Major Authors
| Title | Μείζονες Συγγραφείς / Major Authors |
| Code | Λογ 500 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | English Language and Literature |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600003986 |
Programme of Study: PROGRAMMA METAPTYCΗIAKŌN SPOUDŌN 2016-2017
Registered students: 6
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anglikés kai Amerikanikés Spoudés | Elective Courses | Winter/Spring | - | 10 |
| Academic Year | 2017 – 2018 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors |
|
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600115812
|
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600115812
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- English (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
Fluency in the use of English at all levels
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course students:
1)will have understood the concept of “classic”/ “major” authors and the cultural significance attributed to them,
2)Will have acquired the capacity to relate the era in which the authors produced their works with our own and to observe interpretational differences in the process of an author’s reception in cultures that are radically different from the one in which he/she wrote,
3)Will have acquired sufficient knowledge about a specific major author to be able to teach this author in a school situation,
4)Will have acquired an overview of a major author’s research field and will be able to carry out academic research on that author.
General Competences
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Design and manage projects
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
This course focuses on authors who have been recognized as major or significant in English and American Studies. Writers such as Shakespeare, Milton, Austen, Joyce, Melville, and Toni Morrison, among many others, have been studied for many years (or centuries) as representatives of a historical era, a particular kind of literature, a movement, or a new style of writing. The course may deal exclusively with one such author or with a number of major authors that are linked by a common theme. The choice of the author(s) to be studied is likely to change each time that the course is offered, depending on the expertise of the instructor or team of instructors who will teach it. Therefore, the syllabus and bibliography changes as well. For example, a course on Shakespeare may focus on the forms of political power in his plays and its relation to the early modern period, or on the change of meaning effected when Shakespeare’s plays are translated and staged in cultures that are radically different from the culture in which they were initially produced.
Keywords
Major authors, classic authors, English Literature, American Literature
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Multimedia
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | 1.4 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Reading Assigment | 78 | 2.8 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Written assigments | 158 | 5.7 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Total | 275 | 10 |
Student Assessment
Description
Students are evaluated on the basis of their in-class oral presentations, their weekly written reports, and a final research paper in a relevant area of their choice. In this final paper they are expected to demonstrate their ability to understand, evaluate and apply key concepts that have been discussed during the semester. The criteria applied by the instructor in evaluating the students' oral and written work include: (a) the correct and fluent use of English on an academic level, (b) the degree of originality of his/her ideas in relation to the bibliography cited, (c) the ability of the student to address a specific audience (d) the ability of the student to distinguish between related ideas and disagreements among scholars, and (e) to take a position with the necessary documentation. The student's final grade is calculated on the basis of the following percentages:
1. In-class oral presentations and weekly written reports: 40%
2. Final research paper: 60%
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
- Report (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
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Last Update
10-04-2016
