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INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH LITERATURE COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
ICP251 INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH LITERATURE 3 3 3 4

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY

Week Preparatory Topics(Subjects) Method
1 - What is literature? How is it different from branches of sciences? Why do we study literature? What is English literature and its periods? Lecture
2 Reading Anglo-Saxon Period: Old English and the First Examples of English Literature Lecture
3 Reading The Beowulf and The Wanderer Lecture
4 Reading Medieval English literature: historical and literary background, exploring genres and traditions Lecture
5 Reading Romance, Chivalric Tales, Allegories, Fables, Ballads, Lyric Poetry, Mystery and Morality Plays: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Everyman Lecture
6 Reading Renaissance English Literature: Historical and literary background, Sonnet forms by Sir Thomas Wyatt, Earl of Surrey, Sir Philip Sidney, Edmund Spenser Lecture
7 Reading Elizabethan Drama: Introduction to the works of William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe Macbeth and Dr. Faustus Lecture
8 Reading The 17th Century English Literature: social, political, cultural, religious and historical background Lecture
9 Reading Metaphysical Poetry: John Donne, George Herbert, Andrew Marvell, Henry Vaughan Lecture
10 - MID-TERM EXAM -
11 Reading The 18th Century English Literature: Historical and literary background, Enlightenment and Its effects on literature Lecture
12 Reading 19th Century English Novel: Historical and literary background, Charles Dickens: Great Expectations Lecture
13 Reading 20th Century English Literature: Historical and literary background, Modern Drama and fiction, T. S. Eliot Lecture
14 Reading 21st Century English Literature: Historical and literary background, global diversity, hybridity, experimental style Lecture
15 Reading Round up Lecture
16 - FINAL EXAM -
17 - FINAL EXAM -