Erciyes University - Info Package

Course unit title	Level of course unit	Course unit code	Type of course unit	Semester of course unit	Local credit	ECTS credit	Syllabus
SELECTIONS FROM WORLD LITERATURE	Third cycle	ELIT413		7	3.00	3.00	Print

Description of course unit

Prerequisites and course requisities	-
Language of instruction	MODERN ENGLISH
Coordinator	DR. HÜLYA TAFLI DÜZGÜN
Lecturer(s)	DR. HÜLYA TAFLI DÜZGÜN, DR.CRISTINA NICOLAESCU
Teaching assitant(s)	-
Mode of delivery	Face to Face Education
Course objective	The aim of the present lecture is to demonstrate world literatures from the primary sources
Course description	This course aims to demonstrate familiarity with a variety of world literatures as well as methods of studying literature and culture across national boundaries and evaluate the nature, function and value of literature from a global perspective

Course contents

1	Theory of world literature: what is world literature, its function and methods The Contextual Study of Literature and Culture, including the legacy of Goethe''''s view of world literature (Weltliterature), variable understandings of the term ''''world literature'''' itself, cross-cultural encounters
2	An overview of Indian literature - Panchatantra
3	An overview of Persian literature – Kalila wa Dimna
4	An overview of Turkish literature – The Book of Dede Korkut
5	An overview of Old-French Literature – Marie de France’s Fables
6	An overview of Middle English Literature – Chaucer’s Parliament of Fawles
7	An overview of German Literature: Das Papageienbuch
8	Mid-term exam
9	An overview of Anglo-Norman literature: Roman de Horn
10	An overview of Spanish Literature: Boccaccio’s Decameron (Book I)
11	An overview of Greek Literature: Anna Komnena’s Alexiad
12	An overview of Italian Literature: Machiavelli’s Prince
13	An overview of Latin literature – Historia Apollonii Regis Tyri
14	How to Create your Own World? Excerpts from David Damrosch''''s How to Read World Literature?
15	Final exam
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Learning outcomes of the course unit

1	Knowledge of some of the texts composed and circulated in the Medieval World
2	Awareness of the works in their respective socio-historical contexts, with a special focus on the theme, either textual or cultural
3	Familiarity with major themes in and contexts for the works concerned with relevant secondary reading on medieval World Literature
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Number of stars refer to level of contribution from 1 (the least) to 5 (the most)

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and ECTS work load

	Quantity	Time (hour)	Quantity*Time (hour)
Lectures (face to face teaching)	2	2	4
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class)	2	2	4
Homework	2	2	4
Presentation / seminar	2	2	4
Quiz	0	0	0
Preparation for midterm exams	0	0	0
Midterm exams	0	0	0
Project (term paper)	0	0	0
Laboratuar	0	0	0
Field study	0	0	0
Preparation for final exam	0	0	0
Final exam	0	0	0
Research	8	8	64
Total work load			80
ECTS			3.00

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation during semester	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homework	1	60
Semester total		100
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success		40
Contribution ratio of final exam to success		60
General total		100

Recommended and required reading

Textbook	David Damrosch'' s How to Read World Literature
Additional references	-

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