Topics in Poetry (ELIT521) Course Detail

Course Name	Course Code	Season	Lecture Hours	Application Hours	Lab Hours	Credit	ECTS
Topics in Poetry	ELIT521	Area 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
#	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 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