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Subject |
Related Preparation |
1) |
Introduction to Modern Drama |
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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 |
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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) |
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 |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
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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. |
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To be able to understand the phonics, morphological, semantic and etymological properties of English. |
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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. |
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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. |
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To have a worldview that is aware of and interrogates elements such as language, religion, gender, cultural and sexual identities and differences. |
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Practices the advanced theoretical knowledge of the field in the literary texts and related areas |
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7) |
To be able to write texts such as research articles and dissertations by taking advantage of various academic sources. |
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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. |
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9) |
to possess both the basics of the field and current and advanced practicing knowledges |
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10) |
To transmit the sources and works related to the field into Turkish by reading and comprehending them |
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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.). |
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12) |
To adopt English Literature, culture and history as well as American culture and American Literature with American history. |
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13) |
Builds competence in informing and communicating the society on the popular subjects of the field. |
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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. |
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15) |
To have the necessary language, research and communication skills and a strong general culture to work in the public and private sectors. |
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