ELL 307

Course ID:

Course Code & Number

ELL 307

Course Title

The Outsider in Literature

Level

BS

Credit Hours/ ECTS Credits

(3+0+0) 3 TEDU Credits, 5 ECTS Credits

Year of Study:

Junior

Semester:

Fall

Type of Course:

Elective

Mode of Delivery:

Face-to-face

Language of Instruction:

English

Pre-requisite / Co-requisite::

Catalog Description

Selected readings from world literature in English. Character-centered literary works and readers’ reflections on everyday life. Analysis of people labeled as "outsiders, strangers, misfits, outcasts" etc. Discourse of hatred. Narrative techniques of awareness-raising against othering and antagonism.

Course Objectives

This course examines modern British literary works that portray marginalized social figures and groups with particular emphasis on issues such as political violence, marginality, precarity and social exclusion.

Software Usage

Course Learning Outcomes

- To assess what it means to be “outsider,” and evaluate in what ways traditions, norms, and expectations have governed the behavior of individuals, groups, and institutions.

- To offer a detailed, nuanced, and sustained analysis of how behavior has been defined both normatively, and through radical and alternative perspectives.

- To understand how the concept of “outsider” changed over time, and relates to different ideologies.

Learning Activities and Teaching Methods:

Telling/Explaining Discussion/Debate Questioning Reading Oral Presentations/Reports Brainstorming

Assessment Methods and Criteria:

Test / Exam Quiz Oral Questioning Presentation (Oral/Poster)

Assessment Methods and Criteria Others:

Design Content

Recommended Reading

Required Reading

Grading

Learning Activities and Teaching Methods Others:

Course Coordinator:

Taner Can

Student Workload:

Workload	Hrs
Course Readings	65
Exams/Quizzes	40
Oral Presentation	15

Course & Program Learning Outcome Matching: