Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
16TH - 17TH CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE DİNG207 3. 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 and discussion
Course Coordinator
Instructors Emrah ÖZBAY
Assistants
Goals The aim of the course is to familiarize with the works of the playwrights, poets and prose writers of the period covered.
Course Content The course concentrate on literature composed in the English Renaissance (1500-1660), namely the Elizabethan Age (1558-1603), the Jacobean Age (1603-1625), the Caroline Age (1625-1649) and the Commonwealth Period (1649-1660).
Learning Outcomes 1) Ability to perform close reading on literary texts, recognise key passages and comprehend the literal and figurative uses of language
2) Ability to examine a variety of literary genres with a specific focus on various narrative techniques and structures
3) Ability to explore the structural elements of language in fiction, poetry, non-fiction prose and drama
4) Appreciation of literary texts in their social, political, cultural, economic and historical contexts

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Background to the English Renaissance (Social, Historical, Literary) The Growth of English Language (The Elizabethan Age and the Seventeenth Century) Lecture
Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework
2. Week Science, Philosophy, Religion, Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) Utopia [The Geography of Utopia] [Their Gold and Silver] [Marriage Customs] [Religions] [Conclusion] Lecture
Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework
3. Week Francis Bacon (1561-1626) “Of Truth”, “Of Marriage and Single Life”, “Of Great Place” Lecture
Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework
4. Week Elizabethan Poetry: Love Lyrics and Sonnets, Edmund Spencer (1552-1599) Amoretti-Sonnet 75 Lecture
Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework
5. Week Edmund Spencer “The Shepherd’s Calendar” The Faerie Queene Lecture
Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework
6. Week Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586) “Astrophil and Stella” [Sonnet 31] [Sonnet 39] Lecture
Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework
7. Week “The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia” [The Absent Urania] [The Country of Arcadia] [Kalander tells about Basilius] “The Defence of Poesy” [The Poet, Poetry] Lecture
Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework
8. Week Christopher Marlowe: “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618) “The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd” Lecture
Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework
9. Week Shakespearean Sonnets Lecture
Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework
10. Week Renaissance Drama: Shakespeare, Marlowe, Kyd, Greene, Dekker, Middleton, Webster, Thomas Dekker The Shoemaker’s Holiday Lecture
Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework
11. Week Thomas Dekker The Shoemaker’s Holiday Lecture
Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework
12. Week Renaissance Drama: Shakespeare, Marlowe, Kyd, Greene, Dekker, Middleton, Webster, Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) Doctor. Faustus Lecture
Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework
13. Week THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY (1625-1700) I. Civil War and Restoration II. The Metaphysical Poets, John Donne (1572-1631) “The Good Morrow” “The Flea” “Holly Sonnet 10” (Death be not Proud), Andrew Marvell (1621-1678) “To His Coy Mistress” Lecture
Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework
14. Week John Milton (1608-1674) Paradise Lost, Book I (Lines 1-83), Book IX-9 (Lines 494-794 Satan’s temptation of Eve) Lecture
Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Abrams, M. H (ed.). The Norton Anthology of English Literature Volume 1. Sixth Edition. London: W.W. Norton & Company, 1993.
Abrams, M. H. A Glossary of Literary Terms. Eighth Edition. Boston: Thomson Wadsworth, 2005.
Gassner, John & William Green (ed.). Elizabethan Drama: Eight Plays. Cambs: Applause Books, 1990.
Rowse, A. L. The Elizabethan Renaissance: The Cultural Achievement. London: Macmillan, 1972.

Assessment
Measurement and Evaluation Methods and Techniques
Midterm, final exam
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 5
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 3
Homework 3 5
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 1 5
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 5 1
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 5 1
1 1
1 2
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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Course Information
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  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
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