ELIT606 PSYCHOLOGY AND LITERATURE
| Course Code: | 8210606 |
| 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, the student will learn:
basic concepts and terms used in psychoanalytic literary criticism.
basic theoretical discussions on the relationship between "self" and "other" in literary studies.
Course Content
Analysis of the literary text as a key to the mechanisms of the psyche, the relationship between the text and author and reader. The texts are also studied as a part of a more general problem of dealing with the constitution of the self and its relationship with the other.
Course Learning Outcomes
The student who passed the course satisfactorily will be able to:
identify major lines of argument in psychoanalytic literary criticism.
define key terms and concepts used in psychoanalytic literary criticism.
analyze a work of literature from a psychoanalytic perspective.
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