Major Works of Short Fiction (HUM 241)

2019 Summer
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Humanities(HUM)
3
6/5 ECTS (for students admitted in the 2013-14 Academic Year or following years)
Kelly Todd Brewer brewer@sabanciuniv.edu,
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English
Undergraduate
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Formal lecture,Interactive lecture
Interactive,Communicative,Discussion based learning,Guided discovery
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Computer Science and Engineering
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Political Science
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Visual Arts and Visual Communications Design

CONTENT

This course examines some major works of short fiction. While the course is intended to be a close reading of a number of short stories, we will also analyze and discuss the social and cultural commentaries which these literary pieces make. To this end we will pay close attention to the pieces as literary texts and get into sustained interpretations, nuances and subtleties. In addition to the existing pre-requisite " to have completed 23 credits" for this course , a new condition will be added as "to complete SPS 101 and SPS 102 courses at least with D grade" as of the Fall semester of 2015-2016 Academic Year. Students who failed from SPS 101 and SPS 102 courses, do not have right to take this course.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

  • Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: a) Identify and describe authors? style and literary currents in which the authors lived and wrote. b) Identify literary concepts and movements based on historical, sociological and political climates. c) Define literary terminology and concepts such as the role of the narrator, tropes, metaphor, symbolism, etc. d)Analyze literary texts and discuss their social and cultural underpinnings. E)Write more analytically and coherently in humanities and social science related fields. f) Appreciate of the humanities and a broader understanding of literature in general

ASSESSMENT METHODS and CRITERIA

  Percentage (%)
Final 30
Midterm 25
Assignment 30
Participation 15