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

Ders Genel Tanıtım Bilgileri

Course Code: ELL311
Ders İsmi: Modern Literature I
Ders Yarıyılı: Fall
Ders Kredileri:
Theoretical Practical Laboratory ECTS
3 0 0 6
Language of instruction: English
Ders Koşulu:
Ders İş Deneyimini Gerektiriyor mu?: Yes
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. SEMA BULUTSUZ
Course Lecturer(s):

Course Assistants:

Dersin Amaç ve İçeriği

Course Objectives: To make an introduction to the changing conditions of the world and of culture in terms of science, philosophy and art at the beginning of the twentieth century and to develop a comprehensive understanding of the modernist era.
Course Content: Examples of prose, poetry and short story from English and world literature to comprehend the world outlook and writing techniques of modernism

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Learning Outcomes
1 - Knowledge
Theoretical - Conceptual
1) Identify various utopian and dystopian visions.
2 - Skills
Cognitive - Practical
1) Analyse the form and content of a range of literary texts which focus on utopian and dystopian visions.
2) Recall the similarities and differences between the two.
3 - Competences
Communication and Social Competence
1) Understand and comment on how utopias and dystopias serve as political, social and cultural critiques.
Learning Competence
Field Specific Competence
1) Develop awareness about how utopias and dystopias function as the two sides of the same coin.
Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility

Ders Akış Planı

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction to the Course Willa Cather, “The Novel Demeuble” Marianne Dekoven, “Modernism and Gender”
2) How and why modernists re-write the old stories Sylvia Townsend Warner, “Women as Writers” Sylvia Townsend Warner,”“Bluebeard’s Daughter” Angela Carter, “The Bloody Chamber” Perrault's fairy tale “Bluebeard”
3) T. S. Eliot, “Tradition and Individual Talent" Rebecca West, “What is Mr. Eliot’s authority as a Critic” May Sinclair, “Prufrock and Other Observations” T. S. Eliot, “Tradition and Individual Talent" Rebecca West, “What is Mr. Eliot’s authority as a Critic” May Sinclair, “Prufrock and Other Observations”
4) T. S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. A. Prufrock"
5) T. S. Eliot “The Waste Land
6) Ezra Pound Ezra Pound, “A Retrospect” Ezra Pound, “A Few Donts” Ezra Pound, “In a Station of the Metro” May Sinclair “The Reputation of Ezra Pound”
7) Hilda Doolittle, H.D. H.D., “Notes on Thought and Vision” H.D. "Oread" H.D. “Cities" H.D., “Sheltered Garden” H.D. "Eurydice" H.D. "Sea Rose" May Sinclair “The Poems of H.D.”
8) Rebecca West Rebecca West, “The World’s Worst Failure” Rebecca West, “Indissoluble Matrimony” Rebecca West, “How Writing is Written
9) Antonia White Antonia White, “The House of Clouds”
10) W. B. Yeats William Butler Yeats: "The Second Coming," "Easter 1916," "No Second Troy," "Sailing to Byzantium", "Crazy Jane" poems
11) Literary Paternity Anna Wickham Anne Wickham, “Divorce”, Anne Wickham, “The Angry Woman” Sandra Gilbert, Literary Paternity
12) Dorothy Richardson D. Richardson, "Women and Future"
13) Dorothy Richardson Dorothy Richardson, " About Punctuation"
14) Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein, “What Are Master-pieces and Why Are There so Few of Them,”

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:
Willa Cather, “The Novel Demeuble”

Marianne Dekoven, “Modernism and Gender”

Sylvia Townsend Warner, “Women as Writers”

Sylvia Townsend Warner,”“Bluebeard’s Daughter”
Angela Carter, “The Bloody Chamber”
Perrault's fairy tale “Bluebeard”
Edna St. Vincent, "Bluebeard"

T. S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. A. Prufrock,”
Rebecca West, “What is Mr. Eliot’s authority as a Critic”
May Sinclair, “Prufrock and Other Observations”

T. S. Eliot, “Tradition and Individual Talent”
T. S. Eliot “The Waste Land

H.D., “Notes on Thought and Vision”
H.D. “Cities"
H.D., “Sheltered Garden”
H.D. "Eurydice"
May Sinclair “The Poems of H.D.”

Ezra Pound, “A Retrospect”
Ezra Pound, “A Few Donts”
Ezra Pound, “In a Station of the Metro”
May Sinclair “The Reputation of Ezra Pound”

Rebecca West, “The World’s Worst Failure”
Rebecca West, “Indissoluble Matrimony”
Rebecca West, “How Writing is Written”

Antonia White, “The House of Clouds”
William Butler Yeats, "The Second Coming," "Easter 1916," "No Second Troy,"
"Sailing to Byzantium", "Crazy Jane" poems

Anne Wickham, “Divorce”,
Anne Wickham, “The Angry Woman”

Sandra Gilbert, Literary Paternity


Dorothy Richardson, “Women and the Future”

Dorothy Richardson, “About Punctuation”

Gertrude Stein, “What Are Master-pieces and Why Are There so Few of Them,”
References: Michael Levenson, ed. Cambridge Companion to Modernism

Bonnie Kime Scott, ed. The Gender of Modernism: A Critical Anthology

Ders - Program Öğrenme Kazanım İlişkisi

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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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