Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
CRITICAL APPROACHES IN LITERARY TEXTS UİLE343 5. Semester 2 + 0 2.0 4.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Elective
Mode of delivery Lecture, Question Answer, Discussion
Course Coordinator
Instructors Jale ÖZATA DİRLİKYAPAN
Assistants
Goals The course aims to teach students how to consciously read literary works. In order to provide students with this sonsciousness basic concepts of literary criticism and narrative techniques will be analyzed. Basic elements of narrative genres will be analyzed to discuss with which tools to approach a novel, story or poem in order to reveal the underlying meaning. The ultimate aim is for the student to ask meaningful questions and make appropriate interpretations regarding how a good poem/story/novel should be..
Course Content Literary works, literary criticism, good poem/story/novel
Learning Outcomes 1) The student defines the concepts of fiction, narrator and plot.
2) The student compares the concepts of type and character.
3) The student distinguishes the use of time in novels/short stories.
4) The student distinguishes different narrative techniques.
5) The student defines inner monologue, inner dialogue and stream of consciousness.
6) The student relates form and content.
7) The student distinguishes criteria of good novel/short story.
8) The student grasps the properties of poetic language.
9) The student distinguishes rhetorics and narrative techniques in modern poetry.
10) The student evaluates the use of image in poetry.
11) The student distinguishes the poetics of modern Turkish poetry.
12) The student evaluates literary works with a critical viewpoint.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Introduction. The aim of the course Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week Knowledge and discussion about the concepts of fiction, narrator, plot Lecture; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Novel/story personae (type or character?), knowledge and discussion about the use of time Lecture; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Narrative techniques and point of view: Inner monologue, inner dialogue and stream of consciousness Lecture; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Narrative techniques and point of view: Inner monologue, inner dialogue and stream of consciousness Lecture; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Content/form. (Chicken or egg? Formal properties in parallel to changing elements of content in Turkish short story and novel Lecture; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Midterm

8. Week Midterm

9. Week Content/form. (Chicken or egg? Formal properties in parallel to changing elements of content in Turkish short story and novel Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week What is a good novel/short story? Rules and exceptions Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Grasping poetic language, how does a poetic discourse form? Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Rhetoric and meaning in modern poetry. What is image? Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Certain poetics in modern Turkish poetry. (Ahmet Hâşim, Yahya Kemal, Nâzım Hikmet) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Certain poetics in modern Turkish poetry. (Garip, İkinci Yeni). General evaluation Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
15. Week Final exam

16. Week Final exam


Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Emin Özdemir, Eleştirel Okuma. Ankara: Bilgi Yayınevi, 2000.
Jale Özata Dirlikyapan, Kabuğunu Kıran Hikâye. İstanbul: Metis Yayınları, 2010.
James Wood, Kurmaca Nasıl İşler? İstanbul: Ayrıntı Yayınları, 2010.
Selahattin Hilav, Edebiyat Yazıları. İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2008.
Wayne Booth, Kurmacanın Retoriği. İstanbul: Metis Yayınları, 2012.

ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 16 2
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 16 2
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 9
Final Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 15
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
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