ERCIYES UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ARTS
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND
LITERATURE
I. GENERAL INFORMATION
ELL 336 Selected Texts
Third-Spring
English Language and Literature
Assist. Prof. Dr. Banu Akçeşme
Course Title
Year & Semester
Department
Teaching Staff
Local Credit: 202
ECTS Credit: 4
Pre-requisites: Not applicable
Language of Instruction:
English
Faculty Contact Information:
Department of English Language and Literature , Faculty of Arts, University of Erciyes, 38039, Kayseri,
TURKEY.
Tel: + 90 352 4374901/ 33805
Fax: 00 90 3524379343 e-mail: bakcesme@erciyes.edu.tr
Office hours:
II. COURSE INFORMATION
COURSE TYPE and LEVEL:
Required
Core
Elementary (Basic):
:
Elective
:
Related
Intermediate :
:
:
Minor
Advanced: 
:
Specialized:
SUMMARY OF INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Selected short stories will be analyzed and different literary theories and approaches will be applied to the
analyses of the stories.
SUMMARY OF TEACHING AND LEARNING METHODS:
Lecture, class discussion
STUDENT WORK LOAD:
Hours
Lecture
40
Class discussion
35
TOTAL
75
a) SUMMARY OF ASSESSMENT METHODS:
Exams, quizzes, overall participation, presentation
b) ASSESSMENT ARRANGEMENTS:
Mid-Term/Final
Exam
Element 1
Written Quiz
30%
Element 2
Participation
10%
Element 3
Mid-term/Final Exam
60%
POLICIES:
Attendance: Students are required to attend all classes Use my office hours! Use email to ask questions!
Lateness: Late attendances and submission will be not accepted. Students should not ask for exceptions.
Academic Integrity: All students are expected to adhere to University policies concerning scholastic integrity.
Any form of scholastic dishonesty will not be tolerated, Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to,
cheating, plagiarism, falsifying academic records, and any act designed to give unfair academic advantage to the
student.
COURSE CONTENTS (PROGRAMME OF STUDY/SYLLABUS)
DATE
st
SUBJECT
1 week
Introduction to the Course
2nd week
The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe
3rd week
The Guest by Albert Camus
4th week
Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfield
5th week
The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant
6th week
A Good Man Is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor
7th week
The Dead by James Joyce
8th week
A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka
9th week
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings by Gabriel Garcia
Marquez
HOUR
METHOD
2
Lecture
2
Lecture,
discussion
class
2
Lecture,
discussion
class
2
Class discussion
2
Lecture,
discussion
2
Lecture,
Class
discussion
2
Lecture,
discussion
2
Lecture,
Class
discussion
2
Lecture, Class
discussion
2
Lecture,
Class
discussion
2
Lecture, class
discussion
2
Lecture,
Class
discussion
2
Class discussion
Class discussion
class
class
Mid term
11th week
Death by Landscape by Margaret Atwood
12th week
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
13th week
The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde
14th week
Everyday Use by Alice Walker
15th week
Final Exam
The schedule is tentative and is subject to change as the semester progresses.