Short Fiction (ELIT516) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Short Fiction ELIT516 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
None
Course Language English
Course Type N/A
Course Level Social Sciences Master's Degree
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Dersin öğretim elemanı (Academic staff)
Course Assistants
Course Objectives The objective of the course is to study a large variety of short fiction which will enable students compare and contrast many stories from various critical approaches such as Marxist, feminist, psychoanalytical, postcolonial and postmodern critical approaches and concepts.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • will gain the basic information about various literary theory such as Marxist, Psychoanalytical, Postmodern, Postcolonial critical approaches
  • will be able to analyze any given text in terms of these critical theories and approaches
  • will be able to compare and contrast various texts in terms of these critical theories and approaches and analyze them in detail.
Course Content Analysis of selected short stories in the light of various literary theories and movements.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Introduction Marxist criticism sheets provided by the instructor
2 Introduction Psychoanalytical Criticism sheets provided by the instructor
3 "The Dead" "A Good Man is Hard To Find" Dubliners Dubliners
4 Postcolonial and feminist criticism Fiction. pp.80-96. Worlds of Fiction. pp.510-519
5 Postcolonial and feminist criticism Sheets provided by the instructor
6 "The Bliss" "The Guest" "The Bliss" in The Story and Its Writer pp. 860-876 "The Guest" in Worlds of Fiction pp. 154-164
7 Postmodernism: Rewriting, Fairy-Tale, magic realism, fantasy, postmodern female gothic Sheets provided by the instructor
8 "The Bloody Chamber" "The Firebird's Nest" "The Firebird's Nest" in nternet sources;
9 "A Wife's Story" "Flying Home" Fiction.pp.198-214.
10 "Girls at War" "One Out of Mary" Worlds of Fiction. pp. 19-28. pp.925-947.
11 "A Rose for Emily" "Everything That Rises Must Converge" Fiction. pp. 153-160. pp.230-242.
12 Second presentations Second presentations
13 Second presentations Second presentations
14 Second presentations Second presentations
15 Second presentations Second presentations
16 Final exam Final exam

Sources

Course Book 1. Worlds of Fiction Rubenstein and Larson, New York : Macmillan Publishing Company, 1993
2. Fiction :A Harpercollins Anthology R.S.Gwyn , HarperCollins Publishers, 1993
3. The Story And Its Writer . Ann Charters ( Ed .) Boston: Bedford Books of St. Martin’s Press, 1995 . (PN6120.2.S85 1995
6. Angela Carter, Bloody Chamber and Other Stories, Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1986
Other Sources 4. Complete stories and poems of Edgar Allan Poe Garden City, 1996
5. The Dark side of Guy de Maupassant Arnold Kellett, Ramsey Campbell, Cardinal, 1989
7. A Reader’s Guide to the short stories of William Faulkner D.J.Brown, G.K.Hall,Maxwell MacMillan Company, 1994
8. An Introduction To Short Fiction Hans Ostrom, Holt,Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1991

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments 1 20
Presentation 2 40
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury - -
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 40
Toplam 4 100
Percentage of Semester Work 60
Percentage of Final Work 40
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
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 Culture and 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 culture and 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 To get prepared for professional life by developing a sense of responsibility through individual tasks and group projects. X
12 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
13 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 15 3 45
Presentation/Seminar Prepration 2 5 10
Project
Report
Homework Assignments 1 10 10
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 15 15
Total Workload 128