ECTS - Contemporary Poetry
Contemporary Poetry (ELIT519) Course Detail
Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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Contemporary Poetry | ELIT519 | General Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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N/A |
Course Language | English |
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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, Brain Storming. |
Course Lecturer(s) |
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Course Objectives | This course is designed to trace and examine the main trends, currents and developments in English poetry from the 1970s to the present day by studying, in some detail, selected poems by major poets. |
Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Content | Historical and literary context; main developments and trends in English poetry from the 1950`s to the present; selections from the work of major poets. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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1 | Historical, Cultural and Literary Context | The Norton Anthology of English Literature |
2 | 20th Century English Poetry | Draper, R.P., “Introduction”, An Introduction to Twentieth Century Poetry in English |
3 | Thomas Hardy; T. S. Eliot and Modernist Poetry; Poetry of War: Wilfred Owen and W. B. Yeats | The Norton Anthology of English Literature |
4 | Poetry of the 1930s: W. H. Auden; Poetry of the 1940s: Dylan Thomas | The Norton Anthology of English Literature |
5 | Poems of Philip Larkin | The Norton Anthology of English Literature |
6 | Poems of Thom Gunn | The Norton Anthology of English Literature |
7 | Poems of Ted Hughes | The Norton Anthology of English Literature |
8 | Poems of Geoffrey Hill | The Norton Anthology of English Literature |
9 | Midterm Exam | |
10 | Women Poets: Eavan Boland, Carol Ann Duffy | The Norton Anthology of English Literature |
11 | Regional, National and Post-Colonial Poetry | “Nation, Race, and Language”: The Norton Anthology of English Literature; Kamau Brathwaite: “Nation Language” The Norton Anthology of English Literature |
12 | Seamus Heaney | The Norton Anthology of English Literature |
13 | Paul Muldoon | The Norton Anthology of English Literature |
14 | Derek Walcott | The Norton Anthology of English Literature |
15 | Grace Nichols | The Norton Anthology of English Literature |
16 | Final Exam | Preparation |
Sources
Course Book | 1. Acheson, James and Romana Huk (eds.), Contemporary British Poetry: Essays in Theory and Criticism, New York: State University of New York Press, 1996 |
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2. Blanton, C. D., and Nigel Alderman (eds.), A Concise Companion to Post-War British and Irish Poetry, Oxford: Blackwell, 2006 | |
3. Brinton, Ian, Contemporary Poetry: Poets and Poetry since 1990, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. | |
4. Broom, Sarah. Contemporary British and Irish Poetry: An Introduction, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007 | |
5. Corcoran, Neil. English Poetry Since 1940, London and New York: Longman, 1993 | |
6. Corcoran, Neil (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century English Poetry, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007 | |
7. Draper, R.P., An Introduction to Twentieth Century Poetry in English, Macmillan Press,1999 | |
8. Falci, Eric, The Cambridge Introduction to British Poetry 1945-2010, Cambridge University Press, 2005 | |
9. McDonald, Peter, Serious Poetry: Form and Authority from Yeats to Hill, Oxford: Clarendon Press 2002 | |
10. Roberts, Neil (ed.), A Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry, Oxford: Blackwell, 1988 | |
11. Robinson, Peter (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary British and Irish Poetry, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013 | |
12. Schmidt, Michael (ed.), The Great Modern Poets, London: Quercus, 2006 | |
13. Williams, John, Twentieth-Century British Poetry: A Critical Introduction, London: Edward Arnold, 1987 |
Evaluation System
Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
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Attendance/Participation | - | - |
Laboratory | - | - |
Application | - | - |
Field Work | - | - |
Special Course Internship | - | - |
Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
Homework Assignments | 1 | 10 |
Presentation | 1 | 10 |
Project | - | - |
Report | - | - |
Seminar | - | - |
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 30 |
Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 50 |
Toplam | 4 | 100 |
Percentage of Semester Work | 50 |
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Percentage of Final Work | 50 |
Total | 100 |
Course Category
Core Courses | X |
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Major Area Courses | |
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 | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | Develop understanding of translation theories, concepts and history, and their application to the processes used in translating | |||||
2 | Develop critical knowledge and understanding of current issues, European Union and international relations, law and technical issues in terms of translation studies | |||||
3 | Detect, define, formulate and solve the problems to be encountered in translation process | |||||
4 | Acquire the skills of translation analysis, criticism and hermeneutics | |||||
5 | Develop critical understanding of international affairs and cultural studies regarding to profession of translation | |||||
6 | Improve skills of research techniques, use CAT tools, databases and other printed and electronic devices and sources efficiently | |||||
7 | Develop efficient individual and group working skills, build self-confidence for taking responsibility and acquire powerful communication skills. | |||||
8 | Build awareness for life-long learning; to catch the developments in science and technology and sustain continuous personal development. | |||||
9 | Acquire knowledge on ethical and professional issues in translation | |||||
10 | Build awareness about project management and the rights of employees and the legal consequences of translation applications. | |||||
11 | Build awareness about the universal and societal dimensions of translation studies and gather information about the problems of the contemporary World. | |||||
12 | Improve skills to use source and target languages fluently in presentations and academic studies | |||||
13 | Acquire knowledge on terminology management and global translation quality standards at a professional level |
ECTS/Workload Table
Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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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 | 4 | 56 |
Presentation/Seminar Prepration | 1 | 5 | 5 |
Project | |||
Report | |||
Homework Assignments | 1 | 5 | 5 |
Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 5 | 5 |
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 10 | 10 |
Total Workload | 129 |