COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LITERARY THEORIES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
RDE 3020 LITERARY THEORIES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Russian Language and Literature

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR TAMILLA ALIYEVA

Offered to

Russian Language and Literature

Course Objective

To teach students Literary Theory

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Acquire sufficient knowledge about Literary Theory.
2   2. Do text analysis using Literary Theory.
3   3. Compare and synthesize various literary works of Russian and Turkish authors.
4   4. Master the literary terminology
5   5. Examines different texts according to learned literary genres.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1. Characteristics of Literary Theory. 11. Novel and story types and methods of analysis
2 2. Structuralism 12. The theme, idea, problem of a literary work.
3 3. Post-Structuralism 13. Creation of a literary work. Organization types.
4 4. Psychoanalytic Criticism 14. Understanding of time and space in a literary work.
5 5. Russian Formalism 15. General review
6 6. Feminist Criticism 16. Finel exam
7 7. Post Colonialism
8 8. Postmodernism
9 9. Lyrical, epic, dramatic literary works.
10 10. Literary movements.

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Bey. L.B. Vvedeniye v literaturovedeniye : uçebnoye posobiye po yazıku specialnosti: Zlotoust, 2015. 198 s.
2. O.V.Lapatinskaya.Vvedeniye v literaturovedeniye. Metodiçeskiye rekomendacii.Vitebsk. 2016. 51 s.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Presentation

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes 1-5 will be evaluated via the questions asked in the mid-term and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Russian

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance at 80% of the classes is mandatory.
2. Participation in the midterm and final activities will be taken into account in the evaluation.
3. Attempts to cheat and plagiarize in the midterm and final exams will be evaluated as 0 (zero).

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

tamilla.aliyeva@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 10.00 -16.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 78

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.15555
LO.25555
LO.35555
LO.4555
LO.5555