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FACULTY of LETTERS / WESTERN LANGUAGES and LITERATURE (%100 English) / English Language and Literature (100% English)
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ELL307119th Century Novel4+0+0ECTS:5
Year / SemesterFall Semester
Level of CourseFirst Cycle
Status Compulsory
DepartmentWESTERN LANGUAGES and LITERATURE (%100 English)
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of Delivery
Contact Hours14 weeks - 4 hours of lectures per week
LecturerDoç. Dr. Nazan YILDIZ ÇİÇEKÇİ
Co-Lecturer
Language of instruction
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
The aim of the course is to introduce the Victorian novel within the social and literary background of the Victorian era to enable the student to acquire knowledge and appreciation of the Victorian period and Victorian novel through the study of some of the representative writers and novels within their social, cultural, literary and historical contexts. Thus, it introduces the student to the Victorian world emphasizing the novel genre as a social, cultural, and political document and relevant social and cultural developments through the study of exemplary texts.
 
Learning OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
LO - 1 : learn about the Victorian period with its fundamentals.1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 151,3,6
LO - 2 : learn about the Victorian culture and literature.1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 151,3,6
LO - 3 : Learn about Charles Dickens, one of ther greatest writers of the time, and will be able to evaluate him and his works.1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 7 - 151,3,6
LO - 4 : Learn about Jane Austen, one of ther greatest writers of the time, and will be able to evaluate him and his works.1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 151,3,6
LO - 5 : Learn about the woman question of the time and will be able to evaluate women and female writers accordingly.1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 15
CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome

 
Contents of the Course
The course covers a historical, cultural, and literary introduction to the Victorian period along with its major developments and changes such as the Industrial Revolution and the Woman Question within the framework of the literary works. To this end, the course includes the main representatives of the Victorian novel along with their monumental works: Charles Dickens and Jane Austen.
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1Introduction: A Review of the Novel as a New Genre and the Victorian Novel
 Week 2A Detailed Social, Historical and Cultural Portrayal of the Victorian Period (Queen Victoria, the Industrial Revolution, the Cult of Respectability, the Social Classes and so on)
 Week 3A Detailed Social, Historical and Cultural Portrayal of the Victorian Period (Queen Victoria, the Industrial Revolution, the Cult of Respectability, the Social Classes and so on)
 Week 4Victorian Literature and a Sample Analysis of the Victorian Novel
 Week 5Charles Dickens as a Victorian Novelist and His Oliver Twist
 Week 6Charles Dickens as a Victorian Novelist and His Oliver Twist
 Week 7Charles Dickens as a Victorian Novelist and His Oliver Twist
 Week 8Charles Dickens as a Victorian Novelist and His Oliver Twist
 Week 9Midterm
 Week 10The Gender Inequality and the Woman Question
 Week 11Jane Austen as a Victorian Novelist and Her Emma
 Week 12Jane Austen as a Victorian Novelist and Her Emma
 Week 13Jane Austen as a Victorian Novelist and Her Emma
 Week 14Jane Austen as a Victorian Novelist and Her Emma
 Week 15Jane Austen as a Victorian Novelist and Her Emma
 Week 16Final exam
 
Textbook / Material
1A Concise Companion to the Victorian Novel Edited by Francis O?Gorman. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005.
2A Companion to the Victorian Novel. Edited by Patrick Brantlinger and William B. Thesing. Oxford: Blackwell, 2002.
3Urgan, Mine. İngiliz Edebiyatı Tarihi. İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2003
 
Recommended Reading
1Dennis, Barbara. The Victorian Novel. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2000.
2Gilbert, Sandra., and Susan Gubar. The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth Century Literary Imagination. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1984.
3Rodensky, Lisa. The Oxford Handbook of the Victorian Novel. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2013.
4Schultz, Harold J. British History. 4th ed. New York: Harper Perennial, 1992.
5The Victorian Novel. Edited by Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House, 2004.
6Watt, Ian. The Rise of the Novel: Studies in Defoe, Richardson and Fielding. London: Pimlico, 2000.
7Bronte, Emily. Wuthering Heights, Penguin Books, Middlesex England.
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 9 18/11/2025 1 50
End-of-term exam 16 08/01/2026 1 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Yüz yüze eğitim 4 14 56
Arasınav için hazırlık 3 14 42
Arasınav 1 1 1
Uygulama 3 10 30
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 2 12 24
Dönem sonu sınavı 1 1 1
Total work load154