UNIVERSITY OF PRISHTINA FACULTY OF EDUCATION ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE PROGRAM

Course Title: Year: Semester Instructor:

Modern English Literature IV 2011/2012 VIII Besim Kokollari, Lecturer Tel: +377 (0)44 205 926 (from 8:00 16:00 weekdays only) Email: besimkokollari@yahoo.com

Course URL: https://sites.google.com/site/besimcourses Class Time: Lectures: Fridays, from 16:00 18:30 Breaks: 17:10 17:20 (10 min) Consultation hours: I will be available to meet you in person after each of the classes. I can also be reached through my email. Number of classes: 3+2 (lectures + exercises) ECTS: 7.5 credits COURSE DESCRIPTION This course is provided to students of the fourth year. Students will be exposed to most well-known representatives of modern English literature. Students will discuss some of writers, including W. B. Yeats, T. S. Eliot, etc. Through this course, students will develop language skills by reading and analyzing works of different genres of the modern English literature. Students are expected to have advance knowledge of English in order to attend this course. LEARNING OUTCOMES At the end of the course, students: - Have become familiar with outstanding writers of modern English literature;

Have developed reading habits; Have the ability to analyze and write about different literary works, including poetry and novels;

COURSE CONTENT AND SCHEDULE Dates of lectures 11 October 2011 18 October 2011 Topics/notes

Introduction W.B. Yeats (1865-1939): - Down by the Sally Gardens http://www.poetryarchive.com/y/down_by_the_salley_gardens.html

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W.B. Yeats (1865-1939): - No Second Troy http://www.bartleby.com/147/36.html 4 W.B. Yeats: November - Easter 1916 2011 http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15528 11 W.B. Yeats: November The Second Coming 2011 http://www.potw.org/archive/potw351.html 18 W.B. Yeats: November - Sailing to Byzantium 2011 http://www.eliteskills.com/c/2244 25 T. S. Eliot (1888-1964): November - The Waste Land 1,2 2011 http://www.bartleby.com/201/1.html 2 December T. S. Eliot -1: 2011 - The Waste Land 3,4 http://www.bartleby.com/201/1.html 9 December T. S. Eliot -1: 2011 The Waste Land 5 http://www.bartleby.com/201/1.html 16 December W. H. Auden (1907-1973) - On this Island - In memory of W. B. Yeats http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15544

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Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) -1: - Heart of Darkness Plot and structure; Characters; Characterization, time analysis Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) -1: - Pygmalion Plot and structure; Characters; Characterization, time analysis D.H. Lawrence - Sons and Lovers Plot and structure; Characters; Characterization, time analysis Summary and final discussions

30 December 2011 6 January 2012 13 January 2012

Notes: - End of Semester to be announced by the Faculty administration - Final exam date to be determined by the Faculty administration. Therefore, watch for the exam timetable when announced by the Faculty. ADDITIONAL READINGS Novels Virginia Woolf - Mrs. Dalloway James Joyce - A portrait of the artist as a young man ASSIGNMENTS AND FINAL EXAM This course evaluation will be based on the final exam and student assignment. Students will sit in the final exam as scheduled by the Faculty administration. Assignment 1 25%: Each student will do his/her presentation beginning from week of November 11, 2011. Students may pair in their presentation work. A list of sequences of presentation will be produced in collaboration with students. Assessment criteria for assignment 1: Content up to 10%; methodology used (interactive, lively, engaging) 5%; language (fluency, focus) 5%. How should you prepare: Students will have - to submit a lesson plan to the teacher prior to start of presentation.

to introduce the authors life and works (biographical notes). If it happens to have the same author with another colleague, then try to bring something new in the class. to discuss about the content of the work assigned (be it poem or novel or drama), and do an analysis of its content and structure (the main focus of the task) to think about ways to engage students in class, through some exercises and so on.

Assignment 2 -25%: Students will produce a paper on the same topic as their presentation. Your paper may be up to 5 pages in content. One page (the first content page) should be a reflection of your teaching/presentation practice. You may tell about your experience from the preparation phase to completion. (you may include your preparations done: e.g. how did you achieve to collaborate with your colleague, difficulties, organizational issues, time; agreeing on lesson plan; in class: your experience with presentation; students reaction; your satisfaction/dissatisfactions in terms of your reflection from your prior experiences, etc) Then, the rest should be a more concise, well-structured analysis of your work. Analysis should include: Introduction o A short description/meaning of the entire piece of work [what it is about] o What others say about this piece of work? o What are you specifically going to write about? Body o Develop you chosen topic in this section as long as you want. Remember to integrate what others have said for the issue/topic you are writing about. Do not forget to cite properly if you include others opinions. Detailed analysis of particular elements of the poem/work, (illustrate and support your statements with examples from the work itself). You may focus in one aspect of the work/poem or in several (for, e.g. you may choose to discuss only about images in a work/poem) Conclusion o What are your conclusions from above o How your conclusions coincide or contradict with what others have said about your chosen topic.

Please follow one style. Generally, you should you use Times New Roman 12 font, include a title page, a reference page, 1.5 space line. Deadline for submission of assignment 2 is 13 January 2012. The final exam 45%: It will include analysis of a poem and analysis of paragraphs (plot/characters/setting, etc.) from novels in the reading list. Final test may have single choice or multiple choice questions, writing assignments, etc. PARTICIPATION Participation will compose 5% of the final grade. By participation we mean attendance and active participation of students in class through posing questions, issues and problems to both instructors and peers. A final review of each students attendance will be conducted at the end of the course by the means of Evidence Sheets. Attendance affects positively or negatively students participation percentage. ASSESSMENT METHOD A combination of formative and summative assessment method will be applied in this course. Students final grade will be an accumulation of the following: Participation Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Final exam = = = = 5% 25 % 25 % 45 % 100%

Conversion of percentage [%] into digit grades Percentage [%] 90-100 % 80-89 % 70-79 % 60-69 % 50-59 % 0-49 % Grade 10 [ten] 9 [nine] 8 [eight] 7 [seven] 6 [six] 5 [five] = fail

Note: Grade calculation in other exam terms is generally based on different assessment methods. It may entirely be based on your final exam work. PLAGIARISM What is plagiarism? It is when you directly use someone elses word(s) in your paper without citing (recognizing) the source, i.e. the original author. Therefore, if you use directly others words in your essay and in the final exam, then make sure to [recognize] cite them properly. Plagiarism is considered cheating. Therefore, students may be required to repeat the final exam in another exam term if caught cheating, either in class or after, while evaluating their work.