Course Information

Course Information

Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
18TH CENTURY BRITISH NOVEL	DİNG218	4. Semester	3 + 0	3.0	6.0

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	This course provides an introduction to the formal and thematic features of the eighteenth-century English novel. The rise and evolution of the novel from the amatory fictions of Eliza Haywood and Aphra Behn to the comic satires of Henry Fielding shall be surveyed within the historical, cultural and political context of the century. We will examine how the novelists of the long eighteenth century experimented with the possibilities of the genre and developed new strategies to portray the societal changes taking place around them on the printed page. As we read some of the earliest texts that helped define the emerging genre, students will gain insight into the function of the novel to teach, to question, and to accommodate changing definitions of nation, religion, class, gender and family. The course is intended to assist students in achieving the following learning objectives: To analyse the distinctive literary features of the novel as it appeared in England in the 18th century and understand the critical questions surrounding the emergence of the genre. To examine different theories regarding the origins of the novel in the English literary tradition and assess them within a critical context. To analyse the selected novels from the period and form critical opinions about their historical, cultural and literary merits.
Course Content	Novels by such novelists as Defoe, Richardson and Fielding are studied and analysed.
Learning Outcomes	1) Acquire the ability to read, understand and analyse the Eighteenth Century English Novels. 2) Gain knowledge of the history, politics, social structure and economy of the Eighteenth Century England. 3) Develop the ability to study on the works of the Eighteenth Century English novelists. 4) Acquire the abilities to research, to analyse and synthesise, to think critically.