English Language and Literature
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Ders Genel Tanıtım Bilgileri

Course Code: ELL226
Ders İsmi: Modern Drama
Ders Yarıyılı: Spring
Ders Kredileri:
Theoretical Practical Laboratory ECTS
3 0 0 5
Language of instruction: English
Ders Koşulu:
Ders İş Deneyimini Gerektiriyor mu?: No
Type of course: Required
Course Level:
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:First Cycle EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Asst. Prof. Dr. ELVAN KARAMAN MEZ
Course Lecturer(s):
Course Assistants:

Dersin Amaç ve İçeriği

Course Objectives: To understand and learn twentieth century English theatre works and the conditions of the period in the light of the articles written on them.
Course Content: Twentieth century English theatre works.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Learning Outcomes
1 - Knowledge
Theoretical - Conceptual
2 - Skills
Cognitive - Practical
3 - Competences
Communication and Social Competence
Learning Competence
Field Specific Competence
Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility

Ders Akış Planı

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction to Modern Drama -
2) Major Barbara (1905) – Bernard Shaw The Faust Theme in Major Barbara" – W. T. Jewkes (JStor)
3) Major Barbara (1905) – Bernard Shaw “Major Barbara-Shaw's "Divine Comedy" - Joseph Frank (JStor)
4) Look Back in Anger (1956) – John Osborne “Out of 1956: A Rising Generation”, “John Osborne: just like a man” – David Ian Rabey (English Drama since 1940)
5) Look Back in Anger (1956) – John Osborne “John Osborne's War against the Philistines” - Barbara Deming (JStor)
6) Waiting for Godot (1953) – Samuel Beckett “Introduction: The Absurdity of the Absurd” - Martin Esslin (Bloom: Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot)
7) Waiting for Godot (1953) – Samuel Beckett “Waiting for Godot: The Existential Dimension” - Lois Gordon (Bloom: Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot)
8) Midterm
9) The Zoo Story (1958) – Edward Albee “Absurdly American: Rediscovering the Representation of Violence in The Zoo Story” - Lisa M. Siefker Bailey (Edward Albee: A Casebook)
10) The Birthday Party (1958)– Harold Pinter “Torture in the Plays of Harold Pinter” - Mary Luckhurst (A Companion to Modern British and Irısh Drama: 1880−2005)
11) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1966)– Tom Stoppard “The Death of Representation and the Representation of Death: Ionesco, Beckett, and Stoppard” - Zoran Milutinović
12) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1966)– Tom Stoppard “The Death of Representation and the Representation of Death: Ionesco, Beckett, and Stoppard” - Zoran Milutinović
13) Top Girls (1982) – Caryl Churchill “Telling Feminist Tales: Caryl Churchill” & “Top Girls: from 1982 to 1991” Elaine Aston (Feminist Views on the English Stage: Women Playwrights, 1990-2000)
14) Top Girls (1982) – Caryl Churchill “Telling Feminist Tales: Caryl Churchill” & “Top Girls: from 1982 to 1991” Elaine Aston (Feminist Views on the English Stage: Women Playwrights, 1990-2000)

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Major Barbara (1905) – Bernard Shaw, Look Back in Anger (1956) – John Osborne, Waiting for Godot (1953) – Samuel Beckett, The Zoo Story (1958) – Edward Albee, The Birthday Party (1958)– Harold Pinter, Top Girls (1982) – Caryl Churchill
References: Major Barbara (1905) – Bernard Shaw, Look Back in Anger (1956) – John Osborne, Waiting for Godot (1953) – Samuel Beckett, The Zoo Story (1958) – Edward Albee, The Birthday Party (1958)– Harold Pinter, Top Girls (1982) – Caryl Churchill

Ders - Program Öğrenme Kazanım İlişkisi

Ders Öğrenme Kazanımları
Program Outcomes
1) To have sufficient knowledge about literary genres, concepts and terms and to be able to use literary, critical, historical and linguistic approaches in text analysis.
2) To be able to understand the phonics, morphological, semantic and etymological properties of English.
3) To provide oral and written presentations about the field and provide the equipment to present. To have a rich vocabulary for this transfer, to have the correct expression and the ability of discourse, and to master the writing rules.
4) To interpret and evaluate literary texts using advanced knowledge and skills in the field, to analyze language, to produce explanations and inferences based on research and evidence.
5) To have a worldview that is aware of and interrogates elements such as language, religion, gender, cultural and sexual identities and differences.
6) Practices the advanced theoretical knowledge of the field in the literary texts and related areas
7) To be able to write texts such as research articles and dissertations by taking advantage of various academic sources.
8) To see how society is shaped every century, to gain models that will be examples of how to adapt to social life and behave according to ethical rules.
9) to possess both the basics of the field and current and advanced practicing knowledges
10) To transmit the sources and works related to the field into Turkish by reading and comprehending them
11) To be able to transfer the knowledge gained by culture and literature, communication skills, critical perspective and flexibility to other areas of life (teaching, guidance, interpreting, international relations, editorial, etc.).
12) To adopt English Literature, culture and history as well as American culture and American Literature with American history.
13) Builds competence in informing and communicating the society on the popular subjects of the field.
14) To be able to follow the theoretical studies by acquiring advanced field knowledge and to communicate with colleagues and to be able to work in projects abroad.
15) To have the necessary language, research and communication skills and a strong general culture to work in the public and private sectors.

Ders - Öğrenme Kazanımı İlişkisi

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Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) To have sufficient knowledge about literary genres, concepts and terms and to be able to use literary, critical, historical and linguistic approaches in text analysis.
2) To be able to understand the phonics, morphological, semantic and etymological properties of English.
3) To provide oral and written presentations about the field and provide the equipment to present. To have a rich vocabulary for this transfer, to have the correct expression and the ability of discourse, and to master the writing rules.
4) To interpret and evaluate literary texts using advanced knowledge and skills in the field, to analyze language, to produce explanations and inferences based on research and evidence.
5) To have a worldview that is aware of and interrogates elements such as language, religion, gender, cultural and sexual identities and differences.
6) Practices the advanced theoretical knowledge of the field in the literary texts and related areas
7) To be able to write texts such as research articles and dissertations by taking advantage of various academic sources.
8) To see how society is shaped every century, to gain models that will be examples of how to adapt to social life and behave according to ethical rules.
9) to possess both the basics of the field and current and advanced practicing knowledges
10) To transmit the sources and works related to the field into Turkish by reading and comprehending them
11) To be able to transfer the knowledge gained by culture and literature, communication skills, critical perspective and flexibility to other areas of life (teaching, guidance, interpreting, international relations, editorial, etc.).
12) To adopt English Literature, culture and history as well as American culture and American Literature with American history.
13) Builds competence in informing and communicating the society on the popular subjects of the field.
14) To be able to follow the theoretical studies by acquiring advanced field knowledge and to communicate with colleagues and to be able to work in projects abroad.
15) To have the necessary language, research and communication skills and a strong general culture to work in the public and private sectors.

Assessment & Grading

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