Ordu 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
ENG2022016136	ENGLISH POETRY-II	Compulsory	2	4	5

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

This course aims at providing students the knowledge of the basic concepts, principles and types of poetry and the ability to analyse poems structurally and thematically. To this end, this course encourages students to evaluate poems from different cultures in terms of literary design, social, cultural, political, and literary values of the periods in which they were produced, and to have inclination for further readings and research.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Doç. Dr. Erdinç PARLAK

Learning Outcomes

1	The students will: 1. be able to identify various types of poetry.
2	be able to use figures of speech and imagery in analysing the poems.
3	be able to analyse poems structurally and thematically.
4	be able to compare and contrast poems from different cultures.

Mode of Delivery

Formal Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Types of poetry, imagery, figures of speech, characterization, different cultures, social values in poetry.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Introduction to the course.	Meeting and the contents of the syllabus.
2	Types of poetry.	Sonnet, haiku, ballad, villanelle, limerick, “nonsense” poetry. Selected poems Discussion
3	Point of view and poetic diction.	“Composed upon Westminster Bridge” (Wordsworth) - “Futility” (Wilfred Owen) Discussion
4	Concepts of “time” and “aging”in poetry.	Thematic analysis. “Growing Old” (Matthew Arnold) - “A Dream within a Dream” (Edgar Allan Poe) Discussion
5	Characterization in poetry. Comparison of British and American poems.	“Miss Gee” (W.H. Auden) - “Miniver Cheevy” (E.Arlington Robinson) Discussion
6	Characteristics of War Poetry. “The Horses” (Edwin Muir) -	“The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner” (Randall Jarrell) Discussion
7	William Blake and the Romantic period in British poetry. Social criticism.	“The Chimney Sweeper” (William Blake-The Songs of Innocence and The Songs of Experience) Discussion
8	Imagination and symbols in poetry.	“Lollocks” (Robert Graves) - “The End of the World” (Archibald Macleish) Discussion
9	Midterm Exam
10	Robert Browning, Victorian age and narrative poetry.	“Porphyria’s Lover” -“The Laboratory” (Robert Browning) Discussion
11	Class, race and gender problems in poetry.	“Theme for English B” (Langston Hughes) - “The Emperor of the Ice-Cream” (Wallace Stevens) Discussion
12	Biblical allusions and war poetry.	“The Modern Abraham” (Osbert Sitwell) - “The Parable of Old Man and the Young” (Wilfred Owen) Discussion
13	Musicals, lyrics and their poetic values.	“The Flesh Failures/Let the Sunshine In” - “In the Garden of Gethsemane” Discussion
14	Omer Khayyam and the ruba’i (quatrain).	Selections from Omer Khayyam’s Rubáiyát
15	Turkish poetry and general review.	“Ceviz Ağacı” (Nazım Hikmet) - “Uçurum” (Edip Cansever) - “Sis” (Metin Altıok) Discussion
16	Final exam

Recommended or Required Reading

Course Package Recommended Reading: • Bernbaum, Ernest, Anthology of Romanticism, New York:The Roland Press, 1948 • Ellman, Richard, Robert O’Clair (eds.), The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, New York:W.W.Norton, 1973 • Allison, Alexander W. (et al.), The Norton Anthology of Poetry, New York:W.W.Norton, 1983 • Hunter, J. Paul (ed.), The Norton Introduction to Poetry, New York:W.W.Norton, 1986

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
SUM		0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
SUM		0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri		40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	2	2
Quiz	10	1	10
Attending Lectures	15	4	60
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	8	3	24
Individual Study for Final Examination	14	3	42
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			139

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	PO 17	PO 18
LO1	4			3						5			4				4
LO2			5			4	3				3			4
LO3		3			4			5	4				4			4
LO4	4					4	5					3	4				3

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