AKE 1005 Survey of English Literature

Dr. Ayşegül Gündoğdu

Monday, 9.25 – 12.00

1-Introduction
2-The Anglo-Saxon Period – Historical Context
3-Social Context
4-Literary Context ( Beowulf, Deor’s Lament, Wulf, Caedmon’s Hymn)
5-(cont.) Literary Context ( Beowulf, Deor’s Lament, Wulf, Caedmon’s Hymn)
6-The Middle Ages - Historical Context
7-Social Context
8-Literary Context (selections from poetry: Chaucer, Alliterative Poetry, Lyrics and Ballads)
9-Drama (Miracle and Morality Plays)
10-Prose (selections, Mallory, Virgil)
11-The Renaissance – Historical Context
12- Social and Literary Context
13- Selections from poetry (Shakespeare, John Donne)

Book: Allen, Derek R., Words Words Words: A History and Anthology of Literatures in English. From
the Beginnings to the 18th Century.

Suggested sources: Mina Urgan. İngiliz Edebiyatı Tarihi.

M. H. Abrams et al., The Norton Anthology of English Literature I.
AKE 1009 Mythology
Dr. Ayşegül Gündoğdu
Wed. 13.00-15.35

1-Introduction
2-The Gods, the Creation, the Earliest Heroes
3-The Two Great Gods of Earth, the creation of the world and the mankind + “The Great Goddess” (extra
text will be provided for this topic)
4- The Earliest Heroes
5- Stories of Love and Adventure
6- The Quest of the Golden Fleece
7- Four Great Adventures
8- The Great Heroes Before the Trojan War
9- The Trojan War and the Fall of Troy
10- The Trojan War and the Fall of Troy
11- The Adventures of Odysseus
12- The Adventures of Odysseus
13- General Evaluation

Book: Hamilton, Edith. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes. New York: Grand Central P,
1969.

Suggested: Harris, Stephen L. and Gloria Pletzner. Classical Mythology: Images and Insights. London:
Mayfield P, 2001.

Erhat, Azra. Mitoloji Sözlüğü.