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| ELL3027 | British Poetry | 4+0+0 | ECTS:5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | WESTERN LANGUAGES and LITERATURE (%100 English) | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 4 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Arş. Gör. Özlem ÇAKMAKOĞLU | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | ? Trying to create an understanding of reading and analyzing a poem.
? Improving theoretical knowledge and merging it into analytical thinking.
? Learning to assess and utilize primary sources of mainstream movements.
? Getting familiar with the leading poets and important figures of British literature.
? Distinguishing between poetic language and standard or everyday language.
? Constructing clear, concise, and well-written reflection papers on poems analyzed during the classes. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Students will be able to interpret English poetry within its historical, cultural, and literary context by using critical thinking and analytical skills. | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 15 | 1,2,3,4,5,6, | | LO - 2 : | Students will be able to analyse the linguistic and stylistic features of English poetry and apply them in foreign language teaching to create cultural and linguistic awareness. | 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 15 | 1,3,4,5, | | LO - 3 : | Students will be able to interpret English poetry in an intercultural context, transfer meaning across different languages and cultures, and produce qualified content through translation. | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 10 - 11 - 15 | 1,3,4,5,6, | | LO - 4 : | Students will be able to analyse English poetry through interdisciplinary approaches and critically and analytically apply the knowledge they acquire in academic research and writing processes. | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 14 - 15 | 1,2,3,4,5,6, | | LO - 5 : | Students will be able to compare English poetry with its counterparts in a second foreign language and its cultural elements, recognising linguistic similarities and differences. | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 10 - 11 - 15 | 5, | | LO - 6 : | Students will be able to examine the structural and functional features of language in English poetry and relate them to fundamental linguistic concepts and theories. | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 15 | 1,4,5,6, | | 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 aims to enable students to distinguish poetic language from standard language, to use basic poetic techniques and terminology, to evaluate the chronological development of English poetry from Old English to the Postmodern Period within the context of period, poet, and socio-cultural context, and to critically analyse different poetic genres and literary movements in accordance with theoretical approaches. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | a. Definition of Poem, Poet, and Poetry
b. The History of Poetry
c. Functions of Poetry
d. Fundamental Steps for Reading a Poem | | | Week 2 | a. Form and Structural Elements of Poetry as a Literary Genre
b. Archaic Personal Pronouns
c. Common Types of Poetry
d. Samples and Analysis
e. Basic Literary Devices to Analyse a Poem | | | Week 3 | a. The History of England & The Chronological Order of British Poetry
b. The Stone Age in England
c. The Bronze Age in England
d. The Iron Age in England | | | Week 4 | a. The Celtic Britain Period/The Iron Age
b. The Roman Britain Period | | | Week 5 | a. The Old English/Anglo-Saxon Period
b. Analysis of "The Husband s Message" by Anonymous
c. Analysis of "The Wife s Lament" by Anonymous | | | Week 6 | a. The Middle/Anglo-Norman English Period
b. Analysis of "Piers Plowman" - Prologue by William Langland
c. Analysis of "Pearl" by Anonymous | | | Week 7 | a. The Renaissance
b. Analysis of "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell
c. Analysis of "The Altar" by George Herbert | | | Week 8 | a. The Neoclassical Period
b. Analysis of "Mac Flecknoe" by John Dryden | | | Week 9 | VISA EXAM
| | | Week 10 | a. The Romantic Period
b. Analysis of "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth
| | | Week 11 | a. The Victorian Period
b. Analysis of "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning | | | Week 12 | There Was Poetry: A Chronicle of British Literature II
Poetry Language and Literature: Poetry Pageant | | | Week 13 | a. The Modern Period
b. Analysis of "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas | | | Week 14 | a. The Postmodern Period
b. Analyses of "Three-Piece" ? "A Suit, A Tie", and "A Coat" by Seamus Heaney | | | Week 15 | a. Reflection Pool Covering the Semester
b. Writing Poetry & Prose: I am Human After All | | | Week 16 | END-OF-TERM EXAM | | | |
| 1 | Margaret Ferguson, Mary Jo Salter, and Jon Stallworthy (eds.), The Norton Anthology of Poetry 5th Edition, W. W. Norton & Company, London 2005. | | | |
| 1 | David Hopkins, The Routledge Anthology of Poets on Poets: Poetic Responses to English Poetry from Chaucer to Yeats, Routledge, London 1994. | | | 2 | Hugh Kenner, The Art of Poetry, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Canada 1959. | | | 3 | Ian Hamilton (ed.), The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Poetry in English, Oxford University Press, Oxford; 1994. | | | 4 | John Garret, British Poetry since the Sixteenth Century, MacMillan, London 1986. | | | 5 | John Lennard, The Poetry Handbook, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2005. | | | 6 | John McRae, The Language of Poetry, Routledge, London 1998. | | | 7 | John Peck and Martin Coyle, Literary Terms and Criticism, Palgrave MacMillan, New York 2002. | | | 8 | Louis George Alexander, Poetry and Prose Appreciation for Overseas Students, Longmans, Malta 1969. | | | 9 | Marie Rose Napierkowski and Mary K. Ruby (eds.), Poetry for Students, Gale Research, Michigan 1997. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 1 | 50 | | Quiz | 4 | | 0,5 | | | Presentation | 13 | | 2 | | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 1 | 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 | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 6 | 4 | 24 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 1 | 5 | 5 | | Ödev | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Proje | 4 | 8 | 32 | | Kısa sınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 5 | 4 | 20 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 8 | 8 | | Total work load | | | 150 |
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