COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LITERARY CRITICISM

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
RDE 5025 LITERARY CRITICISM ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Russian Language and Literature

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR TAMILLA ALIYEVA

Offered to

Russian Language and Literature

Course Objective

To gain the ability to make literary criticism in the light of social and political developments with examples from Turkish and Russian Literature.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn the methods of literary criticism
2   Be able to critically evaluate the movements in literary works
3   To learn about the most important critics and their work in Russian Literature
4   To evaluate literary works with their historical, social and political dimensions.
5   To bring different approaches to the subject

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The concept of criticism New directions in literature
2 Linguistic criticism Examples from Russian and Turkish Literature
3 Historical criticism Examples from Russian and Turkish Literature
4 Biographical criticism General evaluation
5 Feminist criticism
6 Psychoanalysis
7 Postmodernism
8 Postmodernism sequel
9 Literary movements
10 Literary movements continued

Recomended or Required Reading

Various Russian sources

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Will be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

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)

Will be announced.

Office Hours

Will be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 137

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.15
LO.24
LO.35
LO.4
LO.554