| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | | 190301506102 | 19 TH CENTURY LITERATURE | Compulsory | 3 | 6 | 5 |
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| Level of Course Unit |
| First Cycle |
| Objectives of the Course |
| Acquiring the knowledge of literary works, their qualities and becoming familiar with the themes, motivations, styles, motifs, arguments and counter arguments of the fictional and nonfictional works of the period, students are expected to have a close insight on the values directing the course of the 19th Century English literature and culture. |
| Name of Lecturer(s) |
| Dr. Öğretim Üyesi Zafer ŞAFAK |
| Learning Outcomes |
| 1 | Knows what 19th century English Literature is and which period it covers. | | 2 | Have the knowledge about the authors and literary genres of English Literature. | | 3 | Able to analyze the literary genres of the period stylistically and thematically. | | 4 | Able to write qualified introductory and critical essays by making connections between poets-authors and their works. | | 5 | Able to evaluate the qualified studies done about the literary works of the period. |
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| Mode of Delivery |
| Daytime Class |
| Prerequisites and co-requisities |
| In advance of this course, students must take 17th Century English Literature and pass it. Either simultaneously or in advance of this course, students must take the course of 19th Century English Novel. |
| Recommended Optional Programme Components |
| The students are responsible to read and examine the primary sources and course material (both hardcopy and softcopy) distributed before classes. |
| Course Contents |
| The course covers the Victorian era with its literary/textual works as well as cultural, political and intellectual developments. The course focuses on the leading prose writers, essayists, novelists, poets and their primary works that formed the intellectual atmosphere of the period and has had a considerable impact on today’s world since then, well into the present age. |
| Weekly Detailed Course Contents |
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| 1 | Introduction
19th Century Literature, Pre-Romantics, Romantics,
The Victorian Period (The Early Period (1832-1848), The Mid-Victorian Period (1848-1870), The Late Victorian Period (1870-1901) | - | - | | 2 | Victorian Values, The Intellectual Background and The Literature,
Poetic Forms, Dramatic Forms,
General Overview for the Novel of the Age and Revival of the Gothic Novel, Major-Minor Novelists | - | - | | 3 | Examination of a Representative Novel from 19th Century English Literature
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Critical Essay Readings (MGH. 205-215) | - | - | | 4 | Victorian Prose Writers
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)
Past and Present
Critical Essay Readings on Past and Present | - | - | | 5 | Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)
Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh
Critical Essay Readings (MGH. 137-140) | - | - | | 6 | John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)
The Subjection of Women
What is Poetry | - | - | | 7 | John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)
On Liberty | - | - | | 8 | Mid-Term Exam / Discussion of Exam Questions and Overview of the First Half up to Midterms | - | - | | 9 | Major Victorian Poets
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)
Lady of Shalott
The Lotus-Eaters | - | - | | 10 | Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)
Crossing the Bar
Ulysses
Critical Essay Readings (MGH. 144-150) | - | - | | 11 | Robert Browning (1812-1889)
The House Holder
My Last Duchess
Critical Essay Readings (MGH. 161-163 / 166-167) | - | - | | 12 | Matthew Arnold (1822-1888)
Dover Beach
Buried Life | - | - | | 13 | Victorian Criticism of Literature, Art and Culture
Matthew Arnold (1822-1888)
Culture and Anarchy
The Function of Criticism at the Present Time
Critical Essay Readings (MGH.174-177) | - | - | | 14 | John Ruskin (1819-1900) as a Victorian Essayist
The Storm-Clouds of Nineteenth Century | - | - |
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| Recommended or Required Reading |
| English Literature from 1785 (by Kathleen McCoy, Judith A.V. Harlan, Harper Perennial/ Harper Collins Publishers, 1992)
The McGraw-Hill Guide to English Literature (Vol. 2, William Blake to D.H. Lawrence by Karen Lawrence, Betsy Seifter and Lois Ratner, McGraw-Hill Paperbacks, 1985)
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol. II, 4th Edition, by M. H. Abrams, 1988
Macmillan History of Literature Nineteenth Century English Literature (by Margaret Stonyk, 1983)
English Literature from the 19th Century Through Today (The Britannica Guide to World Literature by J. e. Luebering, Rosen Educational Publishing, 2010) |
| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
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| 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 | | | Work Placement(s) | | - |
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| Workload Calculation |
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| Midterm Examination | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Final Examination | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Attending Lectures | 1 | 14 | 14 |
| Discussion | 1 | 25 | 25 |
| Question-Answer | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Criticising Paper | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Self Study | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Reading | 1 | 30 | 30 |
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| Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes |
| LO1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | | LO2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | | LO3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | | LO4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | | LO5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
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| * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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