COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INNOVATION AND THE WOMAN WRITER

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KAR 5039 INNOVATION AND THE WOMAN WRITER ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Comparative Literature

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HÜLYA KAYA

Offered to

Comparative Literature

Course Objective

This course aims to study the innovative literary contributions of women poets to the literary canon

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to survey feminist poetics in over a century.
2   to analyze poetry writing by women who created their own models of literary form.
3   to achieve a deep understanding of women poets and their innovations to the canon.
4   to develop their skills of critical reading.
5   to build students skills and confidence in developing their own ideas in a scholarly context.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: presentation of the lecture
2 Examination of the history of poetics
3 Women poets in the literary canon
4 The gender question in the literary tradition
5 Literary innovations by women writers
6 Distinct styles in women s poetry
7 Innovative techniques and narrative
8 Text analysis and presentation
9 Text analysis and presentation
10 Text analysis and presentation
11 Text analysis and presentation
12 Text analysis and presentation
13 Text analysis and presentation
14 Wrap-Up

Recomended or Required Reading

DuPlessis, Rachel Blau, Writing Beyond the Ending, Indiana UP, Bloomington, 1985.
Shaw, Marion, An Introduction to Women s Writing. Prentice Hall, London, 1998.
Ostiker, Alicia Suskin, Stealing the Language: The Emergende of Women s Poetry in America, Beacon Press, Boston, 1986.
Bryan, Sharon, Where We Stand: Women Poets on Literary Tradition, Norton, New York, 1993.
Sloan, Mary Margaret, ed. Moving Borders: Three Decades of Innovative Writing by Women, Talisman House, New Jersey, 1998.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, in class discussions, assignments and presentations.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Will be announced.

Assessment Criteria

Will be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% attendance is obligatory.
2. Any kind of plagiarism will be subject to disciplinary action.
3. Preparation to weekly lectures (reading the respective material) and contribution to in class discussion is obligatory.
4. Students prepare presentations about topics given by the instructor.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ufuk.gundogan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Will be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 157

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.44
LO.55

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