Course: ING 416 Contemporary British Novel

Topic outline

General
This course aims to offer a critical exploration of 20th century British fiction through textual and contextual analysis in the light of the selected works published after the 1950s.
- Assoc.Prof. Dr. Zeynep Z. Atayurt-Fenge URL
- Ders izlencesi File
Week 1
Introduction to the course

An overview of the British novel in the aftermath of World War II
- "Literary Trends and Criticism in Post-War British Fiction" File
Week 2
Analysis of William Golding's Lord of the Flies (first 4 chapters)
- "The Law of Dress in Lord of the Flies" File
Week 3
Analysis of William Golding's Lord of the Flies (chapters 4-8)
- "Why isn't it a bunch of girls? Why did you write this about a bunch of boys?" URL
Week 4
Analysis of William Golding's Lord of the Flies (chapters 9-12), and an overall discussion of the novel in relation to its form, style, and content
- "The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months" URL
Week 5
Analysis of Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange (Part I)
- A stylistic study of Burgess's Nadsat URL
- "‘New Elizabethans’: The Representation of Youth Subcultures in 1950s British Fiction" File
Week 6
Analysis of Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange (Part II)
- Beethoven's Ninth Symphony URL
- The International Anthony Burgess Foundation URL
Week 7
Analysis of Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange (Part III), and and an overall discussion of the novel in relation to its form, style, and content
Week 8
Midterm exam
- MLA-8th edition URL
Week 9
Discussion on postmodernist fiction
- Brian McHale, Postmodernist Fiction URL
Week 10
Analysis of selected stories by Angela Carter
- "ANGELA CARTER'DAN BiR "KIRMIZI BAŞLIKSIZ KIZ" ÖYKÜSÜ DÜŞSEL ÇOCUK DUNYALARI DEĞiL SOSYO-POLiTiK YETİŞKİN ÜRÜNLERi: TOPLUMSAL CiNSiYET ROLLERiNi ÖĞRETME ARACI OLARAK MASALLAR" URL
Week 11
Analysis of selected stories by Angela Carter within the context of postmodernist fiction
- "Moonlit Mirrors, Bloody Chambers, and Tender Wolves: Identity and Sexuality in Angela Carter’s “Wolf-Alice”" URL
Week 12
Analysis of Jeanette Winterson's Sexing the Cherry
- "Gulliver Revisited: The Horizon of Travel Writing in Jeanette Winterson’s Sexing the Cherry" URL
- "Gender in Winterson's Sexing the Cherry" URL
Week 13
Analysis of Jeanette Winterson's Sexing the Cherry within the context of postmodern fiction
- "The Taste of Fairy Tale : Consumption as Theme and Textual Strategy in Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson" URL
Week 14
The growing genre of climate fiction - "The Capsule Found on the Dead Planet" by Margaret Atwood
Revision and discussion
- "Time Capsule Found on the Dead Planet" by Margaret Atwood URL