COURSE UNIT TITLE

: VICTORIAN LITERATURE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KAR 5024 VICTORIAN LITERATURE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Comparative Literature

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HÜLYA KAYA

Offered to

Comparative Literature

Course Objective

This course aims to study the Victorian period in English literature

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to use his/her knowledge of Victorian Britain.
2   to distinguish the major genres in Victorian literature
3   to analyze literary texts extensively.
4   to use their skills of critical reading.
5   to employ the theoretical perspectives to analyze and compare literary texts.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: presentation of the lecture
2 Historical background of the Victorian period
3 Prominent genres in Victorian literature
4 Woman writers in the nineteenth century
5 Victorian poetry in the context of Romanticism
6 Victorian fiction and criticism
7 Midterm Exam
8 The rise of the novel inVictorian literature
9 Text analysis and presentation
10 Text analysis and presentation
11 Text analysis and presentation
12 Text analysis and presentation
13 Text analysis and presentation
14 Text analysis and presentation
15 Wrap-Up
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Tucker, Herbert, A New Companion to Victorian Literature and Culture, Wiley Blackwell, West Sussex, 2014.
Brantlinger, P, Thesing, W, A Companion to the Victorian Novel, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, 2002.
Richard, Cronan, A Companion to Victorian Poetry, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, 2002.
Kaplan, Cora, Victoriana: Histories, Fiction, Criticism, Edinburgh UP, Edinburgh, 2007.
Beer, Gillian, Darwin s Plots: Evolutionary Narrative in Darwin, George Eliot and Nineteenth-Century Fiction, Cambridge UP, Cambridge, 2004.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, in class discussions, assignments and presentations.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Will be announced.

Assessment Criteria

Will be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% attendance is obligatory.
2. Any kind of plagiarism will be subject to disciplinary action.
3. Preparation to weekly lectures (reading the respective material) and contribution to in class discussion is obligatory.
4. Students prepare presentations about topics given by the instructor.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ufuk.gundogan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Will be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 6 84
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 195

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.13
LO.23
LO.35
LO.44
LO.54

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