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Lesson plan / INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY CRITICISM

Lesson Information

Course Credit	3.0
Course ECTS Credit	4.0
Teaching Language of Instruction	İngilizce
Level of Course	Bachelor's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 6, EQF-LLL: Level 6, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of Course	Compulsory
Mode of Delivery	Face-to-face
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience?	Z
Course Coordinator	Assist. Prof. Dr. ÖZ ÖKTEM
Instructor (s)	Assist. Prof. Dr. ÖZ ÖKTEM
Course Assistant

Purpose and Content

The aim of the course	The aim of this course is to acquaint students with various definitions of literature and functions attributed to it throughout history. In the first semester of this two-semester course, students will study a selection of literary critical works from ancient Greece up to the nineteenth century.
Course Content	The selection of critical texts to be studied in this course includes various works from the classical age, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the Romantic age and the nineteenth century.

Learning Outcomes

Acquire historical, theoretical and practical knowledge on English language and literature, supplemented by course books, materials and other sources that contain current information in the field.
Gain an in-depth knowledge of a wide range of authors, movements and texts from different periods of literary history.
Have theoretical and practical knowledge on the systematical structure, functioning and evolution of the language.
Explain different structures and discourse functions of the selected works from English literature.
Acquire general knowledge on American culture, literature and history and define key terms and concepts.
Acquire knowledge of another European language and Discuss the intellectual, cultural and historical contexts in which literature is written and read.
Critically interpret English and American literary, cultural and social life.
Critically analyze literary texts produced in the Renaissance and other historical periods. Make an indepth analysis of mythology, Classic, and Neo-Classic art insights.
Reflect on ethical, psyhological, and philosophical and issues in literary, cultural and historical texts.
Apply literary, critical, historical, linguistic and approaches to textual analysis
Apply guided research skills including the ability to gather, sift, organize and present information and material.
Use logical thought, critical reasoning, and rhetorical skills to effectively construct arguments.
Gain skills to understand and interpret a system, process, equipment or product and to solve relevant issues applying contemporary methods.
Conduct independent studies that require proficiency in the emergence of English Literature.
Solve complex problems faced within field applications.
Update knowledge and skills acquired in Language and Literature.
Develop awareness for lifelong learning, accessing information and following developments in science and technology.
Acquire satisfactory knowledge on teaching of a second language.
Evaluate knowledge and skills acquired and direct the learning.
Acquire the ability to employ, develop and use contemporary tools required for field applications.
Follow the recent developments in the field to communicate with colleagues.
Develop awareness of the universal and social impact and legal consequences of field applications.
Organize scholarly projects and activities.
Apply information in accordance with professional and ethical responsibilities.
Contribute to the development of the social rights, social justice, quality, cultural and ethical values.
Develop consciousness about cultural values and the issues of universality of social rights and social justice.

Weekly Course Subjects

1	Introduction of the course and the syllabus
2	Classical Period - Plato, Republic, Book X
3	Aristotle, Poetics
4	Horace - Ars Poetica
5	The Renaissance - Sir Philip Sidney - An Apology for Poetry
6	Neoclassics - John Dryden - An Essay on Dramatic Poesy
7	Alexander Pope - An Essay on Criticism
8	Samuel Johnson - Preface to Shakespeare
9	Midterm
10	Enlightenment - David Hume - Of the Standard of Taste
11	Romanticism - William Wordsworth - Preface to Lyrical Ballads
12	Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Biographia Literaria
13	19th Century - Matthew Arnold - The Function of Criticism at the Present Time
14	Revision

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