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
190301506101	ROMANTIC POETRY	Compulsory	3	6	5

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

Course aims to present and let students understand the traits and the value of English Romantic poetry and and have them gain the faculty of writing descriptive-comparative and discursive/argumentative essays concerning the poetry of the period.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Dr. Öğretim Üyesi Zafer ŞAFAK

Learning Outcomes

1	Know the general characteristics of English Romantic Poetry.
2	To comprehend the differences of Romanticism/Romantic literature which emerged as a contradistinction to former literary movements/trends.
3	Being able to analize romantic poetry in terms of theme and style.
4	To be able to write descriptive and critical essays on the literary merits of poets and of their poetry.
5	To make a connection between Romantic Period of English Literature with that of similar approaches/trends in the literature of other countries.

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Students are responsible for obtaining The Cambridge Companion to British Romantic Poetry (Edited by James Chandler and Maureen N. Mclane, Cambridge University Press, 2008) and read attentively the following sections as a background information for this course so as to recognize the value of English Romantic Poetry: The companionable forms of Romantic poetry by James Chandler and Maureen N. Mclane (1-10), Romantic poetry and antiquity by Nick Groom (35-53), Wordsworth’s great ode: Romanticism and the progress of poetry by James Chandler (136-155), Romantic poetry and the science of nostalgia by Kevis Goodman (195-217).

Course Contents

Romantic poetry in English literature, which primarily spans between 1798-1832, is analyzed in relation to its antithesis Neoclassical literary movement. The course includes major and minor/first generation and second generation Romantic poets and of their poetry. William Blake, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, George Gordon Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Keats are the leading poets of the period whose literary figures and the significance of their poetry are dealt with, discussed and investigated.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Introduction Romantic Period, The Traits of Romantic Poetry, Reaction to Neoclassicism, Poetic Forms	-	-
2	William Blake Songs of Innocence Tyger Proverbs of Hell	-	-
3	Critical Essay Readings and Discussion on William Blake’s Poetry Songs of Innocence Tyger Proverbs of Hell	-	-
4	William Wordsworth Lyrical Ballads I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud Ode on the Intimations of Immortality	-	-
5	Critical Essay Readings and Discussion on William Wordsworth’s Poetry Ode on the Intimations of Immortality) I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud	-	-
6	Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Kubla Khan	-	-
7	Critical Essay Discussion on Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Poetry Kubla Khan The Rime of the Ancient Mariner	-	-
8	Mid-Term Exam	-	-
9	George Gordon, Lord Byron She Walks in Beauty Darkness	-	-
10	Critical Essay Discussion on Lord Byron’s Poetry She Walks in Beauty Don Juan	-	-
11	Percy Bysshe Shelley Ozymandias Ode to the West Wind	-	-
12	Critical Essay Discussion on Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Poetry Ozymandias Ode to the West Wind	-	-
13	John Keats Ode on a Grecian Urn Ode on Melancholy Ode on Indolence	-	-
14	Critical Essay Discussion on John Keats’ Poetry Ode on a Grecian Urn Ode on Melancholy	-	-

Recommended or Required Reading

The Cambridge Companion to British Romantic Poetry (Edited by James Chandler and Maureen N. Mclane, Cambridge University Press, 2008) The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol. 2: The Romantic Period through the Twentieth Century, (by Stephen Greenblatt, M. H. Abrams, Carol T. Christ, Deidre Shauna Lynch, Jahan Ramazani, Catherine Robson, Jon Stallworthy, Jack Stillinger, W. W. Norton & Company, 2006) Majestic Indolence: English Romantic Poetry and the Work of Art (by Willard Spiegelman, Oxford University Press, 1995) A Companion to Romantic Poetry (Edit. by Charles Mahoney, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010) English Literature from 1785 (by Kathleen McCoy, Judith A.V. Harlan, Harper Perennial/ Harper Collins Publishers, 1992) The McGraw-Hill Guide to English Literature (Vol. 2, William Blake to D.H. Lawrence by Karen Lawrence, Betsy Seifter and Lois Ratner, McGraw-Hill Paperbacks, 1985)

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	30	30
Attending Lectures	14	3	42
Discussion	1	20	20
Criticising Paper	1	40	40
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			152

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
LO2
LO3
LO4	4	5	4	5	4	5	5	4	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	4
LO5

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