Topics in Poetry (ELIT521) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Topics in Poetry ELIT521 General Elective 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language English
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Level Social Sciences Master's Degree
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Course Assistants
Course Objectives The aim of the course is to teach the poetry of the 19th century, starting with English Romanticism which begins in the early 19th century, and extends over to the Victorian period. A selection of poems from the major poets of Romantic and Victorian period will be studied in the class.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • To gain knowledge on English Romantic Poetry
  • To understand the 19th C. English Culture
  • To gain knowledge on the Victorian Poets and Poetry
  • To gain knowledge on the differences and similarities between Romantic and Victorian Poetry
Course Content Study of the British poets.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Introduction to the historical and cultural background of the English Romantic Movement and Romantic thought.
2 Introduction to the historical and cultural background of the English Romantic Movement and Romantic thought.
3 Introduction to Romantic poetic concepts, interpretation and analysis of poetry.
4 Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Wordsworth; from Lyrical Ballads, Lines Written in Early Spring, Strange fits of passion have I known, She dwelt among the untrodden ways, I wandered lonely as a cloud, My heart leaps up. Coleridge, from Biographia Literaria, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, To William Wordsworth, Kubla Khan.
5 Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Wordsworth; from Lyrical Ballads, Lines Written in Early Spring, Strange fits of passion have I known, She dwelt among the untrodden ways, I wandered lonely as a cloud, My heart leaps up. Coleridge, from Biographia Literaria, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, To William Wordsworth, Kubla Khan.
6 Coleridge; Byron, Don Juan, When we two parted.
7 Shelley, Mutability, Ozymandias, Ode to the West Wind. Keats, from Sleep and Poetry, On Seeing the Elgin Marbles, When I have fears that I may cease to be. Ode to a Nigthingale, Ode on a Grecian Urn.
8 Shelley, Mutability, Ozymandias, Ode to the West Wind. Keats, from Sleep and Poetry, On Seeing the Elgin Marbles, When I have fears that I may cease to be. Ode to a Nigthingale, Ode on a Grecian Urn.
9 Introduction to Victorian Poetry
10 Tennyson; The Splendor Falls, Tears, Idle Tears, The Lady of Shalott, The Lotos-Eaters &Ulysses, In Memoriam, Browning, Porphyria’s Lover, Fra Lippo Lippi, Women and Roses,
11 Tennyson; The Splendor Falls, Tears, Idle Tears, The Lady of Shalott, The Lotos-Eaters &Ulysses, In Memoriam, Browning, Porphyria’s Lover, Fra Lippo Lippi, Women and Roses,
12 Arnold, Isolation. To Marguerite, To Marguerite- Continued, Dover Beach, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, My Sister’s Sleep, Pre-Raphelite Poetry,
13 Arnold, Isolation. To Marguerite, To Marguerite- Continued, Dover Beach, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, My Sister’s Sleep, Pre-Raphelite Poetry,
14 Fitzgerald, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
15 Fitzgerald, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
16 Final Exam

Sources

Other Sources 2. O’Flinn, Paul. How to Study Romantic Poetry, London: Macmillan, 2001.
3. Stafford, Fiona. Reading Romantic Poetry, Oxford: Wiley Blackwell, 2012.
4. Watson, J.R. English Poetry of the Romantic Period 1789-1830. 2nd ed. Longman: London & New York. 1992.
5. Abrams, M.H. (gen.ed.) The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume II. 6th ed. New York. London: W.W.Norton&Company, 1993.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation 1 10
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation 2 20
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury - -
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 50
Toplam 4 80
Percentage of Semester Work 50
Percentage of Final Work 50
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses X
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 To be able to use English language competently concerning four basic skills, namely listening, reading, speaking, and writing. X
2 To have extensive theoretical knowledge about English Culture and literature. X
3 To gain knowledge about literary theories and to be able to apply these theories to various literary texts. X
4 To acquire detailed knowledge about British culture in all its aspects. X
5 To be able to compare and contrast English culture and literature with other literatures through works from different periods and genres. X
6 To be able to compare and contrast British culture with other cultures. X
7 To plan, organize, and conduct the activities related to the field. X
8 To acquire the skills of creative, critical, and analytical thinking. X
9 To gain knowledge about how to conduct an academic research and to use the acquired knowledge in accordance with the purpose of the research. X
10 To acquire professional ethics and to use them in the process of research and production. X
11 To get prepared for professional life by developing a sense of responsibility through individual tasks and group projects. X
12 To be able to understand and decipher various discourses involved in literature such as literary, philosophical, psychological, cultural, critical and theoretical discourses in English language. X
13 To be able to understand and be a part of world culture. X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 15 5 75
Presentation/Seminar Prepration 1 10 10
Project
Report
Homework Assignments 1 10 10
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 20 20
Total Workload 163