Lesson plan / TEXTUAL ANALYSIS-I

Lesson Information

Course Credit 4.0
Course ECTS Credit 5.0
Teaching Language of Instruction İngilizce
Level of Course Bachelor's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 6, EQF-LLL: Level 6, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of Course Compulsory
Mode of Delivery Face-to-face
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience? Z
Course Coordinator
Instructor (s) Assoc. Prof. (Ph.D.) MURAT LÜLECİ
Course Assistant

Purpose and Content

The aim of the course During this course of study, students are expected to recognize and evaluate short texts by reading and analysing several literary texts, completing two quizzes, presenting formal individual/group presentations, producing formal, typed literary responses, and performing satisfactorily on midterm and final exams.
Course Content Reading and analysis of several literary texts including short stories, poems, plays, and novel chapters while focusing on the main elements of each genre.

Weekly Course Subjects

1Introduction to the course.
2Why Bother Reading Fiction? Elements of a short story: Plot & Character: Katherine Mansfield's "Mr. Reginald Peacock's Day" Margaret Atwood's "Happy Endings"
3Character & Theme: Elizabeth Bowen's "Tears, Idle Tears" William Carlos Williams' "The Use of Force"
4Point of View: Ernest Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants" William Faulkner's ''A Rose for Emily''
5Allegory and Symbolism: Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown"
6The Elements of Drama: Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman"
7The Elements of Drama: Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman"
8Midterm
9Setting, Character, Narrative in Novel: Chapter Analysis
10Setting, Character, Narrative in Novel: Chapter Analysis
11Elements of Poetry: Imagery: Mathew Arnold's "Dover Beach" Irony: W. H. Auden's "The Unknown Citizen"
12Literary Prose: A selection
13Literary Prose: A selection
14FINAL EXAM

Resources

**Gioia, Dana. Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry and Drama. Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers, 1997.
**Sylvan Barnet_ William Burto_ William E Cain - An introduction to literature: fiction, poetry, and drama. Pearson_Longman, 2008.
Hawthorn, Jeremy. Studying the novel: An introduction. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016.
Gill, Richard. Mastering english literature. Macmillan International Higher Education, 2006.