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
190301507101	THEORY OF LITERATURE AND CRITICISM I	Compulsory	4	7	5

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

Students are expected to become familiar with the specific literary theories and criticism and be able to analyze literature and various literary genres and writings with regard to the related theories and criticism.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Zafer ŞAFAK

Learning Outcomes

1	Knows prominent literary theories and criticisms.
2	Comprehends the similarities and differences between literary theories and criticisms.
3	Able to examine major literary theories.
4	Able to classify and compare literary theories and criticisms according to various criteria.
5	Able to evaluate selected literary works according to various literary criticism approaches.

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

In advance of this course, students must take Literary Terms and Movements (2nd class course) and pass it so that they can understand the content and the scope of the course and be able to situate it in literary education.

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 theories and literary criticism(s) directing the course of literature in general.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Ancient Greek Literary Criticism Introduction Classical Literary Criticism: Intellectual and Political Backgrounds	-	-
2	Plato (428–ca. 347 BC) Plato on Poetry, Poetry and the Formal Structure of the Republic, The Politics of Plato’s Aesthetics, Metaphysical Presuppositions and Impasses, The Influence and Legacy of Plato	-	-
3	Aristotle (384–322 BC) Life and Philosophy, Aristotle’s Metaphysics, Aristotle’s Logic, Aristotle’s Politics, Aristotle’s Poetics, The Concept of Imitation in the Poetics, The Concept of Action in Aristotle’s View of Tragedy, The Legacy of Aristotle’s Poetics	-	-
4	The Early Modern Period Neo-Classical Literary Criticism	-	-
5	The Later Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism Realism and Naturalism	-	-
6	The Later Ninetieth Century The Heterological Thinkers	-	-
7	The Later Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism Marxist Literary Criticism	-	-
8	Mid-Term Exam	-	-
9	Introduction to the Twentieth Century Literary Theory and Criticism Backgrounds and Perspectives	-	-
10	The Twentieth Century Literary Criticism Psychoanalytic Literary Criticism	-	-
11	The Twentieth Century Literary Criticism Formalism	-	-
12	The Twentieth Century Literary Criticism Reader-Response and Reception Theory	-	-
13	The Twentieth Century Literary Criticism New Historicist Literary Criticism	-	-
14	General Overview/	-	-

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 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-Second Edition/2009

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	3	3
Final Examination	1	3	3
Attending Lectures	14	3	42
Discussion	14	3	42
Question-Answer	14	3	42
Criticising Paper	7	3	21
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			153

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	4	5	4	5	5	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	3
LO2	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	4	5	5	3	4
LO3	4	4	3	5	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	5
LO4	4	3	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	2	4
LO5	2	3	4	1	4	2	4	4	2	5	5	2	5	4	4	2

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