LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES
- Course
- ELLE502 - LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES
- Department
- English Language and Literature - English - Master
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 8
- T+P+L
- 3 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- -
- Prerequisite
- -
Course Description
The course focuses on the analysis of various literary texts on the basis of various trends of criticism and culture specific issues. The course will examine the major contemporary literary theories, the key concepts in each, analyse the main theoretical and interpretive methods, apply and illustrate these in literary texts, as well as compare and contrast the different interpretive strategies.The adaptation procedure of literary texts into films and other documentaries will be examined. Selected films will be analyzed in class. The relationship between literature and culture and different types of related theories will be discussed and related films will be interpreted accordingly.
LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES
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Course outcomes
- 01 "At the end of the semester the students will be able to identify the major contemporary literary theories, the key concepts in each, analyse the main theoretical and interpretive methods, apply and illustrate these in literary texts, as well as compare and contrast the different interpretive strategies "
Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introducing to Literary Criticism; Defining Criticism, Theory, and Literature |
| Week 2 | A Historical Survey of Literary Criticism. Rusian Formalisim and New Criticism |
| Week 3 | Reader-oriented Criticism |
| Week 4 | Modernity/Postmodernism: Structuralism/Post-structuralism: Deconstruction |
| Week 5 | Psychoanalytic criticism |
| Week 6 | Feminist criticism |
| Week 7 | Marxist criticism |
| Week 8 | Midterm |
| Week 9 | Cultrual Poetics and New historicism materialism |
| Week 10 | Postcolonial criticism |
| Week 11 | African American Criticism |
| Week 12 | Queer Theory: Gay and Lesbian criticism |
| Week 13 | Ecocriticism |
| Week 14 | Course Evaluation |
| Week 15 | Final |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 Bresssler, Charles E. Literary Criticism: An Introduction to Theory and Practice. Fifth Edition, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 2011
- 02 Barry, Peter. Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory. Manchester University Press; 3rd edition, 2009.
- 03 Tyson, Lois. Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide. New York: Garland Publishing, 1999.
- 04 Ryan, Michael. Literary Theory: A Practical İntroduction. Blackwell Publıshers Inc, 1999.
Learning Outcomes
- L01 "At the end of the semester the students will be able to identify the major contemporary literary theories, the key concepts in each, analyse the main theoretical and interpretive methods, apply and illustrate these in literary texts, as well as compare and contrast the different interpretive strategies "
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