- Code
- ELL 416
- Name
- The Development of British Novelette
- Semester
- 2
- Lecture hours
- 4.00
- Seminar hours
- 0.00
- Laborator hours
- 0.00
- Credits
- 4.00
- ECTS
- 6.00
- Description
-
This course is a critical study of the English novel of the 18th century up to the present day with an emphasis on social history and narrative techniques.
- Objectives
-
Students will be introduced to novels, historical culture and literary criticism and they will develop literary skills and concepts about the critical analyze of literature.
- Java
- Tema
- 1
- Introduction to the Novel: What is Novel? -Types of Novels - The Precursors of the Novel: The Decameron and Don Quixote
- 2
- Daniel Defoe: Moll Flanders
- 3
- Daniel Defoe: Moll Flanders (continued ); the Analysis of the English society of the time as reflected in this work
- 4
- S. Richardson’s Pamela
- 5
- S. Richardson’s Pamela vs. H. Fielding’s Shamela
- 6
- Harriet Beecher Stowe: Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852)
- 7
- The development of English Novel vs. the development of the American Novel: An Overview
- 8
- Midterm
- 9
- Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart (1958)
- 10
- Focus on the Various Types of English usage in the novel / Language as a Weapon
- 11
- Uncle Tom’s Cabin discussion of Slavery vs. Things Fall Apart discussion of Oppression
- 12
- The Postmodernist novel: Anthony Burgess’ A clockwork Orange (1962)
- 13
- Utopian vs. Distopian Literature: Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale (1985)
- 14
- The development of the Feminist novel
- 15
- Acceptance vs Tolerance in literature Review
- 16
- Final Exam
- 1
- Students will explain the content, themes, characteristics and structure of the representatives of novels in English written in various periods and from writers from various parts of the world.
- 2
- Students will relate these writings with their historical, cultural and social context.
- 3
- Students will reflect critical assessment towards these works.
- Quantity Percentage Total percent
- Midterms
- 1 40% 40%
- Quizzes
- 0 0% 0%
- Projects
- 1 10% 10%
- Term projects
- 0 0% 0%
- Laboratories
- 0 0% 0%
- Class participation
- 0 0% 0%
- Total term evaluation percent
- 50%
- Final exam percent
- 50%
- Total percent
- 100%
- Quantity Duration (hours) Total (hours)
- Course duration (including exam weeks)
- 16 4 64
- Off class study hours
- 14 3 42
- Duties
- 1 0 0
- Midterms
- 1 20 20
- Final exam
- 1 25 25
- Other
- 0 0 0
- Total workLoad
- 151
- Total workload / 25 (hours)
- 6.04
- ECTS
- 6.00