ELIT622 DRAMA: SELECTED WORKS

Course Code:8210622
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

At the end of this course, students will have a critical understanding of selected drama from Western traditions, and both deepened and broadened  understandings of the major theoretical, practical and artistic parameters involved in the advanced study of dramatic texts.

 


Course Content

A study of drama as a literary genre through representative works from different periods.


Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

Examine the cultural, theoretical and aesthetic features of significant dramatic texts in Western  literature.

Add to their existing knowledge of dramatic texts, and gain a deep familiarity with many further works of drama deemed to have the status of classics in Western literature.

Show their ability to use their advanced knowledge of drama and related theoretical thinking in extended, individually proposed and written presentations and research papers.

 

 


Program Outcomes Matrix

Level of Contribution
#Program Outcomes0123
1compare and contrast literary texts written in different periods of British literature in terms of form and content.
2appreciate authors who emerge out of non-British contexts.
3approach the notion of the literary canon from a critical perspective.
4read and interpret texts critically from different theoretical vantage points.
5become acquainted with the characteristics of various genres of literature.
6identify major themes and generic features of literary texts.
7analyze the relationships between form and content in literary texts.
8outline the major lines of critical argument around literary and cultural texts.
9write insighful papers on different literary topics.
10articulate their ideas with a critical awareness in literary discussions.
11decipher different literary texts in terms of structure and technical features.

0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution