Izlence
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
Academic Year
2023
Semester
Spring
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.
Pre-requisite / Co-requisite:
Pre-requisites:
NONE
Co-requisites:
NONE
Instructor:
Syllabus File:
Sap Event ID:
50219568
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 Presentation
Brainstorming
Assessment Methods and Criteria:
Test / Exam
Quiz/Homework
Oral Project
Presentation (Oral/Poster)