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<strong>Istanbul</strong> <strong>Kültür</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>ECTS</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2008</strong>/<strong>2009</strong><br />
<strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> English Language and Literature<br />
Address: Ataköy Kampüsü, Bakırköy 34156 ISTANBUL /TURKEY<br />
Telephone: +90 212 498 41 41<br />
Fax: +90 212 661 92 74<br />
Web: http://eng.iku.edu.tr/iku_eng_department.asp?department=englang<br />
http://fen-edebiyat.iku.edu.tr/eng/TANITIM.htm<br />
Head <strong>of</strong> <strong>Department</strong>: Pr<strong>of</strong>. Dr. Nebile Direkçigil<br />
Academic Staff<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Dr. Nebile DIREKÇIGIL n.direkcigil@iku.edu.tr 4330<br />
Assist. Pr<strong>of</strong>. Dr. Esin AKALIN e.akalin@iku.edu.tr 4332<br />
Lecturer Dr. Ayşem SEVAL a.seval@iku.edu.tr 4334<br />
Lecturer Dr. Anthony Francis LAKE a.lake@iku.edu.tr 4339<br />
Lecturer Derya ALTINMAKAS d.altinmakas@iku.edu.tr 4336<br />
Lecturer Pınar BESEN pinar.besen@lycos.com ----<br />
Research Assist. Eleni ÖZVERAK e.ozverak@iku.edu.tr 4340<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> co-ordinator: Pr<strong>of</strong>. Dr. Latif TOPAKTAŞ<br />
Phone: +90 212 498 43 50<br />
Fax: +90 212 661 92 74<br />
E-mail:<br />
l.topaktas@iku.edu.tr<br />
Erasmus co-ordinator: Ayşem Seval<br />
Phone: +90 212 498 43 34<br />
Fax: +90 212 661 92 74<br />
E-mail:<br />
aseval@iku.edu.tr<br />
General Description <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Department</strong><br />
Studying the literature and culture <strong>of</strong> another society ultimately enhances the individuals'<br />
perception and understanding <strong>of</strong> their own world and leads them to adopt a critical attitude<br />
which might help to change or improve it. In the IKU <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> English Language and<br />
Literature, founded in the academic year 1999-2000, English Language and Literature is<br />
studied from its beginnings to the present. The aims <strong>of</strong> the programme are: to encourage a<br />
critical engagement with the social, historical and cultural contexts <strong>of</strong> literature; to improve<br />
skills in oral and written communication; and to develop an understanding <strong>of</strong> translation skills<br />
in rendering from English to Turkish, and Turkish to English.<br />
The English-medium programme prepares students to pursue further academic study as well<br />
as careers: in teaching, in secondary and higher education; in the media and communications;<br />
and in business.<br />
Teaching and Learning Methods<br />
Lectures, discussions, written work, and oral presentations.<br />
Methods <strong>of</strong> Assessment<br />
Students are assessed on the basis <strong>of</strong> written and oral examinations, and class presentations.
General Description <strong>of</strong> Programmes at the <strong>Department</strong><br />
The English department <strong>of</strong>fers courses at undergraduate and M.A. levels. Undergraduate<br />
students must successfully complete 132 credits (240 <strong>ECTS</strong>). Students whose level <strong>of</strong> English<br />
is not adequate have to attend the Mandatory Preparatory English Programme for one<br />
academic year.<br />
The department <strong>of</strong> English Language and Literature <strong>of</strong>fers a minor programme with three<br />
options: English Literature; Translation: English to Turkish; Turkish to English;Written and<br />
Oral Communication Skills. Students whose GPA, is 2.50 and above can apply for a minor<br />
programme earliest in their 3 rd latest in their 6 th semester. Those who wish to complete the<br />
minor programme should fulfil a minimum <strong>of</strong> 18 credits. Our students wishing to apply for a<br />
minor programme at another department should fulfil the same requirements.<br />
The M.A. programme in English Language and Literature focuses on writers and their<br />
historical contexts and theories <strong>of</strong> literature and culture. M.A. candidates, in their first year,<br />
should attend postgraduate seminars (24 credits/ 60 <strong>ECTS</strong>) and submit a dissertation at the<br />
end <strong>of</strong> the following year.<br />
Course Code ENL 111<br />
Course Title<br />
English Poetry Before Chaucer<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Fall<br />
Language <strong>of</strong> Course English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Anthony Lake<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
Credit Value 3<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 3<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course One semester<br />
Total Student StudyTime 45 class hours<br />
Objectives<br />
The course <strong>of</strong>fers students an introduction to and detailed<br />
study <strong>of</strong> English Poetry from Beowulf to Chaucer, exploring<br />
themes such as genre and verse form, paganism and<br />
Christianity, Kingship and War, and translation<br />
Syllabus<br />
Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Ge<strong>of</strong>frey<br />
Chaucer: The Wife <strong>of</strong> Bath’s Prologue and Tale<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes The course provides students with a detailed introduction to<br />
and study <strong>of</strong> selected poetry by poets from Whitman to the<br />
present. Poems will be considered in relation to their<br />
historical, social and cultural contexts, and the course will<br />
also provide students with the opportunity to develop further<br />
their skills <strong>of</strong> close reading and critical analysis <strong>of</strong> poetry.<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods Lectures and class group discussion<br />
Assignments<br />
Examination<br />
One Mid Term and Final Examination and Class<br />
Participation<br />
Assessment Mid Term 40%, Final 40%, Class Participation 20%<br />
Reading List
Course Code ENL 112<br />
Course Title<br />
History <strong>of</strong> British Civilisation I<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Fall<br />
Medium<br />
English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Dr. Ayşem Seval aseval@iku.edu.tr<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 3<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 5<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 15 weeks<br />
Total Student StudyTime 150 hours including lectures<br />
Objectives<br />
This course aims to examine the cultural structuring <strong>of</strong><br />
British society from the Old English Period to the<br />
seventeenth century in the light <strong>of</strong> social and political<br />
developments.<br />
Syllabus The cultural, economic, social and political<br />
developments <strong>of</strong> the following periods:<br />
• Pre-historic England<br />
• Early Middle Ages<br />
• High Middle Ages<br />
• Late Middle Ages<br />
• Renaissance<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes ---<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods<br />
Lectures and discussions intend to familiarise the students<br />
with the cultural, social, economic and political background<br />
in which the literary works are created.<br />
Assignments ---<br />
Examination<br />
Quizzes, one midterm, one end-<strong>of</strong>-term written exam<br />
Assessment Midterm 30 %<br />
Quizzes 20 %<br />
Final Exam 50 %<br />
Reading List ---<br />
Course Code ENL 113<br />
Course Title<br />
Approaching Literary Texts I<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Fall<br />
Medium<br />
English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Dr. Ayşem Seval aseval@iku.edu.tr<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 3<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 5<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 15 weeks<br />
Total Student Study Time 150 hours including lectures<br />
Objectives<br />
The objective <strong>of</strong> this course is to determine the<br />
distinguishing characteristics <strong>of</strong> poetry and to develop the<br />
critical and scholarly approach to be adopted in the act <strong>of</strong><br />
reading by focusing on the various elements <strong>of</strong> poetry in<br />
chosen poems.<br />
Syllabus<br />
Each week an element <strong>of</strong> poetry such as form and structure,
Intended Learning Outcomes ---<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods<br />
Assignments ---<br />
Examination<br />
tone and diction, imagery, symbol and allusion etc. is<br />
introduced and analysed in various poems.<br />
Lectures and discussions aim to familiarise the students<br />
with various components <strong>of</strong> poetry and encourage them to<br />
analyse how each component is significant in terms <strong>of</strong> the<br />
overall effect <strong>of</strong> the work.<br />
Quizzes and/or assignments, one midterm, one end-<strong>of</strong>-term<br />
written exam<br />
Assessment Midterm 30 %<br />
Quizzes and/or assignments 30 %<br />
Final Exam 40 %<br />
Reading List ---<br />
Course Code ENL 114<br />
Course Title<br />
Oral Communication Skills I<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered First<br />
Language <strong>of</strong> Course English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Derya Altınmakas d.altinmakas@iku.edu.tr<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 3<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 5<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 15 weeks<br />
Total Student StudyTime 150 hours including lectures<br />
Objectives<br />
This course aims to improve spoken language skills to be<br />
employed in the academic and daily use <strong>of</strong> English.<br />
Syllabus<br />
• Role-plays<br />
• Steps <strong>of</strong> getting prepared for presentations + using<br />
visual aids<br />
• Solo and Group Presentations<br />
• Public speech techniques<br />
• Classroom discussions<br />
• Phonetic Alphabet<br />
• Verbal games<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes By the end <strong>of</strong> this course students are expected to be able to<br />
use their linguistic skills effectively in various contexts.<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods Class presentations, workshops and group work<br />
Assignments<br />
none<br />
Examination<br />
One midterm exam, One Final Exam, Participation<br />
Assessment<br />
• 40% Midterm Exam (Solo Presentations)<br />
• 40% Final Exam (Group Presentations)<br />
• 20% Attendance + Participation in class activities<br />
Reading List
Course Code ENL 115<br />
Course Title<br />
Written Communication Skills I<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered First<br />
Language <strong>of</strong> Course English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Derya Altınmakas d.altinmakas@iku.edu.tr<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 3<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 5<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 15 weeks<br />
Total Student StudyTime 45 class hours + students’ self study<br />
Objectives<br />
This course aims to:<br />
• familiarise students with the basic steps <strong>of</strong> academic<br />
writing which will help them learn generating ideas<br />
and organising these ideas in paragraphs which will<br />
later enable them to construct well structured essays.<br />
• introduce various paragraph types that are used in<br />
writing assignments and essays.<br />
Syllabus<br />
• Pre-writing techniques (brainstorming methodstopic<br />
sentence/controlling idea-unity/coherence)<br />
• Paragraph Writing<br />
• Descriptive paragraph<br />
• Narrative paragraph<br />
• Expository paragraph<br />
• Cause/Effect paragraph<br />
• Compare/Contrast paragraph<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes By the end <strong>of</strong> the course, students are expected to write well<br />
organised and structured paragraphs as a starting point <strong>of</strong><br />
writing essays.<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods Providing ‘model’ paragraphs taken from various resources,<br />
analysing and discussing the writing process <strong>of</strong> each kind <strong>of</strong><br />
paragraph, and designing a variety <strong>of</strong> group, pair and<br />
individual writing tasks.<br />
Assignments<br />
Writing tasks on selected topics in relation with the course<br />
syllabus<br />
Examination<br />
One midterm exam, assignments, one final exam<br />
Assessment<br />
• 30% Midterm Exam<br />
• 40% Final Exam<br />
• 20% Assignments and Writing tasks<br />
Reading List<br />
Material Pack
Course Code ENL 211<br />
Course Title<br />
Renaissance Literature<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Second<br />
Language <strong>of</strong> Course English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Assist. Pr<strong>of</strong>. Dr. Esin Akalın<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 3<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 6<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 15 weeks<br />
Total Student StudyTime 160 hours, including lectures and class discussions.<br />
Objectives<br />
• To analyse and evaluate historical, social and literary<br />
factors that helped shape European Renaissance<br />
• To study poetry, prose, narrative and drama <strong>of</strong> the<br />
early modern period in England: The English<br />
Renaissance<br />
Syllabus<br />
• European Renaissance: Exploration, discovery,<br />
commerce, colonization; humanism, neoplatonism,<br />
‘universal man’; Petrarch, Castigliogne, Erasmus,<br />
Machiavelli<br />
• English Renaissance: Intellectual, political literary<br />
contexts<br />
• Caxton and the printing press; Tyndale’s New<br />
Testament; Tottel’s Miscellany, Arthur Golding’s<br />
translation <strong>of</strong> Ovid’s Metamorphoses<br />
• English Humanists: Sir Thomas More; Sir Thomas<br />
Hoby;<br />
• English Court Poets: Sir Thomas Wyatt; Earl <strong>of</strong><br />
Surrey; Sir Philip Sidney<br />
• Pastoral Poetry: Edmund Spenser; Christopher<br />
Marlowe<br />
• Shakespearean Sonnets<br />
• Elizabethan Drama: Christopher Marlowe<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes Upon completion <strong>of</strong> this course, students will have an<br />
awareness <strong>of</strong> the historical, intellectual, societal and cultural<br />
contexts <strong>of</strong> the early modern England, a period referred to<br />
as the English Renaissance. Students will analyze, interpret<br />
and discuss a wide range <strong>of</strong> texts from the sixteenth and<br />
early seventeenth centuries across a variety <strong>of</strong> genres in<br />
English literature.<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods To introduce students to ways in which literary texts must<br />
be related to history and culture <strong>of</strong> the period; to develop an<br />
understanding <strong>of</strong> key events, issues, themes and concepts <strong>of</strong><br />
language and rhetoric that characterize Renaissance<br />
Literature. The pattern <strong>of</strong> teaching will be based on formal<br />
lectures and class discussions.<br />
Assignments<br />
Examination<br />
1 Mid-Term Exam, Quizzes, Assisgnment and 1 Final Exam<br />
Assessment • Mid Term: 30%<br />
• Quizzes : 15%<br />
• Assignment: 5%
Reading List<br />
• Final: 50%<br />
Selected poems/sonnets from Queen Elizabeth I, Sir<br />
Thomas Wyatt and Earl <strong>of</strong> Surrey, Sir Philip Sidney,<br />
Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare, Christopher<br />
Marlowe, and Sir Walter Raleigh; Thomas More, from<br />
Utopia; Sir Thomas Hoby, from The Book <strong>of</strong> the Courtier;<br />
Christopher Marlowe, The Tragical History <strong>of</strong> Dr. Faustus<br />
Text Book: The Norton Anthology <strong>of</strong> English Literature.<br />
Volume I<br />
Course Code ENL 212<br />
Course Title<br />
History <strong>of</strong> British Civilisation II<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Spring<br />
Medium<br />
English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Dr. Ayşem Seval aseval@iku.edu.tr<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 3<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 5<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 15 weeks<br />
Total Student Study Time 150 hours including lectures<br />
Objectives<br />
This course aims to examine the cultural structuring <strong>of</strong><br />
British society from the seventeenth century to the end<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Victorian Age in the light <strong>of</strong> social and political<br />
developments.<br />
Syllabus<br />
• The cultural, economic, social and political<br />
developments <strong>of</strong> the 17 th and 18 th centuries<br />
• Scientific Revolution<br />
• The Enlightenment<br />
• The French Revolution<br />
• The Industrial Revolution<br />
• The cultural, economic, social and political<br />
developments <strong>of</strong> the Victorian Period<br />
• British colonialism in the 19 th Century<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes ---<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods Lectures and discussions intend to familiarise the students<br />
with the cultural, social, economic and political background<br />
in which the literary works are created.<br />
Assignments ---<br />
Examination<br />
Quizzes, one midterm, one end-<strong>of</strong>-term written exam<br />
Assessment Midterm 30 %<br />
Quizzes 20 %<br />
Final Exam 50 %<br />
Reading List ---
Course Code ENL 213<br />
Course Title<br />
Approaching Literary Texts II<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Spring<br />
Medium<br />
English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Dr. Ayşem Seval aseval@iku.edu.tr<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 3<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 5<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 15 weeks<br />
Total Student Study Time 150 hours including lectures<br />
Objectives<br />
The objective <strong>of</strong> this course is to determine the<br />
distinguishing characteristics <strong>of</strong> the fictive text and to<br />
develop the critical and scholarly approach to be adopted in<br />
the act <strong>of</strong> reading by focusing on the elements <strong>of</strong> fiction in<br />
chosen short stories.<br />
Syllabus<br />
Each week an element <strong>of</strong> fiction such as plot, character,<br />
theme, point <strong>of</strong> view, symbol, irony etc. is introduced and<br />
analysed in one or two short stories.<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes ---<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods Lectures and discussions aim to familiarise the students<br />
with various components <strong>of</strong> fiction and encourage them to<br />
analyse how each component is significant in terms <strong>of</strong> the<br />
overall effect <strong>of</strong> the work.<br />
Assignments ---<br />
Examination<br />
Quizzes, one midterm, one end-<strong>of</strong>-term written exam<br />
Assessment Midterm 25 %<br />
Quizzes 25 %<br />
Final Exam 50 %<br />
Reading List<br />
Selected short stories from writers <strong>of</strong> the 19 th and 20 th<br />
century literature <strong>of</strong> various countries.<br />
Course Code ENL 214<br />
Course Title<br />
Oral Communication Skills II<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Second<br />
Language <strong>of</strong> Course English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Derya Altınmakas<br />
d.altinmakas@iku.edu.tr<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 3<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 5<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 15 weeks<br />
Total Student StudyTime 150 hours including lectures<br />
Objectives<br />
This course aims to improve spoken language skills to be<br />
employed in the academic and daily use <strong>of</strong> English.<br />
Syllabus<br />
• Role-plays<br />
• Solo and Group Presentations<br />
• Classroom discussions<br />
• Debates
Intended Learning Outcomes<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods<br />
Assignments<br />
Examination<br />
Assessment<br />
Reading List<br />
• Phonetic Alphabet<br />
• Integrating reading and speaking skills<br />
• Verbal games<br />
By the end <strong>of</strong> this course students are expected to be able to<br />
use their linguistic skills effectively in various contexts.<br />
Class presentations, workshops and group work<br />
none<br />
1 midterm exam, 1 final exam and class participation<br />
• 40% Midterm Exam (Solo Presentations)<br />
• 40% Final Exam (Group Presentations)<br />
• 20% Attendance + Participation in class activities<br />
Selected reading texts<br />
Course Code ENL 215<br />
Course Title<br />
Written Communication Skills II<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Second<br />
Language <strong>of</strong> Course English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Derya Altınmakas<br />
d.altinmakas@iku.edu.tr<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 3<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 5<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 15 weeks<br />
Total Student StudyTime 45 class hours + Students’ self study<br />
Objectives<br />
This course aims to:<br />
• introduce each stage <strong>of</strong> essay writing process in a<br />
detailed way<br />
• provide students with models <strong>of</strong> writing that are<br />
based on real assignments and essays<br />
• provide practice to help students master each stage<br />
<strong>of</strong> the writing process and learn generating ideas,<br />
organising, drafting, reviewing and revising.<br />
• familiarise students with the writing techniques <strong>of</strong><br />
different types <strong>of</strong> essays.<br />
• revise particular grammatical structures which will<br />
enable students to make up well structured<br />
sentences, and link their ideas and paragraphs into<br />
cohesive and coherent essays.<br />
Syllabus<br />
• Introduction to Essay Writing<br />
• Writing introductory paragraph and Thesis<br />
Statement<br />
• Writing developmental Paragraphs<br />
• Writing conclusion paragraph and Making an<br />
Outline<br />
• Different types <strong>of</strong> approaches used in essays:<br />
Classification<br />
Compare and Contrast<br />
Argumentative
Intended Learning Outcomes<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods<br />
Assignments<br />
Examination<br />
Assessment<br />
Reading List<br />
Narrative<br />
• Grammar review<br />
By the end <strong>of</strong> the course, students will be expected to be<br />
able to generate ideas on any given topic and organise these<br />
ideas in well-structured paragraphs and order those<br />
paragraphs into essays. Students will also be familiar with<br />
the language <strong>of</strong> academic writing and requirements <strong>of</strong><br />
writing different types <strong>of</strong> essays.<br />
Providing ‘model’ essays, analysing and discussing the<br />
writing processes <strong>of</strong> each kind <strong>of</strong> essays, and designing pair<br />
or individual writing tasks.<br />
Pair and individual writing tasks on selected topics in<br />
relation with the course syllabus.<br />
One Midterm Exam, Assignments, One Final Exam<br />
• 30% Midterm Exam<br />
• 40 % Final exam<br />
• 30 % Assignments and Writing tasks<br />
∗ Written Communication Skills II Material Pack<br />
∗ Essays and Short Stories from various resources<br />
Course Code ENL 311<br />
Course Title<br />
Donne and His Contemporaries<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Third<br />
Language <strong>of</strong> Course English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Dr. Nebile Direkçigil<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 3<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 6<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 14 weeks<br />
Total Student StudyTime 160 hours<br />
Objectives<br />
• To study the various developments in the poetry,<br />
prose and drama <strong>of</strong> the early decades <strong>of</strong> the<br />
seventeenth century in the light <strong>of</strong> literary, cultural,<br />
and historical contexts.<br />
Syllabus<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods<br />
• Metaphysical poetry, secular and religious; classicist<br />
poetry<br />
• The essay<br />
• Jacobean revenge tragedy<br />
• By the end <strong>of</strong> the course, students will be expected<br />
to demonstrate a critical awareness <strong>of</strong> the authors’<br />
use <strong>of</strong> language and <strong>of</strong> their reworking <strong>of</strong> traditional<br />
literary forms; demonstrate a sound knowledge <strong>of</strong><br />
the historical and cultural contexts in which they<br />
wrote.<br />
Lectures
Students are expected to attend each session having read in<br />
advance the texts under discussion.<br />
Assignments -<br />
Examination<br />
Midterm written examination and final written examination<br />
Assessment • Midterm 40 %<br />
• Final 60 %<br />
Reading List<br />
• JOHN DONNE: 1. “Song:'Go and catch a falling<br />
star'”; 2. The Good Morrow”; 3. The Sun Rising”;<br />
4.“The Extasie”; 5. “A Valediction: forbidding<br />
mourning”; 6.“The Canonization”; 7. “The<br />
Funeral”; 8. “The Relic”; 9.“Death, be not proud”<br />
• BEN JONSON: Epigrams: 1.“To the Reader”; 2.“To<br />
My Book”; 3.“On Something That Walks<br />
Somewhere”; 4.”On My First Daughter”; 5. “On My<br />
First Son” ; 6. “Inviting a Friend to Supper”; The<br />
Forest : 7. “Song to Celia. Drink to me only with<br />
thine eyes”; Underwood: 8. “Hymn to Diana”<br />
“Queen and Huntress”; 9.“Song: Still to be neat, still<br />
to be drest”.<br />
• GEORGE HERBERT: The Temple: 1.“The Altar”;<br />
2.“The Collar”; 3. “Easter Wings”<br />
• FRANCIS BACON: Essays:“Essay 4 Of Revenge”;<br />
2. “Essay 10 Of Love”; 3.“Essay 31 Of Suspicion”;<br />
4. “Essay 36 Of Ambition ; 5. “Essay 43 Of<br />
Beauty”. (handout)<br />
• JOHN WEBSTER, The Duchess <strong>of</strong> Malfi<br />
• HELEN GARDNER, “Introduction”, The<br />
Metaphysical Poets, Penguin, (1957), 1985;<br />
• T.S. ELIOT, “The Metaphysical Poets”, in The<br />
Norton Anthology <strong>of</strong> English Literature, vol.<br />
2, pp. 2401- 2408, (7 th ed. 2000).<br />
• The Norton Anthology <strong>of</strong> English Literature, vol.1,<br />
( 7 th ed. 2000) to be used for all the poems and the<br />
play. A handout for the Bacon essays.<br />
• Secondary material, mainly on critical approaches,<br />
will be assigned or provided by the lecturer.
Course Code ENL 312<br />
Course Title<br />
Milton<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Autumn<br />
Language <strong>of</strong> Course English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Anthony Lake<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
Credit Value 2<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 3<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course One Semester<br />
Total Student StudyTime 30 class hours<br />
Objectives<br />
The course <strong>of</strong>fers students detailed study <strong>of</strong> a major English<br />
Poet, covering poetry and prose writings on contemporary<br />
social and political issues<br />
Syllabus<br />
Sonnets: On Shakespeare, How Soon Hath Time, When I<br />
Consider How My Light is Spent, On The Late Massacre in<br />
Piedmont, Methought I Saw My Late Espoused Saint, On<br />
The New Forcers <strong>of</strong> Conscience Under The Long<br />
Parliament, To The Lord General Cromwell; On The<br />
Morning <strong>of</strong> Christ’s Nativity; L’Allegro; Il Penseroso;<br />
Lycidas; Paradise Lost<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes The course provides students with a detailed introduction <strong>of</strong><br />
the works <strong>of</strong> John Milton, studied in relation to his place in<br />
the tradition <strong>of</strong> English Poetry and in the social, political<br />
and cultural contexts <strong>of</strong> Seventeenth-Century England The<br />
course will also provide students with the opportunity to<br />
develop further their skills <strong>of</strong> close reading and critical<br />
analysis <strong>of</strong> poetry<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods Lectures and class group discussion<br />
Assignments<br />
Examination<br />
Assessment<br />
Reading List<br />
One Mid Term and One Final Examination, Class<br />
Participation<br />
Course Code ENL 313<br />
Course Title<br />
Restoration Drama<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Third<br />
Language <strong>of</strong> Course English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Asst. Pr<strong>of</strong>. Dr. Esin Akalın<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 2<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 4<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 15 weeks<br />
Total Student StudyTime 100 hours, including lectures and class discussions.<br />
Objectives<br />
• To analyse and evaluate historical, political, social,
intellectual and literary factors that helped shape<br />
British drama during the Restoration era<br />
• To develop an understanding <strong>of</strong> the modes and<br />
manners <strong>of</strong> theatrical representation in Restoration<br />
England<br />
• To develop skills <strong>of</strong> close textual analysis <strong>of</strong> selected<br />
Restoration plays (heroic drama and comedy <strong>of</strong><br />
manners)<br />
Syllabus<br />
• Historical Context: Restoration <strong>of</strong> the monarchy in<br />
1660; reopening <strong>of</strong> theatres in England; Charles II’s<br />
monopoly control <strong>of</strong> London theatres through<br />
patents<br />
• Theatre Companies and Playhouses<br />
• Restoration Theatre Audiences, Scenery, Machinery,<br />
Lighting and Stage Costumes<br />
• Characteristics <strong>of</strong> Restoration Tragedy (Heroic<br />
Drama/ Neo-classical tragedy): heroic, scenic and<br />
thematic features, setting, characterization, classical<br />
influences and so on.<br />
• Characteristics <strong>of</strong> Comedy <strong>of</strong> Manners: subject<br />
matter, major themes, social context, characters,<br />
recurring types and concepts<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes Upon completion <strong>of</strong> this course, students will have an<br />
awareness <strong>of</strong> the historical, intellectual, societal, cultural<br />
and artistic contexts <strong>of</strong> the Restoration English Theatre<br />
characterized by heroic plays and comedy <strong>of</strong> manners.<br />
Students will analyze, interpret and discuss both genres<br />
individually and comparatively with an awareness <strong>of</strong> the<br />
political and social interplay <strong>of</strong> dramatic text and context.<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods To familiarize students with the modes and manners <strong>of</strong><br />
theatrical representation during the Restoration period; to<br />
develop their understanding <strong>of</strong> the historical, and social<br />
contextual issues which have a bearing on Restoration<br />
Theatre. The pattern <strong>of</strong> teaching will be based on formal<br />
lectures and class discussions. Students will also be given<br />
opportunities to work in groups to articulate their ideas in<br />
class on various themes and issues related to the plays.<br />
Assignments<br />
Examination<br />
1 Mid-Term Exam, Quizzes and 1 Final Exam<br />
Assessment • Mid Term: 30%<br />
• Quizzes: 10%<br />
• Final Exam 50%<br />
Reading List<br />
John Dryden, All for Love<br />
Thomas Otway, Venice Preserv’d<br />
William Wycherley, The Country Wife<br />
William Congreve, The Way <strong>of</strong> the World
Course Code ENL 314<br />
Course Title<br />
Translation: English to Turkish I<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Third<br />
Language <strong>of</strong> Course English & Turkish<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Pınar Besen<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 2<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 4<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 15 weeks<br />
Total Student StudyTime 100 hours<br />
Objectives<br />
• Being able to make translations from the source<br />
language into the target language<br />
Syllabus<br />
• Texts <strong>of</strong> increasing complexity chosen according to<br />
both the interests <strong>of</strong> the students and the relevance to<br />
other courses <strong>of</strong> the semester<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes • By the end <strong>of</strong> the course, students will be expected<br />
to be able to make translations from the source<br />
language into the target language.<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods • Discussion <strong>of</strong> the process and techniques <strong>of</strong><br />
translation<br />
• Practice in translation through assignments<br />
• Editing <strong>of</strong> the assigned translations<br />
Assignments<br />
10 texts to translate, 2 <strong>of</strong> them chosen by the student<br />
Examination<br />
1 Midterm, 1 Final<br />
Assessment • Midterm % [ 30 ]<br />
• Final % [ 40 ]<br />
• Attendance % [ 10 ]<br />
• Individual works % [ 10 ]<br />
• Collective works % [ 10 ]<br />
Reading List ---<br />
Course Code ENL 315<br />
Course Title<br />
Written Communication Skills III<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Third<br />
Language <strong>of</strong> Course English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Derya Altınmakas d.altinmakas@iku.edu.tr<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 2<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 4<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 15 weeks<br />
Total Student StudyTime 30 class hours + Students’ self study<br />
Objectives<br />
This course aims to:<br />
• revise and practise the stages <strong>of</strong> writing process in a<br />
more comprehensive way by analysing literary
Syllabus<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods<br />
Assignments<br />
Examination<br />
Assessment<br />
Reading List<br />
works and authentic materials such as newspaper<br />
and journal articles and reviews.<br />
• assign writing tasks which will develop students’<br />
academic writing skills.<br />
• provide detailed feedback to students in order to<br />
make them realise their weak points in essay writing<br />
and <strong>of</strong>fer ways and techniques to strengthen their<br />
writing skills.<br />
• develop students’ critical and analytical thinking<br />
skills in order to enable them to express their ideas<br />
on paper in the form <strong>of</strong> an argumentative essay.<br />
• Pre-writing stage (purpose and audience/ implied<br />
reader- generating ideas)<br />
• Narrative and descriptive paragraphs (analysing<br />
extracts taken from literary texts)<br />
• Expository paragraphs (the techniques <strong>of</strong> supporting<br />
the topic sentence and the controlling idea)<br />
• Revising the steps <strong>of</strong> essay writing.<br />
• Thesis statement and a detailed study <strong>of</strong> writing an<br />
essay in coherence with the thesis statement<br />
• Classification Essay<br />
• Compare and Contrast Essay<br />
By the end <strong>of</strong> the course, students will be expected to<br />
improve their critical thinking and reasoning skills, and on a<br />
given topic students will be able to express their ideas in a<br />
more rational way and support their ideas with reliable<br />
evidence and irrefutable reasons.<br />
Providing ‘model’ essays, analysing and discussing the<br />
writing processes <strong>of</strong> each kind <strong>of</strong> essays, and designing<br />
individual writing tasks + providing thorough feedback after<br />
each assigned writing task.<br />
Individual writing tasks on selected topics in relation with<br />
the course syllabus.<br />
One midterm exam, assignments, one final exam<br />
• 30% Midterm Exam<br />
• 40% Final exam<br />
• 30% Assignments and Writing Tasks<br />
∗ Written Communication Skills III Material Pack<br />
∗ Essays and Short Stories from various resources
Course Code ENL 316<br />
Course Title<br />
Mythology I<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Third<br />
Language <strong>of</strong> Course English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Asst. Pr<strong>of</strong>. Dr. Esin Akalın<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 2<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 4<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 15 weeks<br />
Total Student StudyTime 100 hours, including lectures and class discussions.<br />
Objectives<br />
• To introduce students to myths from Mesopotamia<br />
and Mycenaean Greece<br />
• To study The Epic <strong>of</strong> Gilgamesh and The Iliad<br />
• To examine key themes and subjects through close<br />
readings <strong>of</strong> the texts<br />
Syllabus<br />
• Significance <strong>of</strong> mythology<br />
• Babylonian Epic <strong>of</strong> Creation<br />
• Historical background <strong>of</strong> the Epic <strong>of</strong> Gilgamesh:<br />
Sumerian sources <strong>of</strong> the Old Babylonian Epic<br />
• History, content, themes, structure, setting and<br />
central ideas <strong>of</strong> The Epic <strong>of</strong> Gilgamesh<br />
• Hesiod’s Theogony: Creation Myth<br />
• The Greek Pantheon: Olympian Gods<br />
• The gods in Homer<br />
• Homer and the epic tradition<br />
• History, content, themes, structure, setting,<br />
characters, central ideas in The Iliad<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes Upon completion <strong>of</strong> this course, students will accumulate a<br />
body <strong>of</strong> information about the nature <strong>of</strong> the heroic, the<br />
relation <strong>of</strong> gods to humanity in Mesopotamia and the<br />
Mycenean world which Homer celebrates; will develop<br />
critical and analytical skills to examine key themes and<br />
subjects in works through close readings <strong>of</strong> the texts.<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods To familiarize students with the epic tradition and the<br />
earliest myths from Mesopotamia and the Ancient Greece;<br />
to encourage students to develop skills <strong>of</strong> literary<br />
appreciation and analysis these works. The pattern <strong>of</strong><br />
teaching will be based on formal lectures, class discussions<br />
and presentations. Students will also be given opportunities<br />
to work in groups to articulate their ideas in class on various<br />
themes and subjects related to the texts studied.<br />
Assignments<br />
Examination<br />
1 Mid-Term Exam, Presentation and 1 Final Exam<br />
Assessment • 1 Mid-Term: 30%<br />
• 1 Presentation: 10%<br />
• Quizzes : 10%<br />
• Final : 50%<br />
Reading List<br />
Epic <strong>of</strong> Gilgamesh and The Iliad
Course Code ENL 411<br />
Course Title<br />
Novel From Defoe To Austen<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Second<br />
Language <strong>of</strong> Course English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 3<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 6<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 15 weeks<br />
Total Student StudyTime 45 class hours plus student’s private studies<br />
Objectives<br />
• To analyse and evaluate how novel (a new genre)<br />
emerged in England in the 18 th C. and developed in<br />
the 19 th C.<br />
• To have a closer look at the social, historical,<br />
economic and cultural aspects <strong>of</strong> the time.<br />
• To evaluate the novels’ style, narration and plot<br />
structure finding the typicalities shared by most <strong>of</strong><br />
them.<br />
• To create an awareness <strong>of</strong> the major texts and<br />
authors <strong>of</strong> the time.<br />
Syllabus<br />
• Introduction to 18 th C. England: social, historical,<br />
political background<br />
• Introduction to the novel and other literary genres <strong>of</strong><br />
the time<br />
• Daniel Defoe and Moll Flanders<br />
• Laurence Sterne and Tristram Shandy<br />
• Jane Austen and Pride& Prejudice<br />
• Comparison <strong>of</strong> the styles <strong>of</strong> the three novels<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes • By the end <strong>of</strong> the course, students will be expected<br />
to have an awareness <strong>of</strong> the historical, social,<br />
cultural and artistic contexts <strong>of</strong> the 18th C England.<br />
They will be able to analyse the main characteristics<br />
<strong>of</strong> the novel <strong>of</strong> the time.<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods<br />
Assignments<br />
Examination<br />
Assessment<br />
Reading List<br />
* The teaching will be mainly based on lectures and class<br />
discussions<br />
• Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders<br />
• Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy<br />
• Jane Austen, Pride & Prejudice<br />
• Terry Eagleton, Towards A Sign <strong>of</strong> the Text<br />
Course Code ENL 412<br />
Course Title<br />
Eighteenth-Century English Literature<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Fourth
Language <strong>of</strong> Course English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Asst. Pr<strong>of</strong>. Dr. Esin Akalın<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 3<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 5<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 15 weeks<br />
Total Student StudyTime 150 hours, including lectures and class discussions.<br />
Objectives<br />
• To analyse and evaluate social, intellectual and<br />
literary factors that helped shape English literature in<br />
the eighteenth century<br />
• To study representative works <strong>of</strong> the period with<br />
focus on major writers, genres and literary<br />
movements associated with the period<br />
• To encourage students develop skills <strong>of</strong> critical<br />
approach and close textual analysis <strong>of</strong> the selected<br />
texts from the era<br />
Syllabus • Intellectual background: Age <strong>of</strong> Enlightenment<br />
• Social Development: Public c<strong>of</strong>fee-houses, private<br />
clubs<br />
• Literary characteristics: First daily newspaper<br />
• Neo-classical Movement: John Dryden major<br />
literary figure<br />
• Augustan Age: Alexander Pope as central figure<br />
• Age <strong>of</strong> Johnson: Dominated by Dr. Samuel Johnson<br />
• Favourite Literary Forms: the essay, the letter, the<br />
satire in the form <strong>of</strong> prose and poetry, the mockepic,<br />
the parody, the burlesque, the moral fable<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes Upon completion <strong>of</strong> this course, students will have an<br />
awareness <strong>of</strong> the historical, intellectual, societal, cultural<br />
and artistic contexts <strong>of</strong> English literature in the eighteenth<br />
century. Students will be expected to analyze, interpret and<br />
discuss a wide range <strong>of</strong> texts from the eighteenth century<br />
across a variety <strong>of</strong> genres.<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods To familiarize students with a wide range <strong>of</strong> texts from<br />
eighteenth-century English literature; to develop their<br />
understanding <strong>of</strong> the historical, intellectual and social<br />
contextual issues which have a bearing on the era. The<br />
pattern <strong>of</strong> teaching will be based on formal lectures and<br />
class discussions. Students will also be given opportunities<br />
to work in groups to articulate their ideas in class on various<br />
themes, genres and issues related to the texts studied.<br />
Assignments<br />
Examination<br />
1 Mid-Term Exam, Presentation and 1 Final Exam<br />
Assessment • Mid Term: 30%<br />
• Quizzes: 20%<br />
• Final: 50%<br />
Reading List<br />
Selected poems by John Dryden;<br />
Alexander Pope, The Rape <strong>of</strong> the Lock and Eloisa and<br />
Abelard
Samuel Johnson, The History <strong>of</strong> Rasselas, Prince <strong>of</strong><br />
Abissini;<br />
Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travels<br />
John Gay, The Beggar’s Opera<br />
Text Book: The Norton Anthology <strong>of</strong> English Literature.<br />
Volume I<br />
Course Code ENL 413<br />
Course Title<br />
The Romantics<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Fourth<br />
Language <strong>of</strong> Course English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Lecturer Dr. Ayşem Seval<br />
aseval@iku.edu.tr<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 3<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 5<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 15 weeks<br />
Total Student StudyTime 150 hours including lectures<br />
Objectives<br />
Through a reading <strong>of</strong> the works <strong>of</strong> the first and second<br />
generation Romantics, the Romantic movement is<br />
examined.<br />
Syllabus<br />
William Blake<br />
William Wordsworth<br />
Samuel Taylor Coleridge<br />
John Keats<br />
Percy Bysshe Shelley<br />
George Gordon, Lord Byron<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes ---<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods Lectures and discussions aim to familiarise the students with<br />
various components <strong>of</strong> Romanticism and encourage them to<br />
analyse how the same components are received and<br />
presented differently in the poetic works <strong>of</strong> various<br />
Romantic artists.<br />
Assignments ---<br />
Examination<br />
Quizzes and/or assignments, one midterm, one end-<strong>of</strong>-term<br />
written exam<br />
Assessment Midterm 25 %<br />
Quizzes and/or assignments 25 %<br />
Final Exam 50 %<br />
Reading List<br />
Selected poems from The Norton Anthology <strong>of</strong> English<br />
Literature, Vol. 2 eds.Abrams M.H., Greenblatt Stephen, 7 th<br />
edition (New York: W.W. Norton Publ., 2000).<br />
Course Code ENL 414<br />
Course Title<br />
Translation: English to Turkish II<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Fourth
Language <strong>of</strong> Course English & Turkish<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Lecturer Pınar Besen<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 2<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 4<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 15 weeks<br />
Total Student StudyTime 100 hours<br />
Objectives<br />
• Being able to make translations from the source<br />
language into the target language<br />
Syllabus<br />
• Texts <strong>of</strong> increasing complexity chosen according to<br />
both the interests <strong>of</strong> the students and the relevance to<br />
other courses <strong>of</strong> the semester<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes • By the end <strong>of</strong> the course, students will be expected<br />
to be able to make translations from the source<br />
language into the target language.<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods • Discussion <strong>of</strong> the process and techniques <strong>of</strong><br />
translation<br />
• Practice in translation through assignments<br />
• Editing <strong>of</strong> the assigned translations<br />
Assignments<br />
10 texts to translate, 2 <strong>of</strong> them chosen by the student<br />
Examination<br />
1 Midterm, 1 Final<br />
Assessment • Midterm % [ 30 ]<br />
• Final % [ 40 ]<br />
• Attendance % [ 10 ]<br />
• Individual works % [ 10 ]<br />
• Collective works % [ 10 ]<br />
Reading List ---<br />
Course Code ENL 415<br />
Course Title<br />
Written Communication Skills IV<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Fourth<br />
Language <strong>of</strong> Course English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Derya Altınmakas<br />
d.altinmakas@iku.edu.tr<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 3<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 5<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 15 weeks<br />
Total Student StudyTime 45 class hours + Students’ self study<br />
Objectives<br />
This course aims to:<br />
• improve students’ critical thinking skills on the<br />
literary and non-literary texts or on any given topic<br />
• assist students in their writing process in order to
Syllabus<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods<br />
Assignments<br />
Examination<br />
Assessment<br />
Reading List<br />
make them express their reflections and ideas about<br />
the provided reading materials on paper more<br />
effectively.<br />
• give necessary knowledge and terminology about<br />
other fields <strong>of</strong> academic writing such as the writing<br />
sections <strong>of</strong> English pr<strong>of</strong>iciency examinations and<br />
writing application letters.<br />
• provide essential knowledge about the rules and<br />
requirements <strong>of</strong> writing a dissertation or any kind <strong>of</strong><br />
academic essay + assignment.<br />
• Definition essay (defining terms formally and<br />
subjectively/ thinking metaphorically/ literary<br />
reflections)<br />
• Argumentative essay<br />
• MLA Citation Style<br />
• Literary analysis<br />
• IELTS and TOEFL examinations writing sections<br />
• Statement <strong>of</strong> Purpose<br />
• Writing reviews<br />
By the end <strong>of</strong> the course, students will have acquired<br />
comprehensive knowledge about academic writing. Students<br />
are expected to have acquired necessary skills in order to<br />
write effectively and strongly argued essays on any given<br />
topic.<br />
Providing ‘model’ essays and literary texts, analysing and<br />
discussing those essays and texts, and designing individual<br />
writing tasks + providing thorough feedback after each<br />
assigned writing task.<br />
Individual writing tasks on selected topics in relation with<br />
the course syllabus.<br />
One midterm exam, assignments, one final exam<br />
• 30% Midterm Exam<br />
• 40% Final exam<br />
• 30% Assignments and writing tasks<br />
∗ Written Communication Skills IV Material Pack<br />
∗ Essays and Short Stories from various resources
Course Code ENL 416<br />
Course Title<br />
Mythology II<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Fourth<br />
Language <strong>of</strong> Course English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Asst. Pr<strong>of</strong>. Dr. Esin Akalın<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 2<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 4<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 15 weeks<br />
Total Student StudyTime 100 hours, including lectures and class discussions.<br />
Objectives<br />
• To examine and analyze classical and religious<br />
myths that form the backbone <strong>of</strong> Western literary<br />
tradition<br />
• To focus on Homer’s Odyssey, Virgil’s Aeneid and<br />
Ovid’s Metamorphoses through a close reading <strong>of</strong><br />
texts<br />
• To acquire familiarity with key themes, techniques<br />
and use <strong>of</strong> language in these works<br />
Syllabus<br />
• Homer and The Odyssey: Text, story, content,<br />
themes, structure, setting, characters, central ideas,<br />
imagery and narrative technique<br />
• Virgil and The Aeneid: History, content, themes,<br />
structure, narrative technique<br />
• Ovid’s Metamorphoses: Significant themes,<br />
characters and narrative<br />
• Genesis: Creation<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes Upon completion <strong>of</strong> this course, students will accumulate a<br />
body <strong>of</strong> information about the varieties <strong>of</strong> classical tales<br />
from ancient Greek and Roman traditions; will develop<br />
critical and analytical skills to examine key themes and<br />
subjects in works considered to be most influential in<br />
Western literature;<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods To familiarize students with the great works <strong>of</strong> Homer,<br />
Virgil and Ovid; to encourage students to develop skills <strong>of</strong><br />
literary appreciation and analysis. The pattern <strong>of</strong> teaching<br />
will be based on formal lectures, class discussions and<br />
presentations. Students will also be given opportunities to<br />
work in groups to articulate their ideas in class on various<br />
themes and subjects related to the texts studied.<br />
Assignments<br />
Examination<br />
1 Mid-Term Exam, Presentation and 1 Final Exam<br />
Assessment • 1 Mid-Term: 30%<br />
• 1 Presentation: 10%<br />
• Quizzes : 10%<br />
• Final : 50%<br />
Reading List<br />
Homer; The Odyssey, Virgil, The Aeneid, Ovid,<br />
Metamorphoses, The Bible, Genesis, Creation
Course Code ENL 511<br />
Course Title<br />
Shakespeare I<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Fifth<br />
Language <strong>of</strong> Course English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Asst. Pr<strong>of</strong>. Dr. Esin Akalın<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 3<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 6<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 15 weeks<br />
Total Student StudyTime 160 hours, including lectures and class discussions.<br />
Objectives<br />
• To focus on Shakespeare’s life, works, theatre and<br />
audiences<br />
• To study selected Shakespearean comedies<br />
• To develop students’ critical understanding <strong>of</strong> the<br />
texts<br />
• To focus on language, theme and structure <strong>of</strong> the<br />
dramatic texts<br />
Syllabus<br />
• Shakespeare’s life and career<br />
• Political/intellectual/social context<br />
• Elizabethan playhouses and Acting Companies<br />
• A brief history <strong>of</strong> the Globe Theatre<br />
• Shakespeare’s texts and descriptions <strong>of</strong> the formats<br />
• Shakespearean Comedy: Romantic Comedies,<br />
Festive Comedies, Romances<br />
• Shakespeare’s sources<br />
• Literary Elements: Key themes, setting, structure,<br />
characterization, motifs, devices, dichotomy<br />
between art and nature, etc.<br />
• Shakespeare’s use <strong>of</strong> language: verse, prose,<br />
imagery, etc.<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes Upon completion <strong>of</strong> this course, students will have an<br />
understanding <strong>of</strong> the intellectual, social and dramatic<br />
contexts <strong>of</strong> the Shakespearean era; will be familiar with the<br />
theatrical practices <strong>of</strong> the Shakespearean stage; will have<br />
acquired an understanding <strong>of</strong> a variety <strong>of</strong> elements in<br />
Shakespearean comedies such as comic vision, comic<br />
resolution, structural coherence, thematic unity, court<br />
versus forest/woods, pastoral world, mistaken identities,<br />
disguise and so on.<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods To encourage students to contextualize and hence to deepen<br />
their understanding <strong>of</strong> Shakespeare’s comedies. To develop<br />
students’ comprehension <strong>of</strong> Shakespeare’s language (lexical<br />
range, syntax, imagery, rhetorical devices etc.). Apart from<br />
lectures and class discussions, students will also be given<br />
group assignments to enact scenes from each play in order<br />
to achieve a clearer view <strong>of</strong> the roles played by the<br />
characters.<br />
Assignments<br />
Students will be assigned to work in groups to enact scenes<br />
for each play studied in the course.<br />
Examination<br />
1 Mid-Term Exam , Presentations and 1 Final Exam
Assessment • 1 Mid-Term: 30%<br />
• 1 Presentation: 10%<br />
• Scene Preparat: 10%<br />
• Final : 50%<br />
Reading List<br />
A Midsummer Night’s Dream<br />
Twelfth Nigh,<br />
The Winter’s Tale<br />
The Tempest<br />
Course Code ENL 512<br />
Course Title<br />
Nineteenth Century English Novel I<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Fall<br />
Medium<br />
English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Dr. Ayşem Seval aseval@iku.edu.tr<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 3<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 6<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 15 weeks<br />
Total Student StudyTime 160 hours including lectures<br />
Objectives<br />
• To study earlier Victorian novels<br />
Syllabus<br />
• Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Wuthering<br />
Heights by Emily Brontë and North and South by<br />
Elizabeth Gaskell<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes ---<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods Lectures and discussions aim to familiarise the students with<br />
various components <strong>of</strong> novel genre in general and Victorian<br />
novel in particular and encourage them to analyse how each<br />
component is significant in terms <strong>of</strong> the overall effect <strong>of</strong> the<br />
specific works.<br />
Assignments ---<br />
Examination<br />
Class test(s), one midterm, one end-<strong>of</strong>-term written exam<br />
Assessment Midterm 30 %<br />
Class test(s) 30 %<br />
Final Exam 40 %<br />
Reading List<br />
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Wuthering Heights<br />
by Emily Brontë and North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Course Code ENL 513<br />
Course Title<br />
Literary Theory I<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered<br />
Fall<br />
Medium<br />
English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Dr. Ayşem Seval aseval@iku.edu.tr<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 3<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 6<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course<br />
14 weeks<br />
Total Student StudyTime<br />
160 hours including lectures<br />
Objectives<br />
Analysis <strong>of</strong> the texts selected from Plato to the<br />
second half <strong>of</strong> the nineteenth century<br />
Syllabus -<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes Lectures and discussions aim to familiarise the<br />
students with the major issues and concerns <strong>of</strong><br />
literary theory and criticism from classical antiquity<br />
to the first half <strong>of</strong> the nineteenth century.<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods Formal lectures and class discussions.<br />
Assignments -<br />
Examination<br />
• 1 Midterm<br />
• Final Exam<br />
Assessment • Midterm 40 %<br />
• Final 60 %<br />
Reading List<br />
• Plato, The Republic Book III-VII-X<br />
• Aristotle, From Poetics<br />
• Horace, Ars Poetica<br />
• Longinus, On the Sublime<br />
• Sidney, From Apology for Poetry<br />
• Johnson, Preface to Shakespeare<br />
• Wordsworth, “Preface to Lyrical Ballads”<br />
• Coleridge, Biographia Literaria (Chs. XIII,<br />
XIV,XVII)<br />
Course Code ENL 514<br />
Course Title<br />
Translation: English to Turkish III<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Fifth<br />
Language <strong>of</strong> Course English & Turkish<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Lecturer Pınar Besen<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 3<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 6<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 15 weeks<br />
Total Student StudyTime 150 hours<br />
Objectives<br />
• Being able to make translations <strong>of</strong> complex texts<br />
from the source language into the target language<br />
Syllabus<br />
• Texts <strong>of</strong> increasing complexity chosen according to
oth the interests <strong>of</strong> the students and the relevance to<br />
other courses <strong>of</strong> the semester<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes • By the end <strong>of</strong> the course, students will be expected<br />
to be able to make translations from the source<br />
language into the target language.<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods • Discussion <strong>of</strong> the process and techniques <strong>of</strong><br />
translation<br />
• Advanced practice in translation <strong>of</strong> complex texts<br />
through assignments<br />
• Editing <strong>of</strong> the assigned translations<br />
Assignments<br />
10 texts to translate, 2 <strong>of</strong> them chosen by the student<br />
Examination<br />
1 Midterm, 1 Final<br />
Assessment • Midterm % [ 30 ]<br />
• Final % [ 40 ]<br />
• Attendance % [ 10 ]<br />
• Individual works % [ 10 ]<br />
• Collective works % [ 10 ]<br />
Reading List ---<br />
Course Code ENL 611<br />
Course Title<br />
Shakespeare II<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Sixth<br />
Language <strong>of</strong> Course English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Dr. Nebile Direkçigil<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 3<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 6<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 15 weeks<br />
Total Student StudyTime<br />
Objectives<br />
• To analyse the dramatic poet’s use <strong>of</strong> language and<br />
stagecraft by a close reading <strong>of</strong> selected tragedies as<br />
produced in their original literary, historical and<br />
cultural contexts as well as in the light <strong>of</strong> modern<br />
critical approaches.<br />
Syllabus<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes<br />
• Romeo and Juliet<br />
• Othello<br />
• Macbeth<br />
• Hamlet<br />
• By the end <strong>of</strong> the course, students will have gained a<br />
critical awareness <strong>of</strong> the poet-dramatist’s use <strong>of</strong><br />
language and <strong>of</strong> his stagecraft, <strong>of</strong> the literary,<br />
historical and cultural issues <strong>of</strong> his time and their<br />
relevance to our own day.
Learning/ Teaching<br />
Methods<br />
Lectures.<br />
Students are expected to attend each session having read in<br />
advance the play under discussion.<br />
Assignments -<br />
Examination<br />
Midterm written examination and final written examination<br />
Assessment • Midterm 40 %<br />
• Final 60 %<br />
Reading List<br />
• Romeo and Juliet<br />
• Spurgeon, Catherine, “The Imagery <strong>of</strong> Romeo and<br />
Juliet”, Shakespeare’s Imagery, 1936.(handout)<br />
• Othello<br />
• Leavis, F.R., “Diabolic Intellect and the Noble<br />
Hero”, The Common Pursuit, (1952), 1969.<br />
(handout)<br />
• Macbeth<br />
• Hamlet<br />
• The Arden Edition Introductions to the individual<br />
plays.<br />
• Annotated editions, like the Arden Edition, are<br />
recommended.<br />
• Secondary material, mainly on critical approaches,<br />
will be assigned or provided by the lecturer<br />
Course Code ENL 612<br />
Course Title<br />
Nineteenth Century English Novel II<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Spring<br />
Medium<br />
English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Dr. Ayşem Seval aseval@iku.edu.tr<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 3<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 6<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 15 weeks<br />
Total Student StudyTime 160 hours including lectures<br />
Objectives<br />
• To study earlier Victorian novels<br />
Syllabus<br />
• Silas Marner by George Eliot, Jude the Obscure by<br />
Thomas Hardy and The Picture <strong>of</strong> Dorian Gray by<br />
Oscar Wilde<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes ---<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods Lectures and discussions aim to familiarise the students with<br />
various components <strong>of</strong> novel genre in general and Victorian<br />
novel in particular and encourage them to analyse how each<br />
component is significant in terms <strong>of</strong> the overall effect <strong>of</strong> the<br />
specific works.<br />
Assignments ---
Examination<br />
Class test(s), one midterm, one end-<strong>of</strong>-term written exam<br />
Assessment Midterm 30 %<br />
Class test(s) 30 %<br />
Final Exam 40 %<br />
Reading List<br />
Silas Marner by George Eliot, Jude the Obscure by<br />
Thomas Hardy and The Picture <strong>of</strong> Dorian Gray by Oscar<br />
Wilde<br />
Course Code ENL 613<br />
Course Title<br />
Literary Theory II<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Spring<br />
Language <strong>of</strong> Course English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Dr. Ayşem Seval<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 3<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 6<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 15 weeks<br />
Total Student StudyTime 160 hours including lectures<br />
Objectives<br />
• The course aims at presenting a selection <strong>of</strong> literary<br />
theories from 19th Century till our time. A<br />
chronological order will be followed in order to<br />
enable the student to make connections between the<br />
changes in the theories and methods <strong>of</strong> criticism in<br />
the course <strong>of</strong> time. At the end <strong>of</strong> the course the<br />
students will be able to comment about Marxist,<br />
formalist, structuralist, psychoanalitic, poststructuralist<br />
litarary theories.<br />
Syllabus<br />
• Marxist Literary Theory<br />
• Structuralism<br />
• Formalism/ Russian<br />
• Psychoanalytical Literary Theory<br />
• Poststructuralism<br />
• New Historicism<br />
• Postmodernism<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes By the end <strong>of</strong> the course, students will be expected to<br />
evaluate the theories listed above. They will be able to<br />
make criticisms, ask questions leading to fruitful<br />
discussions, give insight and make relevant connections<br />
between the theories.<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods Formal lectures and class discussions.<br />
Assignments --<br />
Examination<br />
• 1 Midterm<br />
• Final Exam<br />
Assessment • Midterm 40 %<br />
• Final 60 %
Reading List<br />
• Marx, from Grundrisse, The German Ideology,<br />
Capital<br />
• Saussure, from Course on General Linguistics<br />
• Shklovsky, from Art As Technique<br />
• Freud, The Uncanny<br />
• Lacan, from The Mirror Stage<br />
• Derrida, Différance<br />
• Foucault, On Power<br />
• Montrouse, New Historicism<br />
Course Code ENL 614<br />
Course Title<br />
Translation: English to Turkish IV<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Sixth<br />
Language <strong>of</strong> Course English & Turkish<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Lecturer Pınar Besen<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 3<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 6<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 15 weeks<br />
Total Student StudyTime 150 hours<br />
Objectives<br />
• Being able to make translations <strong>of</strong> complex texts<br />
from the source language into the target language<br />
Syllabus<br />
• Texts <strong>of</strong> increasing complexity chosen according to<br />
both the interests <strong>of</strong> the students and the relevance to<br />
other courses <strong>of</strong> the semester<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes • By the end <strong>of</strong> the course, students will be expected<br />
to be able to make translations from the source<br />
language into the target language.<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods • Discussion <strong>of</strong> the process and techniques <strong>of</strong><br />
translation<br />
• Advanced practice in translation <strong>of</strong> complex texts<br />
through assignments<br />
• Editing <strong>of</strong> the assigned translations<br />
Assignments<br />
10 texts to translate, 2 <strong>of</strong> them chosen by the student<br />
Examination<br />
1 Midterm, 1 Final<br />
Assessment • Midterm % [ 30 ]<br />
• Final % [ 40 ]<br />
• Attendance % [ 10 ]<br />
• Individual works % [ 10 ]<br />
• Collective works % [ 10 ]<br />
Reading List ---
Course Code ENL 711<br />
Course Title<br />
Irish Theatre<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Seventh<br />
Language <strong>of</strong> Course English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Asst. Pr<strong>of</strong>. Dr. Esin Akalın<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 3<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 6<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 15 weeks<br />
Total Student StudyTime 160 hours, including lectures and class discussions.<br />
Objectives<br />
• To question and evaluate the term ‘Irish’ as a<br />
personal, cultural and literary identity<br />
• To examine dramatic texts written by Irish authors in<br />
the last century<br />
• To foster an understanding <strong>of</strong> the political,<br />
historical, cultural and dramatic contexts in which<br />
these texts have been produced<br />
Syllabus<br />
• Historical Context: A brief overview <strong>of</strong> the historical<br />
and political condition <strong>of</strong> Ireland<br />
• Ideological Concern: Relationship between<br />
representation <strong>of</strong> Ireland and nature <strong>of</strong> cultural<br />
identity<br />
• Development <strong>of</strong> Irish Drama: Irish Literary Revival,<br />
Irish National Theatre and establishment <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Abbey Theatre<br />
• Dramatic Texts: Representation <strong>of</strong> Irishness on stage<br />
through socially and politically conscious plays<br />
• Anglo-Irish Playwrights: Focus on Irish born<br />
dramatists Bernard Shaw and Samuel Beckett<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes Upon completion <strong>of</strong> this course, students will have an<br />
awareness <strong>of</strong> the importance <strong>of</strong> the constitution <strong>of</strong> a<br />
category such as Irish Drama. By exploring key issues and<br />
themes that run through plays with Irish subject and setting,<br />
they will be able to analyze the relationship between<br />
dramatic text and context. Students will also have an<br />
understanding and awareness <strong>of</strong> the Irish background <strong>of</strong><br />
authors such as Samuel Beckett whose plays have changed<br />
the course <strong>of</strong> Western dramatic tradition.<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods To provide a historical context for Irish drama and to<br />
familiarize students with themes, forms and historical<br />
conditions that characterize Irish Theatre. Apart from<br />
lectures and class discussions, students will be also be given<br />
opportunities to work in groups to articulate their ideas in<br />
class on various topics related to the plays.<br />
Assignments<br />
Examination<br />
1 Mid-Term Exam , Presentation and 1 Final Exam<br />
Assessment • 1 Mid-Term: 30%<br />
• Quizzes: 20%<br />
• Final : 50%
Reading List<br />
Bernard Shaw, John Bull’s Other Island<br />
Lady Gregory, The Rising <strong>of</strong> the Moon<br />
W.B. Yeats, Purgatory<br />
J.M. Synge, Riders to the Sea<br />
Playboy <strong>of</strong> the Western World<br />
Sean O’Casey, Juno and the Paycock<br />
Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot<br />
Course ENL 712<br />
Code<br />
Course Title Modernism and British Poetry<br />
Semester(s) Seventh<br />
<strong>of</strong>fered<br />
Language <strong>of</strong> English<br />
Course<br />
Lecturer(s) Pr<strong>of</strong>. Dr. Nebile Direkçigil<br />
Prerequisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co – None<br />
requisit(ies)<br />
Credit 3<br />
Value<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 6<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> 14 weeks<br />
Course<br />
Total 160 hours including lectures<br />
Student<br />
StudyTime<br />
Objectives • To engage with selected modernist poems in their own literary and<br />
social/cultural contexts as well as in the light <strong>of</strong> contemporary critical<br />
approaches.<br />
Syllabus<br />
Intended<br />
Learning<br />
Outcomes<br />
Learning/<br />
Teaching<br />
Methods<br />
• The course will explore the poetry <strong>of</strong> Yeats, Lawrence, the World War<br />
One poets, and finally <strong>of</strong> Eliot. It will also consider Hardy as a poet to<br />
exert a vital influence during the new century.<br />
• By the end <strong>of</strong> the course, students will be expected to demonstrate a<br />
critical awareness <strong>of</strong> the poets’ use <strong>of</strong> language and their negotiations<br />
with tradition, language and style as well as their own historical and<br />
cultural contexts.<br />
Lectures<br />
Students are expected to attend each session having read in advance the poems<br />
under discussion and present their critical questions concerning the texts.<br />
Assignments -<br />
Examination Midterm written examination and final written examination<br />
Assessment • Midterm 40 %<br />
• Final 60 %
Course Code ENL 713<br />
Course Title<br />
Modernism and the British Novel<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Autumn<br />
Language <strong>of</strong> Course English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Anthony Lake<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
Credit Value 3<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 3<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course One semester<br />
Total Student StudyTime 45 class hours<br />
Objectives<br />
The course <strong>of</strong>fers students an introduction to and detailed<br />
study <strong>of</strong> the novel in the Modernist Period, exploring<br />
themes such as narrative style, symbolism, character and<br />
subjectivity, and meanings <strong>of</strong> Modernity<br />
Syllabus<br />
E. M. Forster: Where Angels Fear to Tread, Joseph Conrad:<br />
The Secret Agent, James Joyce: Dubliners, Virginia Woolf:<br />
To the Lighthouse<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes The course provides students with a detailed introduction to<br />
and study <strong>of</strong> selected novels by Joseph Conrad, James<br />
Joyce, Virginia Woolf and E. M. Forster. Novels will be<br />
considered in relation to their historical, social and cultural<br />
contexts, and the course will also provide students with the<br />
opportunity to develop further their skills <strong>of</strong> close reading<br />
and critical analysis <strong>of</strong> prose fiction.<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods Lectures and class group discussion<br />
Assignments<br />
Examination<br />
Assessment<br />
Reading List<br />
One Mid Term and One Final Examination, Class<br />
Participation<br />
Course Code ENL 714<br />
Course Title<br />
Translation: Turkish to English I<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Seventh<br />
Language <strong>of</strong> Course Turkish & English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Pınar Besen<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 3<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 5<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 15 weeks<br />
Total Student StudyTime 125 hours<br />
Objectives<br />
• Being able to make translations from the source<br />
language into the target language<br />
Syllabus<br />
• Texts <strong>of</strong> increasing complexity chosen<br />
according to both the interests <strong>of</strong> the students
Intended Learning<br />
Outcomes<br />
Learning/ Teaching<br />
Methods<br />
and the relevance to other courses <strong>of</strong> the<br />
semester<br />
• By the end <strong>of</strong> the course, students will be<br />
expected to be able to make translations from<br />
the source language into the target language.<br />
• Discussion <strong>of</strong> the process and techniques <strong>of</strong><br />
translation<br />
• Practice in translation through assignments<br />
• Editing <strong>of</strong> the assigned translations<br />
8 texts to translate, 2 <strong>of</strong> them chosen by the student<br />
1 Midterm, 1 Final<br />
Assignments<br />
Examination<br />
Assessment • Midterm % [ 30 ]<br />
• Final % [ 40 ]<br />
• Attendance % [ 10 ]<br />
• Individual works % [ 10 ]<br />
• Collective works % [ 10 ]<br />
Reading List ---<br />
Course Code ENL 715<br />
Course Title<br />
Research Methodology<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered First<br />
Language <strong>of</strong> Course English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Derya Altınmakas d.altinmakas@iku.edu.tr<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 3<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 4<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 15 weeks<br />
Total Student StudyTime 45 hours plus required research hours<br />
Objectives<br />
To develop the student awareness on how to make<br />
an academic research and put it in the paper according to the<br />
required formats.<br />
Syllabus<br />
Why do we write about literature?<br />
Identifying the Research Topic<br />
Library research and note-taking<br />
Elements <strong>of</strong> a Research Paper<br />
How and what to write about different literary genres<br />
MLA and APA Citation Styles<br />
Discourse analysis<br />
Question and Answer Sessions<br />
Writing the “Literature Review” part<br />
Writing the “Discussion” part<br />
Resarch Paper<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes By the end <strong>of</strong> the course, students will be expected<br />
to be able to write academic research papers
Learning/ Teaching Methods<br />
Assignments<br />
Examination<br />
Assessment<br />
Reading List<br />
Formal lectures, guidance <strong>of</strong> the lecturer, <strong>of</strong>fice hours and<br />
supervising.<br />
A Research Paper<br />
None<br />
30% Research Process<br />
30% First Draft<br />
40% Final Assignment<br />
MLA Handbook for Writers <strong>of</strong> Research Papers<br />
Barnet,S. and W.E. Cain, 2006, A Short <strong>Guide</strong> To<br />
Writing About Literature, US: Pearson/ Longman<br />
Griffith, K., 2002, Writing Essays about Literature, UK:<br />
Thomson/Wadsworth<br />
Course Code ENL 811<br />
Course Title<br />
Contemporary British Theatre<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Eighth<br />
Language <strong>of</strong> Course English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Asst. Pr<strong>of</strong>. Dr. Esin Akalın<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 3<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 6<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 15 weeks<br />
Total Student StudyTime 160 hours, including lectures and class discussions.<br />
Objectives<br />
• To examine British theatre from the middle <strong>of</strong> the<br />
twentieth century to the present through readings <strong>of</strong><br />
a wide range <strong>of</strong> dramatic genres<br />
• To foster an understanding <strong>of</strong> the relationship<br />
between drama and the political, social and cultural<br />
contexts from which these texts have emerged<br />
Syllabus<br />
• Defining Contemporary British Drama: New realism<br />
in Britain in the late 1950’s<br />
• Roots <strong>of</strong> New Realism: Existentialist and workingclass<br />
philosophies<br />
• Stylistic approach: Social/Socialist Realism and<br />
Naturalism<br />
• Thematic focus: socially and politically conscious<br />
plays<br />
• Dramatic genres: Kitchen Sink Drama, Angry<br />
Theatre, Theatre <strong>of</strong> the Absurd Theatre, etc.<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes At the end <strong>of</strong> the course, students should have had an<br />
awareness <strong>of</strong> the impact <strong>of</strong> drama in Britain in the 1960’s<br />
i.e. theatre’s potential for influencing audiences, function <strong>of</strong><br />
drama in raising social and political consciousness, nature<br />
<strong>of</strong> reception by the audiences, relationship between dramatic<br />
form and content.<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods To familiarize students with themes, forms and historical<br />
conditions that characterize British Contemporary Theatre<br />
from 1956 to the present. Apart from lectures and class
discussions, students will also be given opportunities to<br />
work in groups to articulate their ideas in class on various<br />
topics related to the plays.<br />
Assignments<br />
Examination<br />
1 Mid-Term Exam , Presentation and 1 Final Exam<br />
Assessment • 1 Mid-Term: 30%<br />
• Quizzes: 20%<br />
• Final : 50%<br />
Reading List<br />
John Osborne, Look Back in Anger<br />
Harold Pinter, Dumb Waiter<br />
Arnold Wesker, Roots<br />
Edward Bond, Bingo<br />
Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead<br />
Caryl Churchill, Top Girls<br />
Course Code ENL 812<br />
Course Title<br />
Contemporary British Poetry<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Eighth<br />
Language <strong>of</strong> Course English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Dr. Nebile Direkçigil<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 3<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 6<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 15 weeks<br />
Total Student StudyTime 160 hours including lectures<br />
Objectives<br />
• To acquaint students with the range and diversity <strong>of</strong><br />
various developments in British poetry from about<br />
the middle <strong>of</strong> the twentieth century to the present in<br />
the light <strong>of</strong> literary, cultural, and political contexts.<br />
Syllabus<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods<br />
• Auden<br />
• DylanThomas<br />
• Larkin<br />
• Hughes<br />
• Harrison<br />
• Heaney<br />
• Dunn<br />
• Duffy<br />
• By the end <strong>of</strong> the course, students will be expected<br />
to demonstrate a critical awareness <strong>of</strong> the poets’ use<br />
<strong>of</strong> language and <strong>of</strong> their reworking <strong>of</strong> traditional<br />
literary forms; demonstrate a sound knowledge <strong>of</strong><br />
the historical and cultural contexts in which they<br />
wrote.<br />
Lectures<br />
Students are expected to attend each session having read in
advance the poems under discussion and present their<br />
critical questions concerning the texts.<br />
Assignments -<br />
Examination<br />
Midterm written examination and final written examination<br />
Assessment • Midterm 40 %<br />
• Final 60 %<br />
Reading List<br />
• HUGH MACDIARMID: 1892-1978: from A Drunk<br />
Man Looks at the Thistle: 1.“Farewell to<br />
Dostoevski”; 2.“Yet Ha’e I Silence Left”, 1926;<br />
from In Memoriam James Joyce: 3. “We Must Look<br />
at the Harebell”<br />
• W. H. AUDEN: 1907-1973: 1. “Musée des Beaux<br />
Arts”; 2. “In Memory <strong>of</strong> W.B. Yeats”; 3. “The<br />
Public v. the Late Mr. William Butler Yeats”,<br />
Partisan Review, Spring 1939. (handout)<br />
• DYLAN THOMAS: 1914-1953: 1. “The Force that<br />
Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower”; 2.<br />
“Fern Hill”; 3. “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good<br />
Night”<br />
• PHILIP LARKIN: 1922- 85: 1. “Church Going”; 2.<br />
“CMXIV”; 3. “Talking in Bed”; 4. “Ambulances”;<br />
5. “High Windows”; 6. “Sad Steps”; 7. “The<br />
Whitsun Weddings” (handout)<br />
• TED HUGHES: 1930-1998: 1.“Wind”; 2. “Relic”;<br />
3. “Pike”;4. “Examination at the Womb-Door”; 5.<br />
“Theology”; 6. “The Seven Sorrows”; 7. “Daffodils”<br />
• TONY HARRISON: 1937- : 1 “Heredity”; 2.<br />
“National Trust”; 3. “Book Ends I”; 4. “Book Ends<br />
II”; 5. “Long Distance I”; 6. “ Long Distance II”; 7.<br />
“Turns”; 8. “Marked with D”<br />
• SEAMUS HEANEY: 1939- : 1. “Digging”; 2.“The<br />
Forge”;3. Punishment”;4. The Skunk”; 5. “12 Like a<br />
Convalescent”,from Station Island; 6.“The Sharping<br />
Stone”<br />
• DOUGLAS DUNN: 1942- : fr. Terry Street, 1969:1.<br />
“A Removal From Terry Street”; 2. “Men Of Terry<br />
Street”; 3. “The New Girls”; from Elegies, 1985: 4.<br />
“The Kaleidoscope”; from Barbarians, 1979: 5.<br />
“The Musician”; 6.“The Come-on; 7. “Gardeners”;<br />
8. “Here be Dragons”(handout)<br />
• The Norton Anthology <strong>of</strong> English Literature, vol.2,<br />
( 7 th ed. 2000) to be used for all the poems, unless<br />
indicated otherwise above.<br />
• Other secondary material, mainly on critical<br />
approaches, will be assigned or provided by the<br />
lecturer.
Course Code ENL 813<br />
Course Title<br />
Contemporary British Novel<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Second<br />
Language <strong>of</strong> Course English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 3<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 6<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 15 weeks<br />
Total Student StudyTime 45 class hours and students’ home-studies<br />
Objectives<br />
This course explores a selection <strong>of</strong> British novels to<br />
analyse the devices that are frequently employed in<br />
contemporary fiction: these include the narrative,<br />
structural, stylistic and thematic variations resulting<br />
from the changing conditions <strong>of</strong> society especially with<br />
the emergence <strong>of</strong> the postmodern condition.<br />
Syllabus<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes<br />
• General characteristics <strong>of</strong> post-war conditions<br />
• Introduction to contemporary novel<br />
• George Orwell and his satire, Malcolm Bradbury<br />
and his post-war idealisms<br />
• Postmodern Fiction: Jeanette Winterson and Peter<br />
Ackroyd<br />
• By the end <strong>of</strong> the course, students will be expected<br />
to evaluate the general aspects <strong>of</strong> contemporary<br />
fiction and compare it with the other periods.<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods Formal lectures and class discussions<br />
Assignments ---<br />
Examination<br />
Assessment<br />
Reading List • George Orwell, 1984<br />
• Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit<br />
• Peter Ackroyd, Chatterton<br />
• Doris Lessing, “To Room Nineteen”
Course Code ENL 814<br />
Course Title<br />
Translation: Turkish to English II<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Eight<br />
Language <strong>of</strong> Course Turkish & English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Lecturer Pınar Besen<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 3<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 5<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 15 weeks<br />
Total Student StudyTime 125 hours<br />
Objectives<br />
• Being able to make translations from the source<br />
language into the target language<br />
Syllabus<br />
• Texts <strong>of</strong> increasing complexity chosen according to<br />
both the interests <strong>of</strong> the students and the relevance to<br />
other courses <strong>of</strong> the semester<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes • By the end <strong>of</strong> the course, students will be expected<br />
to be able to make translations from the source<br />
language into the target language.<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods • Discussion <strong>of</strong> the process and techniques <strong>of</strong><br />
translation<br />
• Advanced practice in translation through<br />
assignments<br />
• Editing <strong>of</strong> the assigned translations<br />
Assignments<br />
8 texts to translate, 2 <strong>of</strong> them chosen by the student<br />
Examination<br />
1 Midterm, 1 Final<br />
Assessment • Midterm % [ 30 ]<br />
• Final % [ 40 ]<br />
• Attendance % [ 10 ]<br />
• Individual works % [ 10 ]<br />
• Collective works % [ 10 ]<br />
Reading List ---<br />
Course Code ENL 895<br />
Course Title<br />
Dissertation<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Second<br />
Language <strong>of</strong> Course English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
None<br />
Credit Value 3<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 6<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course 15 weeks<br />
Total Student StudyTime<br />
Objectives • The course serves as a seminar for students to<br />
develop their research skills and to help them in the
preparation <strong>of</strong> a scholarly writing. The course aims<br />
at teaching the students how to use libraries and<br />
internet as a research tool and resource; to think<br />
critically; to examine models <strong>of</strong> scholarly research<br />
and to develop writing and formatting skills. The<br />
students will be guided by the lecturer during the<br />
course <strong>of</strong> their studies in the <strong>of</strong>fice hours. The topics<br />
<strong>of</strong> research will be given to the students.<br />
Syllabus<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods<br />
Assignments<br />
Examination<br />
Assessment<br />
Reading List<br />
•<br />
• By the end <strong>of</strong> the course, students will be expected<br />
to write a scholarly dissertation on an academic<br />
hypothesis.<br />
supervision<br />
none<br />
none<br />
• none<br />
Course Code ENL 081<br />
Course Title<br />
Classical Tragedy<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Autumn<br />
Language <strong>of</strong> Course English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Anthony Lake<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
Credit Value 2<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 3<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course One semester<br />
Total Student StudyTime 30 class hours<br />
Objectives<br />
The course <strong>of</strong>fers students an introduction to and detailed<br />
study <strong>of</strong> the tragic drama <strong>of</strong> the Classical World, exploring<br />
themes such as dramaturgy, the relationship between<br />
Classical Drama and Classical societies and the origins <strong>of</strong><br />
tragedy<br />
Syllabus<br />
Aeschylus: The Oresteia; Sophocles: Antigone; Euripides:<br />
Medea<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes The course provides students with a detailed introduction <strong>of</strong><br />
the works <strong>of</strong> Classical tragedians such as Aeschylus,<br />
Sophocles, Euripides and Seneca, studied in relation to their<br />
positions as founders <strong>of</strong> the Western Dramatic Tradition and<br />
in the social, political and cultural contexts <strong>of</strong> Classical<br />
Greece and Rome. The course will also provide students<br />
with the opportunity to develop further their skills <strong>of</strong> close<br />
reading and critical analysis <strong>of</strong> tragic drama.<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods Lectures and class group discussion
Assignments<br />
Examination<br />
Assessment<br />
Reading List<br />
One Mid Term and One Final Examination, Class<br />
Participation<br />
Course Code ENL 082<br />
Course Title<br />
Introduction to American Poetry<br />
Semester(s) <strong>of</strong>fered Fall<br />
Language <strong>of</strong> Course English<br />
Lecturer(s)<br />
Anthony Lake<br />
Pre-requisit(ies)<br />
Co –requisit(ies)<br />
Credit Value 2<br />
<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 3<br />
Duration <strong>of</strong> Course One semester<br />
Total Student StudyTime 30 class hours<br />
Objectives<br />
Syllabus<br />
Intended Learning Outcomes<br />
Learning/ Teaching Methods<br />
Assignments<br />
Examination<br />
The course <strong>of</strong>fers students an introduction to and detailed<br />
study <strong>of</strong> American Poetry from Whitman to the present,<br />
exploring themes such as genre and verse form, tradition<br />
and modernity, the search for an American language, and<br />
meanings <strong>of</strong> Modernism and Post-Modernism in American<br />
Poetry<br />
The course provides students with a detailed introduction to<br />
and study <strong>of</strong> selected poetry by poets from Whitman to the<br />
present. Poems will be considered in relation to their<br />
historical, social and cultural contexts, and the course will<br />
also provide students with the opportunity to develop further<br />
their skills <strong>of</strong> close reading and critical analysis <strong>of</strong> poetry.<br />
Lectures and class group discussion<br />
One Mid Term and Final Examination and Class<br />
Participation<br />
Assessment Mid Term 40%, Final 40%, Class Participation 20%<br />
Reading List