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
ENG4042016136	LITERATURE THEORIES AND CRITICISM-II	Compulsory	4	8	4

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to motivate students to understand the theories that support various forms of literary and cultural reading today. It aims to introduce students various theoretical approaches and schools of criticism.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Öğr. Gör. İbrahim Koç

Learning Outcomes

1	Understand the basic theoretical concepts underlying contemporary approaches to literature.
2	Be aware of the differences in approaches in literary criticism.
3	Know key forms and terminology of literary criticism.
4	Generate and articulate personal responses to literary and critical texts, and to explain the premises and assumptions underlying such personal responses.
5	Broaden their perspectives about themselves, others, and the world they inhabit.
6	Develop an understanding and appreciation of literature in general and literary texts in particularD

Mode of Delivery

Formal Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

The course is designed as a general introduction to literary theory, covering a range of thinkers and issues. Theories discussed will include archetypal, structuralist, post-structuralist, postmodernist, reader-response, psychoanalytic, Marxist, feminist, cultural materialist, queer, and postcolonial theory.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Introduction	...
2	Description of the course; discussion of the general objectives.	Discussion
3	Theory before theory; New Criticism	Reading/ Discussion
4	Archetypal Criticism	Reading/ Discussion
5	Reader-Response Criticism	Reading/ Discussion
6	Structuralism	Reading/ Discussion
7	Post-structuralism and deconstruction	Reading/ Discussion
8	Postmodernism	Reading/ Discussion
9	Psychoanalytic Criticism	Reading/ Discussion
10	Feminist Criticism	Reading/ Discussion
11	Lesbian/Gay Criticism	Reading/ Discussion
12	Marxist Criticism	Reading/ Discussion
13	New Historicism and Cultural Materialism	Reading/ Discussion
14	Postcolonial Criticism	Reading/ Discussion
15	Review	...
16	Final	...

Recommended or Required Reading

Course Book: Barry, Peter. Beginning Theory. An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory. Manchester and New York: Manchester UP, 1995. Berger, Arthur Asa. Cultural Criticism. A primer of Key Concepts. London: SAGE Publications, 1995. Guerin, Wilfred L. et al. A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature. New York and Oxford: Oxford UP, 1992. RECOMMENDED READING LIST Moran, Berna. Edebiyat Kuramı ve Eleştiri. Adams, Hazard, ed. Critical Theory Since Plato. New York: Harcourt, 1971. Atkins, G. Douglas, and Laura Morrow, eds. Contemporary Literary Theory. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1989. Bressler, Charles E. (1994) Literary Criticism, An Introduction to Theory and Practice. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1999. Con Davids, Robert, and Laurie Finke, eds. Literary Criticism and Theory: The Greeks to the Present. New York: Longman, 1989. Crane, R. S., et al. Critics and Criticism: Ancient and Modern. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1952. Eagleton, Terry. Literary Theory: An Introduction. Minneapolis: University of Minneapolis, 1983. Jefferson, Ann, and David Robey. Modern Literary Theory: A Comparative Introduction. 2nd ed. London: Batsford, 1986. Rice Philip, and Patricia Waugh, eds. Modern Literary Theory; A Reader. 2nd ed. London: Arnold, 1992. Schorer, Mark, et al. Criticism: The Foundations of Modern Literary Judgement. New York: Harcourt, 1958. Selden, Raman, ed. The Theory of Criticism: From Plato to the Present. New York: Longman, 1988. Selden, Raman, and Peter Widdowson. A Readers Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory. 3rd ed. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1993. Watson, George. The Literary Critics. London: Woburn Press, 1973. Wimsatt, William K., and Cleanth Brooks. Literary Criticism: A Short History. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964.

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

İngilizce

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	1	1
Quiz	10	1	10
Attending Lectures	14	2	28
Self Study	14	3	42
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	9	2	18
Individual Study for Final Examination	12	2	24
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			124

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	2		3		4		2	5			2		3		4		5
LO2		2		3		4			2	5		2		3		4		5
LO3	3		4		5		3	2			3		4		5		2
LO4		3		4		5			3	2		3		4		5		2
LO5	4		5		2		4	3			4		5		2		3
LO6		4		5		2			4	3		4		5		2		3

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