The aim of the course is to study intertextuality from simple allusion to complete transposition of texts.
Prerequisite(s)
---
Corequisite(s)
---
Special Requisite(s)
---
Instructor(s)
Course Assistant(s)
---
Schedule
---
Office Hour(s)
---
Teaching Methods and Techniques
Lecture, discussion
Principle Sources
Milton, Paradise Lost
Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
John Gardner, Grendel
Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Jane Smiley, A Thousand Acres
John Barth, Chimera
Other Sources
Kristeva, Julia. Desire in Language: A Semiotic Approach to Literature and Art. New York: Columbia University Press, 1980.
Genette, Gerard. Palimpsests: Literature in the Second Degree. Nebraska University Press, 1997.
Bakhtin, M. M. The Dialogic Imagination. Austin: The University of Texas Press, 1981.
Hutcheon, Linda, A Theory of Parody: The Teachings of Twentieth-Century Art Forms. New York: Methuen, 1985.
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Introduction
Reading, discussion, writing papers
2. Week
Forms of Intertexuality
Reading, discussion, writing papers
3. Week
Revered hypotexts: Beowulf
Reading, discussion, writing papers
4. Week
Grendel
Reading, discussion, writing papers
5. Week
Revered hypotexts:
The Bible
Reading, discussion, writing papers
6. Week
Paradise Lost
Reading, discussion, writing papers
7. Week
Paradise Lost
Reading, discussion, writing papers
8. Week
Genre Parody: The Gothic
Reading, discussion, writing papers
9. Week
Northanger Abbey
Reading, discussion, writing papers
10. Week
Northanger Abbey
Reading, discussion, writing papers
11. Week
Shakespeare Re-Invented: Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern Are Dead
Reading, discussion, writing papers
12. Week
Shakespeare Re-Invented: A Thousand Acres
Reading, discussion, writing papers
13. Week
Ancient Tales Re-Visited:
Chimera
Reading, discussion, writing papers
14. Week
Chimera
Reading, discussion, writing papers
15. Week
Study Week
16. Week
Final Exams Week
17. Week
Final Exams Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
2
20
Project(s)
1
50
Attendance
70
30
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of literary texts, authors, genres and movements.
PO-2
Display a thorough understanding of literary research methodology and different critical approaches to literature.
PO-3
Analyze texts from different theoretical perspectives.
PO-4
Develop a critical understanding of literature.
PO-5
Know how to conduct independent research in English studies.
PO-6
Articulate and share interpretation of texts and contexts in carefully constructed
arguments.
PO-7
Apply precise critical terminology in the presentation of analysis and research.
PO-8
Engage in scholarly debates about their academic subjects.
PO-9
Critically examine and use the latest research materials in their academic discipline.
PO-10
Identify the ways both explicit and implicit cultural norms and assumptions affect perceptions and judgements.
PO-11
Recognize the interdisciplinary aspects of English Studies and its complex relationship with other disciplines and forms of knowledge.
PO-12
Develop a capacity to pursue academic studies at the doctoral level.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
After taking this course, the students will understand the intertextual relationships
among texts
LO-2
Develop a critical understanding of the concept of appropiation of language and
meaning
LO-3
Identify the principles at work in any re-writing of texts
LO-4
Grasp the intentions implicit in different renderings of the same text and evocations of
earlier texts.
