ELIT525 RESEARCH METHODS AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN LITERARY STUDIES
| Course Code: | 8210525 |
| 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 develop and refine their skills in conducting research, writing and revising.The course aims to heighten their awareness of existing research methods and techniques in literary studies,and ethical considerations,while developing their ability to understand and evaluate, methods and approaches in doing research.
Course Content
This course focuses on ways of doing effective research and writing good research papers articles in the field of literary studies. The course consists of theoretical readings on research and scholarship in literary studies as well as practical examples of completed research, which the students are expected to assess in the light of the research principles discussed throughout the course. students are also expected to work on their own research paper article throughout the term. This work involves not only planning, drafting and revising the research paper in line with the principles of literary research but also reflecting critically on ones own evolving understanding of and approach to research and writing.
Course Learning Outcomes
This course is structured around three aspects of writing research papers in the field of literary studies
the craft of research, methods and techniques of literary interpretation and the politics of academic writing. This course will be heavily dependent on students' own writing throughout the semester: they are expected to comment critically on their classmates' writing and reflect critically on and revise their own writing.Students will inquire what other scholars say about the methods, techniques and politics of writing research papers and test out their evolving understanding of writing papers in the field of literary studies by enacting it in practice.
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