ELIT513 20TH CENTURY BRITISH POETRY
| Course Code: | 8210513 |
| 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: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. MARGARET JEANNE M. SÖNMEZ |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Among the specific goals the students are expected to achieve in this course are the following:
*to be able to identify and analyze technical elements and figures of speech used in them
*to be able to develop their analytical skills needed for in-depth study of poems
* to improve their ability to articulate ideas about and respond to the poems against the backdrop of different philosophical schools with an epistemological awareness,
* to learn how to write insightful papers on the poems covered in the class,
Course Content
Significant characteristics of modern English poetry will be studied with emphasis on selected works of T.S. Eliot, Yeats, Lawrence, Graves, Betjeman, Auden, Dylan Thomas, Larkin, Heaney, etc.
Course Learning Outcomes
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