Education Information System

Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
Reading Skills 1	İÖZ103	1. Semester	3 + 0	3.0	3.0

Prerequisites

None

Language of Instruction	English
Course Level	Undergraduate
Course Type
Mode of delivery	Face to Face
Course Coordinator	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Timuçin Buğra EDMAN
Instructor(s)	Timuçin Buğra EDMAN
Assistants
Goals	This course aims to develop students' critical thinking and reading skills through the analysis of distinguished works from British and American Literature. Students will learn to evaluate literary texts within their historical and cultural contexts while establishing connections with authors' lives and literary movements of the respective periods.
Course Content	Short stories by prominent British and American authors Structural and thematic analysis of selected texts Authors' biographies and literary identities Literary movements and socio-cultural characteristics of the periods Text analysis techniques and critical reading strategies Application and usage of literary terms
Learning Outcomes	- English: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to: Read and analyze literary texts with a critical perspective Evaluate texts within their historical and cultural contexts Identify authors' literary styles and main themes in their works Recognize characteristics of literary movements through texts Identify and interpret literary techniques and devices in texts Use literary terminology accurately and appropriately

Week	Topics	Learning Methods
1. Week	Introduction, course content and requirements, overview of literary analysis techniques	Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Practice Course Hours Research Other Activities Preparation, After Class Study
2. Week	Edgar Allan Poe - "The Tell-Tale Heart" | Focus: First-person narration, unreliable narrator	Research Other Activities Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Practice Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study
3. Week	Kate Chopin - "The Story of an Hour" | Focus: Symbolism and feminist reading	Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Research Other Activities Visual Presentation Practice Verbal Expression
4. Week	Ernest Hemingway - "Hills Like White Elephants" | Focus: Dialogue techniques, iceberg theory	Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Practice Course Hours Research Other Activities Preparation, After Class Study
5. Week	Virginia Woolf - "The Mark on the Wall" | Focus: Stream of consciousness, modernist narrative	Visual Presentation Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Practice Verbal Expression Research Other Activities
6. Week	James Joyce - "Araby" | Focus: Epiphany concept, character development	Practice Course Hours Research Verbal Expression Other Activities Visual Presentation Preparation, After Class Study
7. Week	William Faulkner - "A Rose for Emily" | Focus: Non-linear narrative, Southern Gothic	Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Research Other Activities Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Practice
8. Week	Midterm	Course Hours
9. Week	Katherine Mansfield - "The Garden Party" | Focus: Class conflict, social realism	Other Activities Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Practice Course Hours Research Preparation, After Class Study
10. Week	Raymond Carver - "Cathedral" | Focus: Minimalism, poetics of everyday life	Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Practice Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Other Activities Research
11. Week	Charlotte Perkins Gilman - "The Yellow Wallpaper" | Focus: Gothic elements, psychological tension	Preparation, After Class Study Course Hours Research Other Activities Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Practice
12. Week	John Steinbeck - "The Chrysanthemums" | Focus: Regional realism, allegory	Practice Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Research Other Activities Verbal Expression Visual Presentation
13. Week	"The Rocking-Horse Winner" | Focus: Allegory, social criticism	Research Other Activities Verbal Expression Practice Visual Presentation Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study
14. Week	Flannery O'Connor - "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" | Focus: Grotesque, moral conflict	Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Research Other Activities Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Practice

The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction (9th Edition) Editors: Richard Bausch, R.V. Cassill

Program Requirements	Contribution Level	DK1	Measurement Method
PY1	5	5	60
PY2	5	5	60
PY3	3	3	60
PY4	4	4	60
PY5	3	3	60
PY6	3	3	60
PY7	3	3	60
PY8	5	5	60
PY9	5	5	60

*DK = Course's Contrubution.

	0	1	2	3	4	5
Course's Level of contribution	None	Very Low	Low	Fair	High	Very High
Method of assessment/evaluation		Written exam	Oral Exams	Assignment/Project	Laboratory work	Presentation/Seminar

Event	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Hours	13	3	39
Preparation, After Class Study	3	3	9
Research	3	3	9
Other Activities	1	1	1
Verbal Expression	1	1	1
Visual Presentation	1	1	1
Practice	1	1	1
Midterm 1	1	1	1
Final	1	1	1
Practice	2	2	4
Practice End-Of-Term	2	2	4
Classroom Activities	1	2	2
Total Workload			73
ECTS Credit of the Course			25.5 3.0