POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
GEP0702 | Critical Thinking and Literary Criticism | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester |
Language of instruction: | En |
Type of course: | GE-Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Assoc. Prof. GÖKSEL AYMAZ |
Course Objectives: | This course is a survey of major critical approaches, from Aristotle's Poetics to Romanticism. It aims to familiarize students with some of the main themes and currents of literary theory by dealing with the questions as what is literature, how is it produced, how can it be understood, and what is its purpose? |
The students who have succeeded in this course; • understanding of major critical approaches; • knowledge of selected prominent critics and their works; • some of the skills necessary for critical thinking and literary criticism. • to demonstrate an understanding of the importance of the literature and the role of criticism in deciphering cultural production and social change; • to demonstrate knowledge of the terminology related to literary criticism; • to demonstrate oral presentation skills as they relate to literary and cultural studies; • to demonstrate skills to integrate and compare the knowledge from this course with other culture courses • to recognize the value of multiple perspectives and develop competence in giving and receiving constructive criticism; • to identify and decipher the aesthetic, political, and cultural importance of literature. |
Literary Criticim and Classical Antiquity Medieval Literary Criticism Literary Criticism in the Renaissance Period Literary Criticism in the 17th and 18th centuries End of the Classical Tradition Romanticism(s) |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation | |
1) | Giriş | ||
2) | On critical thinking and literary criticism | ||
3) | Literary Criticism and Classical Antiquity | Plato (excerpts from Republic Book II, III & X; Ion) Aristotle (Poetics) | |
4) | Literary Criticim and Classical Antiquity | Horace (excerpts from Ars Poetica) Longinus (excerpts from “On The Sublime”) | |
5) | Medieval Literary Criticism | St. Augustine (excerpts from On Christian Doctrine) Aquinas, (excerpts from The Nature and Domain of Sacred Doctrine) | |
6) | Medieval Literary Criticism | Dante (excerpts from “Letter to Can Grande Della Scala”) Boccaccio (excerpts from Life of Dante, Genealogy of the Gentile Gods) | |
7) | Literary Criticism in the Renaissance Period | Sir Philip Sidney (excerpts from “An Apology for Poetry”) Francis Bacon (excerpts from The Advancement of Learning) | |
8) | Literary Criticism in the 17th and 18th centuries | John Dryden (excerpts from Essay on Dramatic Poesy) Jonathan Swift (excerpts from The Battle of the Books) | |
9) | Literary Criticism in the 17th and 18th centuries | Alexander Pope (excerpts from An Essay on Criticism) | |
10) | End of the Classical Tradition | Samuel Johnson (excerpts from “Preface to Shakespeare”) | |
11) | Romanticism(s) | Criticism:The Major Texts, “Introduction” (Romanticism and After) | |
12) | Romanticism(s) | Kant (excerpts from Critique of Judgement) Schelling (excerpts On the Relation of the Plastic Arts to Nature) | |
13) | Romanticism(s) | William Wordsworth (excerpts from “Preface to Lyrical Ballads”) Samuel Taylor Coleridge (excerpts from Biographia Literaria) | |
14) | Concluding Remarks & General Review |
Course Notes: | T. S. Dorsch, Classical Literary Criticism, London: Penguin Books, 1969. M. H. Abrams, The Mirror and the Lamp, New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1953. Berna Moran, Edebiyat Kuramları ve Eleştiri, İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 1999. The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism, ed.Vincent B. Leitch, New York: Norton, 2001 |
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Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 14 | % 10 |
Laboratory | % 0 | |
Application | % 0 | |
Field Work | % 0 | |
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) | % 0 | |
Quizzes | % 0 | |
Homework Assignments | % 0 | |
Presentation | % 0 | |
Project | % 0 | |
Seminar | % 0 | |
Midterms | 1 | % 40 |
Preliminary Jury | % 0 | |
Final | 1 | % 50 |
Paper Submission | % 0 | |
Jury | % 0 | |
Bütünleme | % 0 | |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 50 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 50 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Field Work | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 2 | 28 |
Presentations / Seminar | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Homework Assignments | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Quizzes | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Preliminary Jury | 0 | ||
Midterms | 1 | 10 | 10 |
Paper Submission | 0 | ||
Jury | 0 | ||
Final | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Total Workload | 100 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Grasp basic theoretical and conceptual knowledge about the field and relations between them at the level of practice. | |
2) | Possess basic knowledge about the causes and effects of political transformations in societies. | |
3) | Possess knowledge about quantitative, qualitative and mixed research methods in social and behavioral sciences. | |
4) | Recognize historical patterns while evaluating contemporary political and social developments. | |
5) | Demonstrate interdisciplinary and critical approach while analyzing, synthesizing and forecasting domestic and foreign policy. | |
6) | Conduct studies in the field professionally, both independently or as a team member. | |
7) | Possess consciousness about lifelong learning based on Research & Development. | |
8) | Communicate with peers both orally and in writing, by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio B1 General Level and the necessary informatics and communication technologies. | |
9) | Apply field-related knowledge and competences into career advancement, projects for sustainable development goals, and social responsibility initiatives. | |
10) | Possess the habit to monitor domestic and foreign policy agenda as well as international developments. | |
11) | Possess competence to interpret the new political actors, theories and concepts in a global era. | |
12) | Evaluate the legal and ethical implications of advanced technologies on politics. |