Romantic and 19th Century Poetry (ELIT304) Course Detail

Course Name	Course Code	Season	Lecture Hours	Application Hours	Lab Hours	Credit	ECTS
Romantic and 19th Century Poetry	ELIT304	6. Semester	3	0	0	3	5

Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A

Course Language	English
Course Type	Compulsory Departmental Courses
Course Level	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
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; develop an overall idea about the Romantic and Victorian English Background gain knowledge on the English Romantic Poetry gain knowledge on the Victorian Poetry gain knowledge on the differences and similarities between Romantic and Victorian Poetry.
Course Content	Romantic Movement and Romantic poetry, Victorian Poetry.

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.	Norton
2	Introduction to the historical and cultural background of the English Romantic Movement and Romantic thought.	Norton
3	Introduction to Romantic poetic concepts, interpretation and analysis of poetry.	Norton
4	Pre-romanticism and 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.	Norton
5	Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, To William Wordsworth, Kubla Khan.	Norton
6	Coleridge cont.; Byron: "Stanzas written on the road between Florence and Pisa", "She walks in beauty"	Norton
7	MIDTERM I	-
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.	Norton
9	Introduction to Victorian Poetry	Norton
10	Tennyson; "Tears, Idle Tears", "The Lady of Shalott", "Ulysses"	Norton
11	Tennyson: "Break, Break, Break", "Titonous", "Mariana", Browning: "Porphyria's Lover"	Norton
12	Browning, "My Last Duchess", S.S. Ellis and Coventry Patmore: "The Angel in the House, Elizabeth Barret Browning: "Aurora Leigh", Anonymous: "Poverty Knock"	Norton
13	Arnold, Isolation. To Marguerite, To Marguerite- Continued, Dover Beach, Elizabeth Cook "The English Man" Dante Gabriel Rossetti, My Sister’s Sleep, Pre-Raphelite Poetry,	Norton
14	Pre-Raphelite Poetry: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, "The Blessed Damosel" Christina Rosetti: "Dead Before Death", "No thank you John"	Norton
15	Review	Review
16	Final Exam

Sources

Other Sources	1. Abrams, M.H. (gen.ed.) The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume II. 6th ed. New York. London: W.W.Norton&Company, 1993.
	2. Watson, J.R. English Poetry of the Romantic Period 1789-1830. 2nd ed. Longman: London & New York. 1992.
	3. O’Flinn, Paul. How to Study Romantic Poetry, London: Macmillan, 2001.

Evaluation System

Requirements	Number	Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation	-	-
Laboratory	-	-
Application	-	-
Field Work	-	-
Special Course Internship	-	-
Quizzes/Studio Critics	-	-
Homework Assignments	-	-
Presentation	1	20
Project	-	-
Report	-	-
Seminar	-	-
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury	1	30
Final Exam/Final Jury	1	50
Toplam	3	100

Percentage of Semester Work	60
Percentage of Final Work	40
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
#	Program Qualifications / Competencies	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 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 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	The ability to translate various kinds of texts from different disciplines both from English into Turkish and from Turkish into English	X
12	To get prepared for professional life by developing a sense of responsibility through individual tasks and group projects					X
13	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
14	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	14	2	28
Presentation/Seminar Prepration	1	5	5
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury	1	20	20
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury	1	25	25
Total Workload			126