Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
MEDIEVAL LITERATURE DİNG205 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
Course Coordinator
Instructors Zümre Gizem YILMAZ KARAHAN
Assistants
Goals The aim of the course is to scrutinize certain works of the Medieval English Literature.
Course Content The works written between the dates Anglo-Norman and Renaissance periods,and the development of Middle English and Middle English literature will be evaluated in light of historical and social background.
Learning Outcomes 1) It compares medieval language with Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, Norman French, and Latin and deals with their interactions.
2) Examines medieval literature; historical, legal, political, cultural, sociological, religious, philosophical and economic.
3) S/he discusses the history of medieval art in the context of iconography, ecphrastic literature, manuscript miniatures, tombstone sculptures, brass drawings and stained glass.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Introduction: the Old English Period & Anglo-Saxon England Lecture; Question Answer
Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework
2. Week Introduction to The Middle Ages: Social, Historical Background Lecture
Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Introduction to Middle English Lecture; Discussion
Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week The Birth of the Romance Genre: Types of Romance Lecture
Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Sir Thomas Malory, from Le Morte d’Arthur, “The Noble Tale of the Sangreal” Lecture
Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Lecture
Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales - The General Prologue Lecture
Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week The Knight’s Tale and The Wife of Bath’s Tale Lecture
Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Midterm Problem Solving
Opinion Pool
Brain Based Learning 		Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
10. Week Visionary Literature (Dream Vision) Geoffrey Chaucer’s works: House of Fame, Parliament of Fowls Lecture
Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Geoffrey Chaucer & William Langland: Allegory from The Vision of Piers Plowman Lecture
Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Medieval Drama: Mystery Plays from The Wakefield Second Shepherds' Play Lecture
Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Morality Play: The Somonyng of Everyman Lecture
Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Fable: Robert Henryson’s The Cock and the Fox Lecture
Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Brodey, Kenneth, and Fabio Malgaretti, editors. Focus on English and American Literature. Modern Languages, 2002.
Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, Trans. N.Coghill (Harmondsworth: Penguin,1987)
G. Chaucer, Love Visions: The Book of Duchess, House of Fame, Parliament of Birds, Legend of Good Women, Trans. B.Stone (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1987)
Greenblatt, Stephen, editor. Norton Anthology of English Literature. 8th ed., vol. 1, W. W. Norton & Company, 2006.

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program RequirementsContribution LevelDK1DK2DK3
PY15000
PY25000
PY35000
PY55000

*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
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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 4 1
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 4 2
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 5 2
Final Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Final Exam 6 2
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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Course Information
  • Course Information
  • Weekly Topics (Content)
  • Sources Used in This Course
  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
  • ECTS credits and course workload