Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM AKE316 6. Semester 3 + 0 3.0 5.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction English
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery the course is to acquaint students with various theories of literature and traditional and modern methods of criticism.
Course Coordinator
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Goals The aim of the course is to acquaint students with various theories of literature and traditional and modern methods of criticism.
Course Content The course starts with Plato and Aristotle and continues with the work on Chaucer’s, Sydney’s and Dryden’s theories of literature. We apply the traditional and modern theories to some of the works we have already learned.
Learning Outcomes 1) This course provides students with the ability of evaluating literary texts.
2) to have knowledge about American history, political life, sociological and economical conditions
3) To have knowledge about American literature from its beginning up till now.
4) To be able to evaluate, criticize some samples of drama, poetry and novel genres in American Literature

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Introduction Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Case Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
2. Week Platon and Aristotle, Literary Theory Lecture; Discussion
Debate
Case Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
3. Week Traditional Approaches Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Case Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
4. Week Reader Response Criticism Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Case Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
5. Week New Criticism, Russian Formalism Lecture; Discussion
Debate
Case Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
6. Week Structuralism Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Case Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
7. Week Poststructuralism Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Case Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
8. Week Psychoanalytical Literary Criticism, Freud Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Case Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
9. Week Psychoanalytical Literary Criticism, Lacan Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Case Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
10. Week Marxism Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Case Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
11. Week Application of Contemporary Critical Theories into some literary works Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Case Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
12. Week New Historicism Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Case Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
13. Week Colonialism, Postcolonialism Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Case Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
14. Week Wrap up Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Case Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Bazı edebiyatçıların ve eleştirmenlerin eserlerinden alıntılar
Bilimsel dergilerdeki yazınsal makaleler
BRESSLER, Charles E. (2007). Literary Criticism: An Introduction to Theory and Practice (4th ed). New Jersey: Pearson.
GUERIN,Wilfred L. , LABOR, Earle G., MORGAN, Lee, WILLINGHAM, John R.. (1979). A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature. London: Harper and Row; (2nd edition).
MORAN, Berna (1994). Edebiyat Kuramları ve Eleştiri. İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları.

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
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PY154555
PY250000
PY350000
PY450000
PY550000

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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 4
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 3
Homework 2 4
Quiz 1 1
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 1
Final Exam 1 2
1 1
1 2
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
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  • Course Information
  • Weekly Topics (Content)
  • Sources Used in This Course
  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
  • ECTS credits and course workload