This course offers a study of how the socio-economic and cultural changes in eighteenth-century Britain brought about the emergence of the novel genre. And various components of this new genre are explored through selected works from the period to introduce students to key critical debates concerning fiction and the novel in the eighteenth century.
Prerequisite(s)
None
Corequisite(s)
None
Special Requisite(s)
None
Instructor(s)
Assist. Prof. Dr. Defne Demir
Course Assistant(s)
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Schedule
Thursday 14:00-17:00,
Office Hour(s)
Wednesday: 15:00-17:00
Teaching Methods and Techniques
Lectures and discussions
Principle Sources
Defoe, Daniel. Moll Flanders. (London: Penguin Popular Classics, 2008).
Sterne, Laurence. Tristram Shandy. (London: Penguin Classics, 2003).
Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. (London: Penguin Popular Classics, 2007).
Other Sources
Watt, Ian. The Rise of the Novel: Studies in Defoe, Richardson and Fielding. London: Pimlico, 2000.
Allen, Walter - The English Novel. Penguin, 1954.
Eagleton, Terry - The English Novel - An Introduction. Wiley-Blackwell, 2004
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Historical and social background to the Eighteenth Century, What Changed in Eighteenth cent
Lectures and discussions
2. Week
Introduction to the birth of the novel genre: Individualism, middle class, print culture,
Lectures and discussions
3. Week
Introduction to the birth of the novel genre: Realism, the rising levels of literacy and education.
Lectures and discussions
4. Week
Prostitution, the coffee house
culture, the public and the private spheres
Lectures and discussions
5. Week
Reading Moll Flanders
William Hogarth: A Harlot's Progress
Lectures and discussions
6. Week
Moll Flanders - high and low culture
William Hogarth: A Rake's Progress
Lectures and discussions
7. Week
Moll Flanders - luxury consumption and class
William Hogarth: Marriage-a-la-Mode
Lectures and discussions
8. Week
Midterms
Midterms
9. Week
Tristram Shandy; fiction vs life, oddball or Postmodern before its time?
Lectures and discussions
10. Week
Tristram Shandy;
The high & the low art: William Hogarth, Joshua Reynolds,
Lectures and discussions
11. Week
Tristram Shandy;
18th cent artists: Henry Purcell, David Garrick, Thomas Rowlandson,
Lectures and discussions
12. Week
Pride and Prejudice - Sense, sensibility & wit, the Marriage Market
Lectures and discussions
13. Week
Pride and Prejudice - Women and Inheritance
Lectures and discussions
14. Week
Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice - Decorum & the indecorus
Lectures and discussions
15. Week
Extra sessions
16. Week
Study Week
17. Week
Finals
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
35
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
20
Final Exam
1
45
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Show knowledge of a substantial range of authors, movements and texts from different periods of literary history.
PO-2
Identify the intellectual, cultural and socio-historical contexts in which literature
is written and read.
PO-3
Employ the necessary skills in the reading, analysis and in appreciation of literature.
PO-4
Recognize, interpret, and comment on rhetorical and figurative language.
PO-5
Identify, distinguish between and assess the distinctive characteristics of texts written in the principle literary genres.
PO-6
Recall and define key terms and concepts relating to language, literature and/or culture.
PO-7
Recognize the role of different social and cultural contexts in affecting meaning.
PO-8
Demonstrate responsiveness to the central role of language in the creation of meaning.
PO-9
Recognize different structures and discourse functions of the English language.
PO-10
Display competence both in written and/or oral expression and in the
communication of ideas in a variety of contexts.
PO-11
Demonstrate critical skills in the close reading, description, interpretation,
and analysis of literary and non-literary texts.
PO-12
Use logical thought, critical reasoning, and rhetorical skills to effectively
construct arguments.
PO-13
Apply guided research skills including the ability to gather, sift, organize and
present information and material.
PO-14
Show competence in planning, preparation and revision of essays,
presentations, and other written and project work.
PO-15
Reflect on ethical and philosophical issues raised in literary, critical, and
cultural texts.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
Demonstrate understanding of the role of social and intellectual context of eighteenth century England in the development of the novel genre
LO-2
Recognize various narrative conventions in eighteenth-century fiction
LO-3
Recall and define the key terms and concepts relating to the era and the genre
LO-4
Engage critically with literary texts and to analyse their form and content
LO-5
link the content of the texts with the cultural context of the eighteenth century
