MODERNIST LITERATURE PROGRAMME COURSE DESCRIPTION

Code	Name of the Course Unit	Semester	In-Class Hours (T+P)	Credit	ECTS Credit
ELL415	MODERNIST LITERATURE	7	3	3	8

GENERAL INFORMATION
Language of Instruction :	English
Level of the Course Unit :	BACHELOR'S DEGREE, TYY: + 6.Level, EQF-LLL: 6.Level, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of the Course :	Compulsory
Mode of Delivery of the Course Unit	-
Coordinator of the Course Unit	Assist.Prof. TUĞBA AKMAN KAPLAN
Instructor(s) of the Course Unit	Prof. AYŞE DİDEM USLU
Course Prerequisite	No

OBJECTIVES AND CONTENTS
Objectives of the Course Unit:	This course aims to enable students to analyse modernist literary works by putting under scrutiny the theoretical, literary, social, and political developments occurring in the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Contents of the Course Unit:	This course covers analyses of the (selected) literary and theoretical works from the late 19th century to the mid-20th.

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT (On successful completion of this course unit, students/learners will or will be able to)
identify the main characteristics of modernist literature such as anti-realism, nonlinearity, self-reflexivity, art for art's sake, form over content, fragmented subjectivity and the unconscious (Freud), and being empirically grounded while analysing a modernist text or critically approaching to the theoretical, literary, social, political, and historical background of the late 19th century and the early 20th century in a research paper.
apply feminist theories to the modernist texts in a research paper.
apply psychoanalytic theories to the modernist texts in a research paper.
compare and contrast realist texts and modernist texts in terms of their distinctive features and the ideologies behind their emergence verbally or in a research paper.
relate the authors’ use of language, writing style, and narrative techniques to the developments occurring in literature in relation to the theoretical, literary, social and political context of the late 19th and the early 20th century verbally or in a research paper.

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY
Week	Preparatory	Topics(Subjects)	Method
1	-	Introduction to the course and discussion on the topics of the following weeks.	-
2	Reading the Material Assigned	Discussion on the theoretical, literary, social, and political background of the late 19th and early 20th century: anti-realism, anti-humanism, Darwinism, WW1, crisis of representation, self-reflexivity, elitism, art for art’s sake, voicing the unvoiced, perplexity, scepticism, structuralism, Freudian psychoanalysis and the unconscious, fragmented subjectivity, form over content, loss of innocence, nonlinearity, anxiety of searching for a logos etc.	Lecture & Discussion
3	Reading the Material Assigned	Discussion on the theoretical, literary, social, and political background of the late 19th and early 20th century continues.	Lecture & Discussion
4	Reading the Material Assigned	James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Lecture & Discussion
5	Reading the Material Assigned	James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Lecture & Discussion
6	Reading the Material Assigned	James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Lecture & Discussion
7	Reading the Material Assigned	James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Lecture & Discussion
8	-	MID-TERM EXAM	-
9	Reading the Material Assigned	Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway	Lecture & Discussion
10	Reading the Material Assigned	Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway	Lecture & Discussion
11	Reading the Material Assigned	Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway	Lecture & Discussion
12	Reading the Material Assigned	Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway	Lecture & Discussion
13	Reading the Material Assigned	Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot (as a transition from modernism to postmodernism)	Lecture & Discussion
14	Reading the Material Assigned	Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot (as a transition from modernism to postmodernism)	Lecture & Discussion
15	Reading the Material Assigned	Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot (as a transition from modernism to postmodernism)	Lecture & Discussion
16	-	FINAL EXAM	-
17	-	FINAL EXAM	-

SOURCE MATERIALS & RECOMMENDED READING
Eagleton, T. (2015). Literary theory: An Introduction. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.
Rice, P., & Waugh, P. (2013). Modern Literary Theory: A Reader. London: Arnold.
Levenson, M. H. (2011). The Cambridge Companion to Modernism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Brooks, P., Nisbet, H. B., & Rawson, C. J. (2005). The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism (8th ed.) (R. Selden, Ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Sellers, S. (2013). The Cambridge Companion to Virginia Woolf (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Attridge, D. (2009). The Cambridge Companion to James Joyce (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

ASSESSMENT
Assessment & Grading of In-Term Activities	Number of Activities	Degree of Contribution (%)	Description

Level of Contribution
0	1	2	3	4	5

KNOWLEDGE
Theoretical
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	The graduate will be able to identify the main characteristics of literary movements such as modernism, postmodernism, and postcolonialism during the process of analysing a literary text verbally or in an essay.						5
2	The graduate will be able to relate language structure to its functions in a literary text.	0
3	The graduate will be able to explain and generate ideas on literary texts or visual work such as films.						5
4	The graduate will be able to identify the language and the writing style of a wide range of authors, poets, and playwrights from different periods.						5

KNOWLEDGE
Factual
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	The graduate will be able to explain the key terms and concepts associated with language, literature, and culture.						5
2	The graduate will be able to historically categorise various centuries or periods of time such as the Renaissance or the 20th century according to the literary, theoretical, social, and political developments reflected in literary texts.						5

SKILLS
Cognitive
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	The graduate will be able to compare and contrast characteristics of different literary genres.						5
2	The graduate will be able to interpret literary works produced in various cultures with different ethnical background.	0
3	The graduate will be able to compare and contrast different periods of time such as the Middle Ages and the Victorian Era in accordance with their distinctive literary, theoretical, social, and political background verbally or in an essay.						5

SKILLS
Practical
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	The graduate will be able to apply literary theories and develop argument of their own in the process of writing a research paper.						5
2	The graduate will be able to formulate a sophisticated argument/thesis in compliance with the ethical requirements needed to avoid plagiarism during the process of writing a research paper.						5
3	The graduate will be able to apply research skills to gather, organise, and present information skills in a research paper.						5
4	The graduate will be able to employ translation methods while translating a text from English to Turkish or vice versa.	0

OCCUPATIONAL
Autonomy & Responsibility
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	The graduate will be able to organise occupational and academic activities including meeting, seminars, and conferences.	0

OCCUPATIONAL
Learning to Learn
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	The graduate will be able to determine his or her own learning requirements and goals to develop sustainable attitude towards life-long learning.	0

OCCUPATIONAL
Communication & Social
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	The graduate will be able to develop effective oral and written communication skills in English.	0

OCCUPATIONAL
Occupational and/or Vocational
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	The graduate will be able to appraise and criticise development of the social rights, democracy, social justice, gender and racial identity, cultural and ethical values.						5

WORKLOAD & ECTS CREDITS OF THE COURSE UNIT
Workload for Learning & Teaching Activities
Type of the Learning Activites	Learning Activities (# of week)	Duration (hours, h)	Workload (h)
Lecture & In-Class Activities	14	3	42
Preliminary & Further Study	13	5	65
Land Surveying	0	0	0
Group Work	0	0	0
Laboratory	0	0	0
Reading	13	6	78
Assignment (Homework)	0	0	0
Project Work	0	0	0
Seminar	0	0	0
Internship	0	0	0
Technical Visit	0	0	0
Web Based Learning	0	0	0
Implementation/Application/Practice	0	0	0
Practice at a workplace	0	0	0
Occupational Activity	0	0	0
Social Activity	0	0	0
Thesis Work	0	0	0
Field Study	0	0	0
Report Writing	0	0	0
Final Exam	1	1	1
Preparation for the Final Exam	1	10	10
Mid-Term Exam	1	1	1
Preparation for the Mid-Term Exam	1	10	10
Short Exam	0	0	0
Preparation for the Short Exam	0	0	0
TOTAL	44	0	207