LIT 211.01 Studies in Literature I – Fall 2015
Instructor: Başak Demirhan
Teaching Assistants: Merve Kansız & Aysun Kan
TFF 767 TB490 M1171
Office Hours: Tuesday: 16:00 – 17:00, Friday: 16:00 – 17:00, TB 455
Course Overview
The first half of the two-semester course will focus on the reading, appreciation and analysis
of short stories. Through reading short stories we will explore the genre, its traditional and
innovative techniques, authorial point of view, plot, characterization, temporality and wide
range of styles. The selection of short stories we will read and analyze in the class will
provide the students with the ability to think, read and write critically. To have these skills,
students will learn to use the necessary literary terms like plot, point of view, setting, tone,
style and symbol and so on. The first objective of this course is to cultivate enjoyment of
literature and develop critical thinking. The second objective is to develop reading and writing
competence in English.
Evaluation and Requirements
Attendance and class participation
%10
You have to attend %75 of the classes to be eligible to take the final exam.
Assignments and quizzes
% 20
There will be one page (1,5 spaced) writing assignments.
Midterm Exam
%30
Final Exam
%40
Academic Honesty and Originality
As a Bogazici University student, member of this class and the larger community of writers,
you are expected to abide by the norms of academic honesty. Borrowing someone else's
language and/or ideas without proper acknowledgement is academically dishonest and a form
of plagiarism which is an insult to the owner of the original work. If you are caught for
plagiarized work, assignments or papers you will immediately fail the course.
Schedule:
Week 1 (September 29th –October 2nd)
Tue Introduction to narrative analysis (Source: Manfred Jahn’s guide to narratology)
Fri Introduction to narrative analysis (Source: Manfred Jahn’s guide to narratology)
Week 2 (October 6th – 9th)
Tue Edgar Allan Poe “The Tell-Tale Heart”
Fri “The Tell-Tale Heart”, Poe on writing
Week 3 (Point of View) (October 13th – 16th)
Tue William Faulkner “A Rose for Emily”
Fri James Baldwin “Sonny’s Blues”
Week 4 (Character) (October 20th – 23rd)
Tue Elizabeth Bowen “Demon Lover”
Fri Anton Chekhov “Misery”
Week 5 (Setting) (October 27th – 30th)
Tue Charlotte Perking Gilman “The Yellow Wallpaper”, Kate Chopin “The Story of an
Hour”
Fri “The Hours” by Stephen Dauldry (film screening)
Week 6 (Tone, Style) (November 3rd – 6th)
Tue Graham Greene “The End of the Party”
Fri Ernest Hemingway “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place”
Week 7 (Theme) (November 10th – 13th)
Tue Kurt Vonnegut “Harrison Bergeson”
Fri Midterm
Week 8 (Symbol) (November 17th – 20th)
Tue Shirley Jackson “The Lottery”
Fri Ursula le Guin “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”
Week 9 (Reading long stories) (November 23rd – 27th)
Tue Franz Kafka Metamorphosis
Fri Franz Kafka Metamorphosis
Week 10 (Reading long stories) (December 1st – 4th)
Tue Franz Kafka Metamorphosis
Fri Franz Kafka Metamorphosis
Week 11 (December 8th – 11th)
Tue James Joyce “Araby”
Fri Flannery O’ Connor “A Good Man is Hard to Find”
Week 12 (December 15th – 18th)
Tue Gabriel Garcia Marquez “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World”
Fri Jorge Luis Borges “The Garden of Forking Paths” or “The Library of Babel”
Week 13 (December 22nd – 25th)
Tue Sait Faik Abasıyanık “A Dot in the Map”
Fri Review