Course Information

Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
TEXTUAL ANALYSIS: SHORT STORY AND PROSE	DİNG105	1. Semester	3 + 0	3.0	5.0

Prerequisites

None

Language of Instruction	English
Course Level	Bachelor's Degree
Course Type	Compulsory
Mode of delivery	Lecture, close reading, textual analysis, discussion.
Course Coordinator
Instructors	Ece ÇAKIR
Assistants
Goals	This course aims at developing the students abilities to read, comprehend, interpret and express their opinions both orally and in written works; to minimize their difficulties in reading and comprehending the texts; and to teach the basic elements and concepts of literature.
Course Content	This course is an introduction to literature through short stories. In a series of lectures we will discuss specific terms and elements relating to the study of fiction in the light of various short stories in English. We will analyse the elements of fiction (i.e. plot, structure, characterisation, point of view, setting, theme, symbolism, tone and style), examine how these elements work together, and most importantly practise the art of close reading on a range of texts.
Learning Outcomes	1) Explains the basic terms and concepts of prose and short story. 2) Provides skills to read, comprehend and analyse prose works and short stories. 3) Explains the historical, political, cultural, sociological and economic events related to the studied texts. 4) Contributes to the acquisiton of English reading, writing and speaking skills.

Week	Topics	Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques	Study Materials
1. Week	Introduction to the Course	Lecture	Homework
2. Week	Nicholas Wade's "The Tree of Language" and E. Hemingway's "A Very Short Story"	Lecture	Homework
3. Week	Guy de Maupassant's "Moonlight"	Lecture	Homework
4. Week	Plot: Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path"	Lecture	Homework
5. Week	Shirley Jackson "The Lottery"	Lecture	Homework
6. Week	Characterisation	Lecture	Homework
7. Week	Katherine Mansfield "Her First Ball"	Lecture	Homework
8. Week	Setting	Lecture	Homework
9. Week	Kate Chopin "The Story of an Hour"	Lecture	Homework
10. Week	Point of View: James Joyce "Araby"	Lecture	Homework
11. Week	Tone and Style: Edgar A. Poe "Tell-Tale Heart"	Lecture	Homework
12. Week	Symbolism	Lecture	Homework
13. Week	John Steinbeck "The Chrysanthemums"	Lecture	Homework
14. Week	Revision and Discussion	Lecture	Homework

Recommended Sources

Ann Charters, The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction

Martin Gray, A Dictionary of Literary Terms

Richard Bausch, The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction

Robert Scholes, Elements of Fiction: An Anthology

Stella Cottrell, The Study Skills Handbook

Measurement and Evaluation Methods and Techniques

One midterm and one final exam

*DK = Course's Contrubution.

	0	1	2	3	4	5
Level of contribution	None	Very Low	Low	Fair	High	Very High

Event	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week)	14	3	42
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening)	11	7	77
Midterm Exam	1	1	1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam	1	5	5
Final Exam	1	2	2
Time to prepare for Final Exam	1	8	8
	1	1	1
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course			30