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| ELL3004 | Modern English Novel | 4+0+0 | ECTS:6 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | WESTERN LANGUAGES and LITERATURE (%100 English) | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 4 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Nazan YILDIZ ÇİÇEKÇİ | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | This course examines the modernist movement in the British Novel that emerged in the early 1900s and continued till the 1940s. The course aims to enable the student to acquire the knowledge and appreciation of Modernism and Modern English Novel through the study of some of the representative texts, writers, articles and extracts within their social, cultural, literary and historical context. It introduces students to the literary traditions and movements associated with modernism and the Modern Novel through the study of exemplary texts, which is essential for a better understanding and appreciation of the Modern English Novel. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | explain the terms modern and modernism. | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | know the developmental stages of modernism and the modern novel | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 7 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | know the characteristics of modernism in literature | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 7 | 1, | | LO - 4 : | know the characteristics of modern novel | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 7 | 1, | | LO - 5 : | analyse a modern novel | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 | 1, | | 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 | | |
| It covers a historical, cultural and literary introduction to modernism along with its main figures, characteristics and related ?isms such as James Joyce, Virginia Woolf; stream of consciousness, interior monologue; expressionism, impressionism, symbolism and postmodernism. To this end, the course includes the main representatives of the Modern English Novel along with their monumental works: E. M. Forster?s A Passage to India, Joseph Conrad?s Heart of Darkness, Virginia Woolf?s To the Lighthouse and James Joyce?s A Portrait of the Artist as A Young Man. The selected novels will be analysed technically and thematically as examples of the modern novel.
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to Modernism and the Modern Novel | | | Week 2 | Modernism and Modern Novel in its historical, social and literary contexts: Its main characteristics and figures along with related ? isms. Modernism in literature and art
| | | Week 3 | Modernism and Modern Novel in its historical, social and literary contexts: Its main characteristics and figures along with related ? isms. Modernism in literature and art
| | | Week 4 | Modernism and Modern Novel in its historical, social and literary contexts: Its main characteristics and figures along with related ? isms. Modernism in literature and art
| | | Week 5 | E. M. Forster and his A Passage to India | | | Week 6 | E. M. Forster and his A Passage to India | | | Week 7 | E. M. Forster and his A Passage to India | | | Week 8 | Mid term | | | Week 9 | Joseph Conrad and his Heart of Darkness | | | Week 10 | Joseph Conrad and his Heart of Darkness | | | Week 11 | Joseph Conrad and his Heart of Darkness | | | Week 12 | Virginia Woolf and her To the Lighthouse | | | Week 13 | Virginia Woolf and her To the Lighthouse | | | Week 14 | Virginia Woolf and her To the Lighthouse | | | Week 15 | General Review | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Armstrong, Tim. Modernism: A Cultural History. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2005. Print. | | | |
| 1 | Alexander, Michael. A History of English Literature. 2nd ed. New York: Palgrave Macmillan,
2007.
| | | 2 | Butler, C. Post-Modernism: A Very Short Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press.
2002.
| | | 3 | Modernism: Critical Concepts in Literary and Cultural Studies. (Ed.) Middleton, Tim.
London and New York: Routledge, 2003
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| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | 18.11.2025 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 14/01/2026 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 2 | 2 | 4 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 5 | 14 | 70 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 188 |
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