ACADEMIC CATALOG

ELIT609 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN LITERARY STUDI

Course Code:	8210609
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. HÜLYA YILDIZ BAĞÇE
Offered Semester:	Fall and Spring Semesters.

At the end of this course the students will

- be familiar with the major methods of literary research.

- develop a disciplined and consistent approach to literary research.

Development of a disciplined and consistent approach to literary research, with emphasis on problems of locating, analyzing and interpreting data.

At the end of this course students will be able to

- conduct research in literary studies in an efficient way

- produce a research article that can be published in a national or international journal

- evaluate their own stance and approaches to research in the field of literary studies.

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