Information Package / Course Catalogue
Short Stories I
Course Code: İDE233
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: English
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to analyze the examples of short stories written in the 19th century and enable students to distinguish the general characteristics of short story genre; to analyze the form and content of the short stories and find out the explicit and implicit meanings of the text ; to focus on the plot, characters, narrator, themes and setting provided in the story and to interpret the text by taking these aspects into consideration; to encourage students to think critically while evaluating the texts.

Course Content

In this course, short stories written in the 19th century are covered. Throughout the semester, short stories which differ from each other in terms of themes, subject matter and literary techniques are taught and these stories are analyzed based on the theoretical framework of literary theories.

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Learning Outcomes
1.1. To have knowledge of the short story genre and its development in the 19th century.
2.2. To evaluate the short stories considering the social, cultural and historical context of the period.
3.3. To have knowledge of different short story types.
4.4. To identify and analyze the implicit and explicit meanings of a literary text.
5.5. To approach a text critically and make logical deductions based on textual evidences.
6.6. To be able to analyze the texts based on some of the ideas and concepts underlined in literary theories.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.1. Davies, David Stuart. Short Stories from the Nineteenth Century. Wordsworth.
2.2. Head, Dominic. The Modernist Short Story: A Study in Theory and Practice. Cambridge UP.
3.3. May, Charles E., The New Short Story Theories. Ohio UP.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
General introduction
Week 2 - Theoretical
The development of the short story genre in the 19th century
Week 3 - Theoretical
Charles Dickens “The Signalman”
Week 4 - Theoretical
Nikolai Gogol “The Overcoat”
Week 5 - Theoretical
Nikolai Gogol “The Overcoat”
Week 6 - Theoretical
Guy de Mauppasant “Mademoiselle”
Week 7 - Theoretical
MidtermGuy de Mauppasant “Mademoiselle”
Week 8 - Theoretical
Anton Chekhov “Misery”
Week 9 - Theoretical
Edgar Allan Poe “The Cask of Amontillado”
Week 10 - Theoretical
Arthur Conan Doyle “Red-Headed League”
Week 11 - Theoretical
Arthur Conan Doyle “Red-Headed League”
Week 12 - Theoretical
Robert Louis Stevenson “The Bottle Imp”
Week 13 - Theoretical
Nathaniel Hawthorne “Young Goodman Brown”
Week 14 - Theoretical
Charlotte Perkins Gilman “The Yellow Wallpaper”
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Assignment1%5
Midterm Examination1%35
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143270
Assignment18513
Individual Work62224
Midterm Examination1628
Final Examination16410
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
5
5
5
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3
3
5
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5
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5
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026