ELIT615 OLD ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
| Course Code: | 8210615 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (0.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | English Literature |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. NİL KORKUT NAYKI |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course aims to
- provide knowledge and understanding of the cultural and linguistic background to Old English (Anglo Saxon) literature.
- explore the canon of Old English literature in relation to linguistic, textual, thematic and critical issues.
Course Content
This course provides postgraduate students of English with basic Old English skills to enable them to translate selected authentic texts from the period 600-1100, and from the start it supplements the language component with information about Anglo Saxon history and culture, and with study and interpretation of their literary productions.
Course Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course students will be able to
- identify literary and cultural products of the Old English period.
- discuss and analyze Anglo-Saxon history, culture, language and literary productions.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | compare and contrast literary texts written in different periods of British literature in terms of form and content. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | appreciate authors who emerge out of non-British contexts. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | approach the notion of the literary canon from a critical perspective. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | read and interpret texts critically from different theoretical vantage points. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | become acquainted with the characteristics of various genres of literature. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | identify major themes and generic features of literary texts. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | analyze the relationships between form and content in literary texts. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | outline the major lines of critical argument around literary and cultural texts. | ✔ | |||
| 9 | write insighful papers on different literary topics. | ✔ | |||
| 10 | articulate their ideas with a critical awareness in literary discussions. | ✔ | |||
| 11 | decipher different literary texts in terms of structure and technical features. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution