ELIT516 LITERATURE IN THE MIDDLE AGES
| Course Code: | 8210516 |
| 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. NİL KORKUT NAYKI |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course aims to
- explore the major literary productions of the Middle Ages with a perspective towards the social, religious and cultural contexts of the time.
- provide a good grounding in the major authors and prevalent themes and concerns of Medieval literature.
Course Content
Representative texts are used to study the courtly love and romance traditions, verse romances and Medieval drama.
Course Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to
- make a scholarly discussion of the main themes of literature in the Middle Ages and relate these to the social, political and religious circumstances of the time.
- identify major authors and works of the Middle Ages.
- analyze Medieval literary works by paying attention to their contexts as well as the generic and stylistic qualities of the works in question.
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