Ä°DE656 - CHAUCER
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHAUCER | Ä°DE656 | Any Semester/Year | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7.5 |
| Prequisites | None | |||||
| Course language | English | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Question and Answer Preparing and/or Presenting Reports Other: Textual analysis | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Department members | |||||
| Course objective | The aim of this course is to enable the student to examine and discuss the works of Geoffrey Chaucer within the literary, political, social and historical background of the Middle Ages through analysing and discussing the representative works of the poet. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | The course covers an in-depth study of the representative works of Geoffrey Chaucer within the literary, political, social and historical background of the Middle Ages. Chaucer's works are studied in relation to major classical and medieval authors and their works that Chaucer uses and is influenced by. | |||||
| References | Larry D. Benson, ed. The Riverside Chaucer. Moris Bishop. The Penguin Book of the Middle Ages. Derek Brewer. Chaucer and His World. G.G. Coulton. Medieval Panaroma. Jill Mann. Chaucer and Medieval Estates Satire. M. McKisack. The Fourteenth Century. Helen Phillips. An Introduction to the Canterbury Tales: Reading, Fiction, Context. M. Slack. Medieval England: A Social and Economic History. Paul Strohm. Social Chaucer. Other relevant books and/or articles. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction, social, historical and political background of the Middle Ages |
| Week 2 | Classical and medieval literary heritage, influences of Guillaume de Lorris and Jeun de Meun's The Romance of the Rose, Dante's Divine Comedy, Boethius's The Consolation of Philosophy, Ovid's Ars Amatoria on Chaucer |
| Week 3 | Chaucer's short poems, the analysis of the literature, writer and writing of the works in the Middle Ages through examination of Chaucer's short poems, Gentilesse, Chaucers Wordes unto Adam, His Owne Scriveyn ve The Complaint of Chaucer to His Purse |
| Week 4 | The analysis of Chaucer's works and literary forms of Medieval English literature, complaint, allegory, chivalry, courtly love and dream vision and frame tale tradition, Chaucer's works written in dream vision tradition |
| Week 5 | Parlement of Foules and Prologue to The Legend of Good Women |
| Week 6 | Mid-Term Exam |
| Week 7 | Troilus and Criseyde |
| Week 8 | Troilus and Criseyde |
| Week 9 | Chaucer and frame tale convention, Canterbury Tales: General Prologue |
| Week 10 | Canterbury Tales: Main themes |
| Week 11 | Mid-Term Exam |
| Week 12 | Canterbury Tales: Main themes |
| Week 13 | Canterbury Tales: Main themes |
| Week 14 | Canterbury Tales: Main themes |
| Week 15 | Final Exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 1 | 5 |
| Presentation | 1 | 5 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 2 | 40 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 4 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 14 | 14 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 2 | 24 | 48 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 35 | 35 |
| Total Workload | 33 | 110 | 225 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Has expert knowledge in English language and literature, and culture. | X | ||||
| 2. Has expert knowledge of literature, literary genres and literary terms. | X | ||||
| 3. Has the necessary theoretical interdisciplinary knowledge to research and interpret texts of various genres in English literature in historical, social, cultural, economic, political, philosophical, and ecological contexts. | X | ||||
| 4. Develops advanced critical, creative and analytical thinking skills. | X | ||||
| 5. . Collects knowledge about English language, literature, and culture by utilizing information technologies and research methods, in both individual and collective work, and shares it in professional national and international educational environments. | X | ||||
| 6. Analyses literary and cultural texts using related theories and an interdisciplinary approach. | X | ||||
| 7. The student has the necessary knowledge and skill for teaching English language, literature and culture in national and international environments. | X | ||||
| 8. Conducts interdisciplinary research with critical and creative thinking skills, solves problems, and expresses the results in national and international professional and social contexts. | X | ||||
| 9. Examines English literature, culture, history, and society through both curriculum-based and extracurricular activities, develops an unbiased and open-minded attitude toward their own culture and other cultures. | X | ||||
| 10. Adopts an unbiased, respectful and open-minded attitude concerning different religions, languages, races, sexes and social classes. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest