COMPARATIVE NOVEL
- Course
- ELLE504 - COMPARATIVE NOVEL
- Department
- English Language and Literature - English - Master
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 8
- T+P+L
- 3 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- -
- Prerequisite
- -
Course Description
In this course various novels selected from various literatures will be analyzed. Various critical angles will lie employed as to analyze the novels from many perspectives such as characterization, theme, social and cultural patterns and construction. This course also aims to familiarize students with the main genres and movements, novelists and the novels of American and British Literature; help students analyse and discuss novels in terms of character, theme, plot structure, narration technique, point of view, language and style; compare and contrast two novels; and write an article comparing two novels. The course will focus on novels form different contemporary world literatures.
COMPARATIVE NOVEL
Evaluation Tools (Active Term)
No evaluation items have been defined.
Course outcomes
No course outcomes have been defined yet.
Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction to the course, Planning and Organisation |
| Week 2 | Birth and rise of novel, types of novel |
| Week 3 | Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, Impressionism, Colonialism, Indirect Narration |
| Week 4 | Billy Budd by Herman Melville, Romanticism, Theme of existence of evil |
| Week 5 | The Call of the Wild by Jack London, Naturalism |
| Week 6 | The Color Purple by Alice Walker, Epistolary Novel |
| Week 7 | The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, transition form realism to modernism |
| Week 8 | Midterm exam |
| Week 9 | Cairo Modern by Naguip Mahfouz |
| Week 10 | Bayram Holiday |
| Week 11 | Daisy Miller by Henry James, Realism, American vs. European |
| Week 12 | A Passage to India by E. M. Forster, Post-colonial Literature, Clash of cultures |
| Week 13 | The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald, Realism, Roaring Twenties, Symbolism |
| Week 14 | Final |
| Week 15 | Final |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, Billy Budd by Herman Melville,
- 02 The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald, Daisy Miller by Henry James,
- 03 A Passage to India by E. M. Forster, The Color Purple by Alice Walker, The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- 04 The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemningway
Learning Outcomes
No learning outcomes have been defined.
Program Outcomes
No program outcomes have been defined.
Po-Lo Matrix
The PO-LO matrix has not been populated yet.