COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CRITICAL THEORY I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKE 5041 CRITICAL THEORY I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

American Culture and Literature

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR FÜSUN ÇOBAN DÖŞKAYA

Offered to

American Culture and Literature

Course Objective

This course teaches certain critical theories and gives students the ability to interpret and analyze selected works of American literature in accordance with them.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To have knowledge about critical theories.
2   to have the ability to interpret and analyze selected works of American literature in accordance with critical theories.
3   to be capable of doing analysis.
4   to be capable of using course s terminology.
5   to have critical approach.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Literary Theory: An Introduction Class Discussion
2 Formalisms Class Discussion
3 Structuralism Class Discussion
4 Psychoanalysis Class Discussion
5 Marxism Class Discussion
6 Post-structuralism Class Discussion
7 Deconstruction Class Discussion
8 Class Discussion Class Discussion
9 Post-Modernism Class Discussion
10 Feminism Class Discussion
11 Gender Studies Gay/Lesbian Studies; Queer Theory Class Discussion
12 Historicisms Class Discussion
13 Ethnic Studies: Post Coloniality and International Studies Class Discussion
14 General Evaluation General Evaluation/ Wrap up

Recomended or Required Reading

Julie Rivkin and Michael Ryan eds. Literary Theory: An Anthology
Hazard Adams Critical Theory since Plato
Tahsin Yücel Eleştiri Kuramları
Mehmet Rifat Yaklaşımlarıyla Eleştiri Kuramcıları
Berna Moran Edebiyat Kuramları ve Eleştiri
Ali Ihsan Kolcu Edebiyat Kuramları: Tanım, Tenkit, Tahlil
Quentin Skinner Çağdaş Temel Kuramlar
Zeynep Uysal (ed) Edebiyatın Omzundaki Melek
Plato, Ion , The Republic (Book X)
Aristotle, Poetics
Culler, Jonathan. Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
Ferdinand de Saussure, from Course in General Linguistics
Viktor Shklovsky, from Art as Technique

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be based on lectures and class discussions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Will be announced.

Assessment Criteria

To abide by ethical criteria in academic work.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Will be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

fusun.doskaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Will be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 122

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55