ELIT521 LITERATURE IN THE 20TH CENTURY
| Course Code: | 8210521 |
| 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
The students are expected to:
identify major trends in 20th century British literature
critically analyse and discuss the texts in light of the major narratological views
become familiar with major literary movements and figures of the preiod
Course Content
Major works of the significant writers of the 20th century are studied as a means of acquiring a complete understanding of these writers' attitudes towards basic human and social issues of the period. (Works of Conrad, Woolf, Lawrence, Forster, Yeats, T.S. Eliot, Auden, Orwell, Osborne, Pinter, etc.)
Course Learning Outcomes
The students are expected to:
be in command of the literary movements of the period
write insigthful papers on the literary issues of the period
lead discussions on major figures and texts in the period
Program Outcomes Matrix
| 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