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| ELL3002 | Contemporary Literary Theory | 4+0+0 | ECTS:6 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of WESTERN LANGUAGES and LITERATURE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 4 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Fehmi TURGUT | | Co-Lecturer | none | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | define both literary theory and literary criticism, and explain the emergence of these two fields as a discipline of study;
identify and discuss classical Greek explanations of the purpose of literature;
explain and account for the rise of literary theory in the 20th century, and describe the place of theory in contemporary English and cultural studies;
provide a brief overview of the major tenets, practitioners, and ideas stemming from the following critical and theoretical movements and/or schools: Russian formalism, New Criticism, structuralism, poststructuralism, semiotics, deconstruction, psychoanalysis,feminism, gender theory, Marxism, reader-response paradigms, New Historicism, postcolonialism, ethnic studies, ecocriticism, chaos theory, and trauma theory;
identify and discuss some of the viewpoints opposed to the practice of literary criticism; |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | define both literary theory and literary criticism, and explain the emergence of these two fields as a discipline of study; | 1,2,3,5,6,7,12,15,17,19,21,22 | 1 | | LO - 2 : | explain and account for the rise of literary theory in the 20th century, and describe the place of theory in contemporary English and cultural studies; | 1,2,4,5,6,7,8,10,11,12,13,14,15 | 1 | | LO - 3 : | identify and discuss classical Greek explanations of the purpose of literature; | 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10 | 1 | | LO - 4 : | provide a brief overview of the major tenets, practitioners, and ideas stemming from certain critical and theoretical movements and/or schools; | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 | 1 | | LO - 5 : | identify and discuss some of the viewpoints opposed to the practice of literary criticism; | 1,2,3,5,7,9,10,11 | 1 | | LO - 6 : | identify and discuss some of the viewpoints opposed to the practice of literary criticism; | 1,2,3,5,6,7 | 1 | | LO - 7 : | explore the basic principles and preeminent texts that have defined many of the major critical debates surrounding literature over the past hundred years; | 1,2,3,5,6 | 1 | | LO - 8 : | identify and engage with key questions that have animated - and continue to animate - theoretical discussions among literary scholars and critics, including issues pertaining to ideology, cultural value, the patriarchal and colonial biases of Western culture and literature, and more. | 1,2,3,6,7 | 1 | | LO - 9 : | discuss contemporary cultural forces influencing some of the newly emerging trends in literary theory, such as ecocriticism, trauma theory, and chaos theory; | 1,2,3 | 1 | | LO - 10 : | identify, discuss, and define some of the key theories of major literary and cultural critics and theorists, such as (in alphabetical order) Theodor W. Adorno, Aristotle, J.L. Austin, Mikhail Bakhtin, Roland Barthes, Simone de Beauvoir, Judith Butler, Hélène Cixous, Jacques Derrida, Terry Eagleton, | 1,2,5,7,8 | 1 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| This course will introduce you to the field of literary theory, a central component of contemporary studies in English and world literature. As you progress through this course, you will gain knowledge of the various premises and methods available to you as a critical reader of literature. You will identify and engage with key questions that have animated - and continue to animate - theoretical discussions among literary scholars and critics, including issues pertaining to ideology, cultural value, the patriarchal and colonial biases of Western culture and literature, and more. The structure of this course is historically based, arranged as a genealogy of theoretical paradigms, beginning in the early 20th century - when literary theory first developed as a formal discipline - and following the evolution of literary theory into the present day. From text-centric Russian formalism to contemporary gynocriticism and trauma theory, you will explore the basic principles and preeminent texts that have defined many of the major critical debates surrounding literature over the past hundred years. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction | | | Week 2 | New Criticism and American Reader Response Criticism | | | Week 3 | Structuralism | | | Week 4 | Structuralism | | | Week 5 | Deconstruction | | | Week 6 | Deconstruction | | | Week 7 | Psychoanalysis: Freud | | | Week 8 | Psychoanalysis and Lacan | | | Week 9 | Psychoanalysis and Lacan | | | Week 10 | Michel Foucault | | | Week 11 | Roland Barthes | | | Week 12 | Feminist Criticisim | | | Week 13 | Post-colonial Criticism | | | Week 14 | contemporary gynocriticism and trauma theory | | | Week 15 | Russian formalism | | | Week 16 | Closing Remarks | | | |
| 1 | Yale University; Open Yale Courses: Introduction to Theory of Literature: Dr. Paul H. Fry s Lecture Series | | | 2 | The University of Tennessee; Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Dr. Vince Brewton s Literary Theory | | | 3 | Rafey Habib. A history of literary criticism and theory : from Plato to the present | | | |
| 1 | Harry Blamires (auth.)Macmillan History of Literature: A History of Literary Criticism | | | 2 | Classical Literary Criticism (Penguin Classics) | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 2 | 30 | | Presentation | 14 | | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 17 | | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 5 | 14 | 70 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 6 | 1 | 6 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Proje | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Kısa sınav | 1 | 12 | 12 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 206 |
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