- 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
-
The aim of this course is to introduce students to the genre of novel and its development. It covers the period from its beginnings to the present, focusing on the most significant developments of various periods and quintessential works in English.
- Objectives
-
To equip students with knowledge about significant developments in this genre following a chronological order. Students will be introduced to writers of various periods and to their works. At the end of the semester students will submit themselves to the written exam to test not only the gained knowledge, but mainly the ability to use this knowledge in literary critical analysis.
- Java
- Tema
- 1
- Introduction to the Novel: What is Novel? -Types of Novels - Classical structure of the novel
- 2
- The Precursors of the Novel: The Decameron and Don Quixote
- 3
- Daniel Defoe: Moll Flanders ; 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
- Victorian Novel: Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre
- 7
- Review
- 8
- Midterm
- 9
- The American Novel; an overview: Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) with reference to Tom Sawyer; vernacular style & national identity creation
- 10
- Modernism & The Modern Novel James Joyce: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) English lg/ Irish Lit
- 11
- The postmodern Novel in comparison to the modern one The Postmodernist novel: Anthony Burgess’ A clockwork Orange (1962)
- 12
- Political/ Social novel: Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man
- 13
- Political/ Social novel: Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man (continued)
- 14
- Utopian vs. Distopian Literature: Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale (1985)
- 15
- Review
- 16
- Final Exam
- 1
- Identify and trace the development of the novel from the beginning to the present by explaining key historical, philosophical, social, theological, and literary movements and exploring how these movements are reflected in the representative novel of the time.
- 2
- Demonstrate understanding of literary terms, major themes, and critically significant principles by using them to analyze specific novels of various periods and authors
- 3
- Provide insight and understanding into the literature and culture of the covered novels
- 4
- Cultivate students’ capacity to judge the aesthetic and ethical value of literary texts and be able to articulate the standards behind their judgments; appreciate the expressive use of language as a fundamental and sustaining human activity, preparing for a life of learning as readers and writers.
- Quantity Percentage Total percent
- Midterms
- 1 30% 30%
- Quizzes
- 0 0% 0%
- Projects
- 0 0% 0%
- Term projects
- 1 20% 20%
- 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 4 56
- Duties
- 1 10 10
- Midterms
- 1 10 10
- Final exam
- 1 10 10
- Other
- 0 0 0
- Total workLoad
- 150
- Total workload / 25 (hours)
- 6.00
- ECTS
- 6.00