History and Novel (ELIT636) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
History and Novel ELIT636 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
None
Course Language English
Course Type N/A
Course Level Ph.D.
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 aim of the course is to trace the changing concepts of history, the ways in which fiction writers have used "history" in their works, beginning with the 19th century English novel, to our day.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Have gained advanced knowledge of the changing concepts of history.
  • Have gained awareness and understanding of complex relation between truth, fiction and art.
  • Have improved their ability to do an informed study and analysis of novels within the framework of course focus.
Course Content No data provided

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Introduction to Changing Concepts of History: historicism and the historical novel Robert K. Massie "Narrating the Past: History or Biography" pp. 103-115 in Biography and Source Studies (1994) ed. Frederick R. Karl
2 Relationship between truth, fiction and art. Discussions of the essay by Robert K. Massie "Narrating the Past: History or Biography" pp. 103-115 in Biography and Source Studies (1994) ed. Frederick R. Karl George Lukacs "The Classical Form of the Historical Novel", Andrzej Gasiorek "Postmodernism and the Problme of History", Linda Hutcheon "Telling Stores: fiction and history" and "Representing the past", Stephen Greenblatt "Towards a Poetics of Culture", Louis A. Montrose "Professing the Renaissance: The Poetics and Politics of Culture"
3 Discussions of essays: George Lukacs "The Classical Form of the Historical Novel", Andrzej Gasiorek "Postmodernism and the Problme of History", Linda Hutcheon "Telling Stores: fiction and history" and "Representing the past", Stephen Greenblatt "Towards a Poetics of Culture", Louis A. Montrose "Professing the Renaissance: The Poetics and Politics of Culture" Walter Scott, Quentin Durward
4 Discussions of essays: George Lukacs "The Classical Form of the Historical Novel", Andrzej Gasiorek "Postmodernism and the Problme of History", Linda Hutcheon "Telling Stores: fiction and history" and "Representing the past", Stephen Greenblatt "Towards a Poetics of Culture", Louis A. Montrose "Professing the Renaissance: The Poetics and Politics of Culture" Walter Scott, Quentin Durward
5 Walter Scott, Quentin Durward Virginia Woolf, Orlando
6 Virginia Woolf, Orlando John Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman
7 John Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman Peter Ackroyd, Chatterton
8 Peter Ackroyd, Chatterton Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot
9 Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot Jeanette Winterson, The Passion
10 Jeanette Winterson, The Passion Kazuo Ishiguro, When We Were Orphans
11 Kazuo Ishiguro, When We Were Orphans Graham Swift, Waterland
12 Graham Swift, Waterland Julian Barnes, A History of the World in 10 ½ Chapters
13 Julian Barnes, A History of the World in 10 ½ Chapters
14 Discussion
15 General Revision
16 Final Exam

Sources

Course Book 1. Virginia Woolf, Orlando
2. John Fowles, The French Lieutenant’s Woman
3. Peter Ackroyd, Chatterton
4. Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot
5. Jeanette Winterson, The Passion
6. Kazuo Ishiguro, When We Were Orphans
7. Graham Swift, Waterland
8. Julian Barnes, A History of the World in 10 ½ Chapters
Other Sources 9. Terry Eagleton (1990), The Ideology of the Aesthetic
10. Paul Hamilton (1996), Historicism
11. Linda Hutcheon (1989), The Politics of Postmodernism
12. George Lukacs (1962), The Historical Novel
13. Brook Thomas (1991), The New Historicism and Other Old-Fashion Ideas

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation 1 20
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation 1 40
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury - -
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 40
Toplam 3 100
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 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 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 16 3 48
Presentation/Seminar Prepration 2 4 8
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 25 25
Total Workload 129