TURK316 CULTURE-SOCIETY AND LITERARY CRITICISM

Course Code:6420316
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):3 (3.00 - 0.00)
ECTS Credit:5.0
Department:Turkish Language
Language of Instruction:Turkish
Level of Study:Undergraduate
Course Coordinator:Lecturer Dr. MERYEM DEMİR
Offered Semester:Fall and Spring Semesters.

Course Objectives

at the end of this course, the student will:

*know general theories of literacy in cultures.

*know primary works of westernization, modernization, post-modernization, colonization, post-colonization, oryantalizm.

*engage in conversation with secondary or out of the canon works, authors, novels and periods of World literature, cinema etc.

 


Course Content

Bu ders güz döneminde açılan Eleştirel Okuma/Critical Reading dersinde üzerinde durulan okuma biçimleri ve eleştiri kuramlarının bir ardılı olarak daha geniş bir biçimde kültür-toplum ve edebiyat kuramlarını da içeren ileri seviyede bir eleştirme becerisi kazandırmayı hedeflemektedir. Öğrencilerden özgür biçimde özgün eleştiriler beklenmektedir.


Course Learning Outcomes

at the end of this course, the student will be able to:

*understand texts in their cultural and historical contexts.

*make literary analysis and critics.

*perform competent close readings of texts.

*demonstrate awareness of different critical approaches.

*develop working knowledge of the principal (primary) works, authors, novels, and periods of World literature, cinema etc.

*engage in conversation with secondary or remain inactive works, authors, novels and periods of World literature, cinema etc.