Thomas Hardy- Tess of the D'urbervilles	reading, question answer, discussion
12	Elizabeth Gaskell- North and South	reading, question answer, discussion
13	Elizabeth Gaskell- North and South	reading, question answer, discussion
14	final exams

Recommended or Required Reading

Patrick Brantlinger. A Companion to the Victorian Novel. Dennis Barbara. The Victorian 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	1	1
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	1	1
Reading	14	1	14
Performance	10	10	100
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			147

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