FLE253 MODERN POETRY I
| Course Code: | 4500253 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 4.5 |
| Department: | Foreign Language Education |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. ELİF ÖZTABAK AVCI |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
1. To be able to analyze the relationship between the 20th century and modern poetry and the historical, cultural and philosophical developments.
2. To be able to identify different types of poetry.
3. To be able to identify technical elements and figures of speech used in them.
4. To be able to analyze and interpret the major pieces of modern poetry with a critical awareness and intellectual sophistication.
5. To improve students’ ability to articulate ideas about and to respond to the poems against the backdrop of different philosophical schools.
6. To study the works of poets who were excluded from the canonical texts and anthologies and to bring to attention the literary potential of these figures by re-reading them from a new vantage point.
Course Content
This course will explore the shifting meanings of modern and British within poetic practice, charting a literary history from the late nineteenth to the late twentieth century. The first several weeks of the course will treat some of the currents that gave rise to modernist poetry in Britain, including movements such as Imagism and Vorticism, and the new kinds of experience brought about by World War I. The middle part of the course will be centrally concerned with two major figures of high modernism, T.S. Eliot and W.B. Yeats. The final part of the course will deal largely with responses to and articulations within the terms set out by modernist poetry: for example, W.H. Audens diagnosis of English culture between the wars; Irish, Scots, Welsh poets negotiation of minority cultures within British modernity; and Philip Larkins hostility toward modernisms experimentalism and cosmopolitanism. The student will identify and explain the social, religious, philosophical and economic forces of the period and read and identify modernist poets.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will gain knowledge, skills and competence required to analyze the developments of the late 19th and 20th century modern poetry in English in historical, philosophical, cultural and literary contexts through a study of selected poets and their works.
Program Outcomes Matrix
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| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Make appropriate pedagogical decisions in accordance with their particular English teaching context (i.e. Age, setting, location, and learner background) based on a contemporary repertoire of language teaching approaches and methods. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Critically analyze linguistic, literary, cultural, and historical issues when selecting, developing, and using course materials and assessment instruments. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Based on their familiarity with educational sciences, literature, and linguistics, establish cross-disciplinary connections and develop critical intellectual curiosity. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Identify and generate solutions for specific language-related problems which learners of English may face at different proficiency levels. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Individually and collaboratively design, conduct, and report small-scale educational research projects by employing relevant research methods in the investigation of language with teachers from local, national or international contexts. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Demonstrate awareness of individual, (multi) cultural, and psycho-social diversity in learning environments and adapt to different local contexts. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Analyze and address professional challenges based on an awareness of global systems and comparisons of educational systems. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Fluently and accurately use all receptive and productive English language skills at an advanced level for effective daily and academic communication. | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Effectively translate a diverse set of English and Turkish discourses considering context-specific elements. | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Utilize experiences of learning a foreign language other than English for developing an awareness of language learning processes. | ✔ | |||
| 11 | With self-confidence, effectively communicate with students and other stakeholders in educational settings. | ✔ | |||
| 12 | Engage in reflective teaching, self-evaluation, and ongoing professional development. | ✔ | |||
| 13 | Select and utilize appropriate instructional technologies and information literacy skills to increase the effectiveness of foreign language teaching. | ✔ | |||
| 14 | Promote creativity, understanding, cooperation, and equity to establish a positive classroom environment. | ✔ | |||
| 15 | Develop a critical and multicultural perspective to language and language-related issues emerging from global English contexts. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution