Medieval English Literature (ELIT207) Course Detail

Course Name	Course Code	Season	Lecture Hours	Application Hours	Lab Hours	Credit	ECTS
Medieval English Literature	ELIT207		3	0	0	3	6

Pre-requisite Course(s)
None

Course Language	English
Course Type	N/A
Course Level	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery	Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies	Lecture, Discussion.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Course Assistants
Course Objectives	The objective of this course is to identify and examine the forms, genres, literary conventions, and topics of concern that characterize medieval literature. It also aims at studying the social and historical context as the course will approach medieval literature as a product of specific historical and cultural circumstances.
Course Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; know about the significant historical and social events and their impact on literature are able to comment on the condition of women in the Middle Ages as represented in Medieval literary works know the foundations and features of Medieval literary genres such as the epic, romance, hagiography, dream poetry and fabliaux are able to comment on the social inequalities and corruption as represented by the great satirists of the period are familiar both with the Medieval misogynist literary tradition and the proto-feminist discourses in the Middle Ages.
Course Content	Anglo Saxon Period: Epic; Anglo Norman Period: Romance, Late Middle Ages: Dream Poetry, frame-tales, hagiography, saints? legends, fabliaux.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week	Subjects	Preparation
1	Historical and social context
2	Historical background of Anglo Saxon England	Norton Anthology of English Literature I, p. 1-24
3	The Dream of the Rood The Venerable Bede: Caedmon’s Hymn	The Norton Anthology of English Literature, p.24-27
4	Beowulf	The Norton Anthology of English Literature I, p. 29-100
5	Beowulf	The Norton Anthology of English Literature I, s. 29-100
6	The Wanderer/ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight	The Norton Anthology of English Literature I, p. 111/160-213
7	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight	The Norton Anthology of English Literature I, p. 160-213
8	Midterm	Review
9	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight / Chaucer: “General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales”	The Norton Anthology of English Literature I, p. 213-238
10	Chaucer: “General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales”	The Norton Anthology of English Literature I, p. 218-238
11	Chaucer: “Merchant’s Tale”, “The Prologue to Wife of Bath’s Tale”, “Clerk’s Tale”	Text will be provided by the instructor.
12	Medieval Dream Poetry- Chaucer: The Book of the Duchess	Text will be provided by the instructor.
13	William Langland: “The Prologue of Piers Plowman”	The Norton Anthology of English Literature I, p. 331-356
14	Thomas Malory: “Morte D’Arthur”	The Norton Anthology of English Literature I, p. 438-458
15	Thomas Malory: “Morte D’Arthur”	The Norton Anthology of English Literature, p. 438-458
16	Final Exam	Review

Sources

Course Book	1. Norton Anthology of English Literature I

Evaluation System

Requirements	Number	Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation	1	10
Laboratory	-	-
Application	-	-
Field Work	-	-
Special Course Internship	-	-
Quizzes/Studio Critics	-	-
Homework Assignments	3	30
Presentation	-	-
Project	-	-
Report	-	-
Seminar	-	-
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury	1	30
Final Exam/Final Jury	1	30
Toplam	6	100

Percentage of Semester Work	70
Percentage of Final Work	30
Total	100

Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses	X
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

#	Program Qualifications / Competencies	Level of Contribution
#	Program Qualifications / Competencies	1	2	3	4	5
1	To be able to use English language competently concerning four basic skills, namely listening, reading, speaking, and writing				X
2	To have extensive theoretical knowledge about English literature.					X
3	To gain knowledge about literary theories and to be able to apply these theories to various literary texts			X
4	To acquire detailed knowledge about British culture in all its aspects					X
5	To be able to compare and contrast English literature with other literatures through works from different periods and genres.			X
6	To be able to compare and contrast British culture with other cultures			X
7	To plan, organize, and conduct the activities related to the field				X
8	To acquire the skills of creative, critical, and analytical thinking			X
9	To gain knowledge about how to conduct an academic research and to use the acquired knowledge in accordance with the purpose of the research				X
10	To acquire professional ethics and to use them in the process of research and production			X
11	The ability to translate various kinds of texts from different disciplines both from English into Turkish and from Turkish into English	X
12	To get prepared for professional life by developing a sense of responsibility through individual tasks and group projects	X
13	To be able to understand and decipher various discourses involved in literature such as literary, philosophical, psychological, cultural, critical and theoretical discourses in English language					X
14	To be able to understand and be a part of world culture					X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours)	16	3	48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class	14	3	42
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments	3	6	18
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury	1	15	15
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury	1	25	25
Total Workload			148