The principal course goals are: to introduce students to some of the best of literary criticism and other forms of writing on literature, and teach them how to read it and engage with it in their own work; to increase students' pleasure in reading both primary and secondary texts.
Prerequisite(s)
None
Corequisite(s)
None
Special Requisite(s)
None
Instructor(s)
Lecturer Sarper Dörter
Course Assistant(s)
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Schedule
Tuesday 09:00-11:45
Office Hour(s)
Tuesday 15:00-17:00
Teaching Methods and Techniques
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Lectures, presentation, class discussions, group work
Principle Sources
Selected critical texts (see Course Contents)
Other Sources
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Introduction
Lectures, class discussions, group work
2. Week
Aristotle; Poetics
Lectures, class discussions, group work
3. Week
Plato, Ion; Republic
Lectures, class discussions, group work
4. Week
Horace, Art of Poetry
Lectures, class discussions, group work
5. Week
Longinus, On the Sublime
Lectures, class discussions, group work
6. Week
Sir Philip Sidney, An Apology for Poetry
Lectures, class discussions, group work
7. Week
John Dryden, An Essay on Dramatic Poesy
Lectures, class discussions, group work
8. Week
Midterm Exam Week
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9. Week
Alexander Pope, Essay on Criticism
Lectures, class discussions, group work
10. Week
Immanuel Kant, Critique of Judgment
Lectures, class discussions, group work
11. Week
Samuel Johnson, Preface to Shakespeare
Lectures, class discussions, group work
12. Week
William Wordsworth, Preface to Lyrical Ballads
Lectures, class discussions, group work
13. Week
Percy Bysshe Shelly, A Defense of Poetry
Lectures, class discussions, group work
14. Week
Review
Lectures, class discussions, group work
15. Week
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
35
Quizzes
4
0
Attendance
14
15
Final Exam
1
50
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Show knowledge of a substantial range of authors, movements and texts from different periods of literary history.
PO-2
Identify the intellectual, cultural and socio-historical contexts in which literature
is written and read.
PO-3
Employ the necessary skills in the reading, analysis and in appreciation of literature.
PO-4
Recognize, interpret, and comment on rhetorical and figurative language.
PO-5
Identify, distinguish between and assess the distinctive characteristics of texts written in the principle literary genres.
PO-6
Recall and define key terms and concepts relating to language, literature and/or culture.
PO-7
Recognize the role of different social and cultural contexts in affecting meaning.
PO-8
Demonstrate responsiveness to the central role of language in the creation of meaning.
PO-9
Recognize different structures and discourse functions of the English language.
PO-10
Display competence both in written and/or oral expression and in the
communication of ideas in a variety of contexts.
PO-11
Demonstrate critical skills in the close reading, description, interpretation,
and analysis of literary and non-literary texts.
PO-12
Use logical thought, critical reasoning, and rhetorical skills to effectively
construct arguments.
PO-13
Apply guided research skills including the ability to gather, sift, organize and
present information and material.
PO-14
Show competence in planning, preparation and revision of essays,
presentations, and other written and project work.
PO-15
Reflect on ethical and philosophical issues raised in literary, critical, and
cultural texts.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
LO 1. gain knowledge of a range of critical and imaginative writing about writing;
LO-2
LO 2. develop their ability to read closely, to analyse and to appreciate literary and critical texts, engaging more critically and imaginatively with both;
LO-3
LO 3. display a new sensitivity to the central role of language in the creating of meaning;
LO-4
LO 4. demonstrate improved skills of logical thought, critical reasoning and rhetoric, and an ability to use these to construct arguments effectively;
LO-5
LO 5. learn how to better assess the role of different social and cultural contexts in the construction of meaning.
LO-6
LO 6. improve their construction and writing of their own critical responses.
