ELIT518 LITERATURE IN THE 17TH CENTURY
| Course Code: | 8210518 |
| 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
To become absorbed in the cultural, intellectual and political debates of the 17th century through study of the most important literary texts of this turbulent period. Most important is to read, in complete form, the two 17th century texts that remain the foundational texts for all subsequent English literature: Milton's Paradise Lost, and Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress.
Course Content
Representative works and genres are studied in the context of social and intellectual trends of the period. (Works to be selected from Milton, Donne, Marvell, Johnson, etc.)
Course Learning Outcomes
An appreciation and deeper understanding of not only this century's pivotal part in the historical and literary achievements of the place, but also to have survived immersion in texts that are often considered 'difficult' while at the same time 'sublime'. To achieve the enormous sense of achievement and pleasure that these works of art give to all those who take them thoughtfully and seriously.
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