ELIT520 THE VICTORIANS
| Course Code: | 8210520 |
| 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
The students are expected to:
read and discuss the important literary texts of the era with academic competence
be familiar with the generic elements of the texts written in the period
Course Content
Representative examples of the poetry and prose of the Victorian Age are studied as a means of understanding and evaluating the social, moral and scientific issue of this period. (Works to be selected from Arnold, Huxley, Ruskin, Dickens, G. Eliot, Oscar Wilde, Tennyson, Browning, Butler, etc.)
Course Learning Outcomes
The students are expected to:
be competent about the major literary figures and movements of the period
lead discussions on the fictional and nonfictional works of the period
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