ELIT614 LITERARY THEORY IN PRACTICE
| Course Code: | 8210614 |
| 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 |
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| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The course aims to:
encourage and enable students to develop their own views of these theoretical approaches encourage students to have a sense of intellectual independence give the opportunity to apply these perspectives
Course Content
The course begins with further readings from a number of critics/philosophers who paved the way for contemporary theory. Against the background of these critics, the students will apply their critical perspectives (structuralism, Marxist theory, psychoanalytical criticism, post-structuralism, postcolonial theory, feminist, gay and lesbian theory, and cultural theories) to different texts.
Course Learning Outcomes
The students will be able to:
read canonical texts from English and Turkish literatures from a critical perspective
write intellectually stimulating critical articles applying the theoretical approaches