Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
CONTEMPORARY BRITISH POETRY AND PROSE DİNG402 8. Semester 3 + 0 3.0 6.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction English
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors Gülten SİLİNDİR KERETLİ
Assistants
Goals The aim of this course is to make students acquainted with various aspects of English prose and poetry after 1950 and to help them improve their ability to read, interpret and analyse poems and essays and to study the general trends in poetry and prose of the late 20th century and early 21st centuries.
Course Content Poems and essays by poets and writers after 1950 are examined within their historical and literary context.
Learning Outcomes 1) The students can define English prose and poetry after 1950.
2) They develop skills of reading and anlaysing poetry.
3) They can give examples from the leading figures such as I.A. Richards, T. Hughes, P. Larkin, T. Gunn and they can examine these literary texts in detail.
4) They examine the concepts tradition and modernism in relation to literary texts
5) They have the knowledge of the literary criticism after 1950 and they can read and discuss articles by such authors as G. Orwell, J. Morris, C. Achebe

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Introduction to the course: Historical and Literary Context Lecture
Brainstorming; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Seminar
2. Week Poetry of 1950s: “The Movement” Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Seminar
3. Week Poetry of 1950s: Philip Larkin Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Seminar
4. Week Poetry of 1950s: Thom Gunn Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Seminar
5. Week “Politics and the English Language” by George Orwell Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Seminar
6. Week Women Poets Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Seminar
7. Week Women Poets Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Seminar
8. Week Ted Hughes’s Poetry Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Seminar
9. Week Postmodernism Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Seminar
10. Week Postmodern Poetry Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Seminar
11. Week Postcolonialism Lecture
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Seminar
12. Week Postcolonial Prose and Poetry Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Seminar
13. Week Irish Poetry: Seamus Heaney Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Seminar
14. Week Review of the course Question Answer
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Seminar

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Danışman tarafından verilecek ek materyaller
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, edited by Meyer Howard Abrams and Stephen Greenblatt, 7th ed. Vol. 2, W.W. Norton, 2000.

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program RequirementsContribution LevelDK1DK2DK3DK4DK5
PY2555555
PY3555555
PY4555555
PY5555555
PY6555555
PY8555555
PY10555555
PY11555555
PY14555555

*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
.

ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 3
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 1
Homework 9 9
Seminar 14 1
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 3
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 5
1 1
1 2
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
Quick Access Hızlı Erişim Genişlet
Course Information
  • Course Information
  • Weekly Topics (Content)
  • Sources Used in This Course
  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
  • ECTS credits and course workload