- 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 the genre of the novel, 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: Bocaccio's The Decameron and Cervantes; Don Quixote
- 3
- Daniel Defoe: Moll Flanders with reference to Robinson Crusoe the Analysis of the English society of the time as reflected in this work
- 4
- Epistolary novel Virtue & Morality Samuel Richardson’s Pamela
- 5
- S. Richardson’s Pamela (continued) Henry Fielding’s Shamela Satire & Parody novel
- 6
- Victorian Novel: Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre
- 7
- Review of the previous topics
- 8
- Midterm
- 9
- The British –American novel Henry James’ The Portrait of a Lady (1881)
- 10
- The American Novel; an overview: Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) with reference to Tom Sawyer; vernacular style & national identity creation
- 11
- Modernism & The Modern Novel James Joyce: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) English lg/ Irish Lit
- 12
- The postmodernist Novel in comparison to the modernist one Postmodernist literature: Anthony Burgess’ A clockwork Orange (1962)
- 13
- Utopian vs. Dystopian novel Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale (1985)
- 14
- The political/social novel Feminism in Jane Eyre/ The Portrait/Handmaid’s tale etc. Presentations
- 15
- Review of the previous topics Presentations
- 16
- Final Exam
- 1
- To identify the development of the novel from its beginnings to the present by being aware of key historical, philosophical, social, theological and literary movements and by exploring how these movements are reflected in the representative novel of the time.
- 2
- Understand literary terms, major themes and significant critical principles, using them to analyze specific novels of different periods and authors
- 3
- Perceive the style and cultural background of the novelists
- 4
- Enhance students' capacity to judge the aesthetic and ethical value of literary texts and be able to articulate the standards behind their judgments; value the expressive use of language as a fundamental and supportive human activity, preparing for a lifetime of learning as readers and writers.
- Quantity Percentage Total percent
- Midterms
- 1 30% 30%
- Quizzes
- 0 0% 0%
- Projects
- 1 20% 20%
- 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 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