Romantic Poetry II

Program Type:

Thesis

Course Code:

ELIT 627

Course Type:

Area Elective

P:

3

Lab:

0

Credits:

3

ECTS:

15

Course Language:

English

Course Coordinator:

Nina Cemiloğlu

Courses given by:

Nina Cemiloğlu

Course Objectives:

The course aims at an understanding of the development of literature in general and poetry in particular from the 1790s into the 1820s, as well as an understanding and appreciation of poetry: How to read poetry; How to analyse verse form; how poetic devices function and how to make sense of poetic license.

Course Content:

The poetry studied will be of celebration, consolation, amusement, and reflection written during the Romantic period, by members of several classes, and by defenders of different social and religious faiths. Issues of poetic language, rhetoric, and genre, and the social context and the audience of all these works will also be considered.

Teaching Methods:

1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion, 4: Simulation, 5: Case Study

Assessment Methods:

A: Testing, B: Class Performance, C: Homework, D: Presentation

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Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes	Program Learning Outcomes	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
1) To introduce period literature and highlight various defining features of poetry of the age.	1-2, 5-6, 8-10	1,2,3	A, C
2) To equip the students with the knowledge necessary to interpret and discuss poetry of the period in terms of trends and meaning.	1-2, 5-6, 8-10	1,2,3	A, C
3) To equip the students with the terminology necessary to analyse and discuss poetry.	1-2, 5-6, 8-10	1,2,3	A, C
4) To develop an understanding of how the many different elements of poetry function together to create the overall effect the poet was aiming for.	1-2, 5-6, 8-10	1,2,3	A, C
5) 5) To equip the students with the necessary critical faculties, analytical approach, and analytical, interpretative and inference skills for a successful understanding of literature in general, poetry in particular.	1-2, 5-6, 8-10	1,2,3	A, C

Course Flow

COURSE CONTENT
Week	Topics	Study Materials
1	Introduction	Materials for the course provided by instructor
2	Readings by Keats and William Hazlitt
3	Readings by P.B. Shelley I
4	Readings by P.B. Shelley II
5	Readings by P.B. Shelley III
6	Readings by P.B. Shelley and Byron
7	Readings by Mary Shelley I
8	Readings by Mary Shelley II
9	Readings by Byron I
10	Readings by Byron II
11	Readings by Byron III
12	Students’ presentations
13	Students’ presentations
14	Students’ presentations
15	Conclusion

Recommended Sources

RECOMMENDED SOURCES

Textbook

Gordon, George, and Lord Byron. Selected Poems. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2000

Keats, John. John Keats: Complete Poems. Edited by Jack Stillinger. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1982.

Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. Edited by Marilyn Butler. New York, NY: Oxford UP Shelley, Percy Bysshe. Selected Poems. New York, NY: Dover, 1993

Wordsworth, William, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Lyrical Ballads. New York, NY: Routledge, 2005.

Additional Resources

Eighteenth-Century Poetry: An Annotated Anthology. Edited by

David Fairer and Christine Gerrard. Oxford, UK: Blackwell

Original Sonnets on Various Subjects; and Odes Paraphrased

from Horace. 2nd ed. London, UK: G. Sael

The Poems of Charlotte Smith. Edited by Stuart Curran. New

York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1993

Wordsworth. "Preface" to Lyrical Ballads

Poems, Chiefly Written in Retirement. 1801. Reprinted by

Oxford, UK: Woodstock Books, 1989

Hazlitt, William. "On Poetry in General." In Selected

Writings. Edited by Jon Cook. Oxford, UK: Oxford University

Press, 1991

Assessment

ASSESSMENT
IN-TERM STUDIES	NUMBER	PERCENTAGE
Mid-Term	1	35
Class Performance	1	30
Final Exam	1	35
Total		100
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE		35
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE		65
Total		100

Course’s Contribution to Program

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
No	Program Learning Outcomes	Contribution
No	Program Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	The ability to apply knowledge of English and world literature and social sciences to topics including culture, society, ethics, politics etc.				X
2	The ability to review, analyse and apply the relevant literature				X
3	The ability to carry out interdisciplinary reading and analysis.		X
4	The ability to utilise the basic concepts and issues of literary theories in developing life strategies		X
5	Awareness of professional ethics and responsibility				X
6	Effective communication skills.				X
7	A sufficiently broad education to understand the global and social impact of literary movements.		X
8	An awareness of the importance of lifelong learning and the ability to put it into practice.			X
9	Knowledge of issues in contemporary literature and of the cultural issues of the period.				X
10	The ability to use sources and modern tools in order to carry out research in the areas of literature and aesthetics.			X

ECTS

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Including exam week: 15x Total course hrs)	15	3	45
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	14	17	252
Presentation	1	18	18
Final Paper	1	60	60
Total Work Load			375
Total Work Load / 25 (h)			15.0
ECTS Credit of the Course			15

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