ELIT511 THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
| Course Code: | 8210511 |
| 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: | Prof.Dr. NURTEN BİRLİK |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
reflect on a wide range of theoretical and literary selections from the Romantic period,
write insightful papers on the poems and prose work covered in the class,
Course Content
Significant characteristics of the Romantic period and Romanticism will be discussed and selected works of prose and poetry will be studied. Among the authors to be considered are Burns, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Lamb, Hazlitt, Blake, Scott, De Quincey, Byron, Shelley, Keats.
Course Learning Outcomes
Among the specific goals the students are expected to achieve in this course are the following:
* to be able to analyze and interpret the major poems written in the period with a critical awareness and intellectual sophistication
* to become acquainted with the characteristics of various genres of literature in the Romantic Period,
* to improve their ability to articulate ideas about and respond to the poems against the backdrop of different theories and philosophical schools that appeared before and after the Romantic Period,
* to practice skills that will enable them to analyze other textual material like films, iconic signs, cultural elements and rituals that belong to the Period
* to study the works of the women poets and writers who were excluded from the canonical texts and anthologies and bring to attention the literary potential of these figures by re-reading them from a new vantage point
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