ELIT508 SHAKESPEAREAN DRAMA
| Course Code: | 8210508 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | English Literature |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. ELİF ÖZTABAK AVCI |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the student will have read approximately 12 plays by Shakespeare and wıll have studied in greater depth at least six of them.
Students wıll also have analysed several of the formal (including stylistic) features and thematic concerns of Shakespeare's tragedies, comedies, historıes and romances/problem plays
After this course students will find that they can easily identify the similarities and differences between classıcal, earlıer and contemporary (Early Modern) drama and Shakesperean drama
Students of this course will also be introduced to some of the major issues regarding textual transmission and cruxes of editing Early Modern texts
Course Content
In-depth study of selected major Shakespearean plays.
Course Learning Outcomes
Student, who passed the course satisfactorily will be able to:
Show detaıled and analytıc understanding of several Shakespearean dramas
Be able to compare and contrast the ınternal and external thematıc and formal features of Shakespearean and other playsç
Read Early Modern Englısh texts ın their original forms with a fair degree of accuracy, and know how to reconstruct parts that are resistant to understanding
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