The Age of Satire

Course Code:

ELIT 316

Semester:

Spring

Course Type:

Area Elective

P:

3

Credits:

3

ECTS:

5

Course Language:

English

Courses given by:

Mehmet Oğuz Cebeci

Nina Cemiloğlu

Course Objectives:

To give an overview of British literature between 1660-1760 within historical and cultural contexts

Course Content:

17th-18th century neoclassical works by selected authors

Course Methodology:

1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion, 12: Text Study

Course Evaluation Methods:

A: Testing B: Presentation C: Homework

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Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes	Programme Learning Outcomes	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
1) Knowledge of and ability to make close readings of literary works between 1660-1800	1, 2	1,2,3	A
2) Knowledge of the intellectual, historical, political and religious context of the works	1, 7, 10	1,2,3	A
3) Ability to write essays and commentaries on the works of the period	1, 2, 3	1,2,3	A
4) To analyze selected works of the period, developing an understanding of how the art of satire is exercised—stiletto or scimitar	1, 2, 7	1,2,3	A
5) To equip the students with knowledge of works and authors of the age	2, 3, 7	1,2,3	A
6) To understand the development of English literature throughout the Neoclassical Period,(The Augustan Age/The Age of Satire)	2, 7	1,2,3	A

Course Flow

COURSE CONTENT
Week	Topics	Study Materials
1	Historical overview of the period known by various titles such as The Age of Satire, The Age of Reason, The Augustan Age, and The Neoclassical Age.
2	Diarists John Evelyn (1620—1706) and Samuel Pepys (1633—1703): Diary; Samuel Butler (1612—1680) Hudibras
3	John Dryden (1631—1700): Absalom and Achitophel; Mac Flecknoe; The Heroic Couplet; Ode: A Song for St. Cecilia’s Day
4	Daniel Defoe (1660—1731): The Education of Women (1660—1731)
5	The Periodical/Journalism; The Review by Daniel Defoe; The Examiner by Jonathan Swift; The Idler; The Rambler by Samuel Johnson; The Tatler and The Spectator by Addison and Steele
6	Parody and Satire; Butler and Dryden, Pope and Gay, and Swift Horatian versus Juvenalian
7	The Novel; Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Tobias Smollett, Laurence Sterne
8	Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe; A Journal of the Plague Year;
9	The mock-epic or mock-heroic poem and the “town eclogue”: Alexander Pope: An Essay on Man; An Essay on Criticism; The Rape of The Lock;
10	Jonathan Swift: Literary satire: The Battle of the Books; Religious satire: A Tale of a Tub; Political satire: A Modest Proposal; Gulliver’s Travels; “A Description of a City Shower”
11	Swift: “A Satirical Elegy on the Death of a Late Famous General”
12	Samuel Johnson; Letter to the Earl of Chesterfield
13	Addison and Steele:The Tatler and The Spectator; “On Party Patches; “On Women’s Use of Fans
14	Presentations
15	Recap

Recommended Sources

RECOMMENDED SOURCES
Sixteenth-century Poetry, ed. Emrys Jones, OUP; Seventeenth Century Poetry The Annotated Anthology, ed. Robert Cummings,
Additional poems

Assessment

ASSESSMENT
IN-TERM STUDIES	NUMBER	PERCENTAGE
Homework/Classwork		10
Mid-terms	1	40
Final	1	50
Total		100
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE		50
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE		50
Total		100

Course’s Contribution to Program

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAMME
No	Programme Learning Outcomes	Contribution
No	Programme Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	The ability to apply knowledge of English and world literature and social sciences to topics including culture, society, ethics, politics etc.				X
2	The ability to review, analyse and apply the relevant literature.				X
3	The ability to carry out interdisciplinary reading and analysis.		X
4	The ability to utilise the basic concepts and issues of literary theories in developing life strategies		X
5	Awareness of professional ethics and responsibility				X
6	Effective communication skills.				X
7	A sufficiently broad education to understand the global and social impact of literary movements.		X
8	An awareness of the importance of lifelong learning and the ability to put it into practice.			X
9	A knowledge of issues in contemporary literature and of the cultural issues of the period.				X
10	The ability to use sources and modern tools in order to carry out research in the areas of literature and aesthetics.			X

ECTS

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 15x Total course hours)	15	3	45
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	15	3	45
Homework	1	10	10
Assessment		30	30

Total Work Load			130
Total Work Load / 25 (h)			5.2
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

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