Iğdır University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
190301504102	LITERARY TERMS AND MOVEMENTS	Compulsory	2	4	5

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

Students are expected to become familiar with the literary terms, literary movements and be able to analyze literary works with regard to the related movement.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Dr. Öğretim Üyesi Zafer ŞAFAK

Learning Outcomes

1	Knowing the literary terms.
2	Recognizing the literary movements.
3	Comprehending why any given literary movement emerges in any certain period.
4	Being able to make evaluations on the similarities, differences and opposing characteristics among the literary movements of the diverging periods.
5	To be able to write critical essays on the literary movements and the works they gave rise to.

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

Basic Literary Terms

Recommended Optional Programme Components

The participants are expected to have obtained A Glossary of Literary Terms (Seventh Edition, by M. H. Abrams Cornell University), The Routledge Dictionary of Literary Terms (Third Edition, by Peter Childs, Roger Fowler), A History of Literary Criticism From Plato to the Present (by M. A. R. Habib, 2005) scrutinize particularly the first and the third books, the related subject matter of which are given below.

Course Contents

The course covers specific and prominent literary terms and concepts, figures of speech, terms of non-fiction (non-imaginative literature), terms of elements of a narrative, terms of drama and literary genres and particularly the literary movements directing the course of literary genres in question.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Introduction Literary Movements/Ancient Literature Classicism as a Literary Movement (c. 400 BC)	-	-
2	Literature/Literary Terms Imaginative Literature, Non-Imaginative Literature, Written&Oral Literature	-	-
3	19th Century *Realism as a Literary Movement (c. 1860)	-	-
4	Literary Types/Genres Fiction, Prose, Short Story Novella, Story or Tale, Fable, Saga, Legend, Myth, Novel and Types of Novels Novel, Picaresque Novel, Epistolary Novel, Stream of Consciousness Novel, Nouveau Novel, Anti-Novel, Gothic Novel, Science Fiction	-	-
5	19th Century *Naturalism as a Literary Movement (c. 1860)	-	-
6	Drama in Classical Literature, in the Middle Ages and in the Early Renaissance Period Classical Elements of a Dramatic Play The Unities, Hamartia, Tragic Flaw, Hubris, Nemesis, Catharsis, Anagnorisis Types of Dramatic Plays Tragedy, Senecan Tragedy, Revenge Tragedy, Domestic Tragedy	-	-
7	20th Century *Modernism as a Literary Movement (c. 1900)	-	-
8	Mid-Term	-	-
9	Elements of Narrative Plot, Sub-plot, exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, crisis, catastrophe, denoument, prologue, epilogue, in media res, flashback, conflict, Characters and Point of View Point of view, participant character, non-participant character, characterization, flat and round characters, stock character, protagonist	-	-
10	The Second Half of the 20th Century Absurdism as a Literary Movement (c. 1950)	-	-
11	Figures of Speech and Some Other Crucial Terms Figurative Language, imagery, symbol, simile, metaphor, conceit, personification, paradox, oxymoron, irony, dramatic irony or tragic irony, hyperbole, euphemism, alliteration, aside, soliloquy	-	-
12	The Second Half of the 20th Century Postmodernism as a Literary Movement (c. 1950)	-	-
13	The Second Half of the 20th Century Postcolonialism as a Literary Movement (c. 1960)	-	-
14	The Second Half of the 20th Century Magic Realism as a Literary Movement (c. 1940)	-	-

Recommended or Required Reading

A Glossary of Literary Terms The Routledge Dictionary of Literary Terms The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms/2001 Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory Literary Movements for Students/Gale Cengage Learning-Second Edition/2009 A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory/2013 A History of Literary Criticism from Plato to the Present/2005 Literary Movements for Students/ Gale-Cengage Learning/2008.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	1	100
SUM		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

English

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	20	20
Final Examination	1	20	20
Attending Lectures	14	3	42
Discussion	1	20	20
Criticising Paper	1	40	40
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			142

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7	PO 8	PO 9	PO 10	PO 11	PO 12	PO 13	PO 14	PO 15	PO 16
LO1	5	4	5	3	5	4	3	4	5	5	4	3	4	5	3	5
LO2	4	5	3	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	3	5	5	4	5
LO3	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	3	5	4	5	4	5
LO4	4	4	5	3	4	4	5	3	3	4	5	5	3	4	5	3
LO5	5	4	5	4	5	3	4	4	5	5	3	4	5	4	4	4

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High