TWENTIETH CENTURY LITERARY AND CULTURAL THEORY

AMER551

Course Code: AMER551
Semester: Second Term (Spring)
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Compulsory Course

Course Level

Master's Degree Without Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

Second Term (Spring)

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

will be able to discuss contemporary critical ideas and their applications.

Mode of Delivery

E-Learning

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

An introduction to contemporary literary and cultural theories. Particular attention will be paid to the socio-historical contexts in which these theories were produced, and their applicability to both literary and cultural products.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	General introduction: the concept and theory of culture; late nineteenth and early twentieth-century developments in social sciences and linguistics; Saussure?s linguistic theory.
2^nd Week	Formalist Criticism. The New Criticism.
3^rd Week	Structuralism and Structuralist Criticism.
4^th Week	Post-Structuralism and Post-Structuralist (Deconstructive) Criticism.
5^th Week	Psychoanalytical Criticism
6^th Week	Midterm Examination I
7^th Week	The Reception Theory and Reader-Response Criticism.
8^th Week	Hermeneutic Criticism.
9^th Week	Feminist Criticism; Marxist Criticism
10^th Week	Ecocriticism; Cultural Theory and Criticism.
11^th Week	Post-Colonialism and Post-Colonial Criticism.
12^th Week	General revision

Recommended or Required Reading

Newton, K.M., ed. Twentieth Century Literary Theory: A Reader. 2nd ed. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997.

Newton, K.M. Theory into Practice: A Reader in Modern Literary Criticism. London: Macmillan, 1992.

Harland, Richard. 1999. Literary Theory from Plato to Barthes: An Introductory History. Houndsmill: Macmillan,
1999.

Adams, Hazard, ed. Critical Theory since Plato. Rev. ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992.

Eagleton, Terry. Literary Theory: An Introduction. Oxford: Blackwell, 1995.

Webster, Roger. Studying Literary Theory: An Introduction. London: Edward Arnold, 1992.

Selden, Raman and Peter Widdowson, ed. A Reader?s Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory. 3rd Ed. New York:
Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1993.

Jefferson, Ann, and David Robey, eds. Modern Literary Theory: A Comparative Introduction. London: B.T. Batsford,
1986.

Booker, Keith M. A Practical Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism. New York: Longman, 1996.

Machor, James L., and Philip Goldstein, ed. Reception Study: From Literary Theory to Cultural Studies. New York:
Routledge, 2000.

Armitage, Shelley. Women?s Work: Essays in Cultural Studies. Locust Hill Literary Studies; No. 15. West Cornwall:
Locust Hill, 1995.

O?Sullivan, Tim. Key Concepts in Communication and Cultural Studies. London: Routledge, 2001.

Hartley, John, et al. ed. American Cultural Studies: A Reader. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2000.

Grossberg, Lawrence, et al., ed. Cultural Studies. New York: Routledge, 1992.

Barker, Chris. Cultural Studies: Theory and Practice. London: Sage, 2000.

Storey, John, ed. What is Cultural Studies? A Reader. London: Arnold, 1996.

Franklin, Sarah. Off-Centre: Feminism and Cultural Studies. London. Harper Collins Academic, 1991.

Childs, Peter. An Introduction to Post-Colonial Theory. London: Prentice Hall, 1997.

Williams, Patrick, and Laura Chrisman, ed. Colonial Discourse and Post-Colonial Theory: A Reader. New York:
Columbia UP, 1994.

Ashcroft, Bill. Post-Colonial Studies: The Key Concepts. London: Routledge, 2002.

Branch, Michael P. and Scott Slovic, ed. The ISLE Reader : Ecocriticism, 1993-2003. Athens: U of Georgia P, 2003.

Armbruster, Karla, ed. Beyond Nature Writing: Expanding the Boundaries of Ecocriticism. Charlottesville: U of Virginia
P, 2001.

Coupe, Laurence, and Jonathan Bate, ed. The Green Studies Reader: From Romanticism and Ecocriticism. London:
Routledge, 2000.

Goodbody, Axel, and Catherine E. Rigby, ed. Ecocritical Theory: New European Approaches. Charlottesville: U of
Virginia P, 2011.

Rosendale, Steven. The Greening of Literary Scholarship: Literature, Theory, and the Environment. Iowa City, IA: U of Iowa P, 2002.

Kauffman, Linda. Gender and Theory: Dialogues on Feminist Criticism. Oxford: Blackwell, 1990.

Showalter, Elaine. A Literature of Their Own: From Charlotte Bronte to Doris Lessing. London: Virago, 2005.

Hampton, Christopher. The Ideology of the Text. Buckingham: Open UP, 1990.

Elliott, Anthony, ed. A Routledge Handbook of Social and Cultural Theory. London: Routledge, 2014.

Barry, Peter. Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory. Manchester: Manchester UP, 1995.

Rajan, Gita. and Radhika Mohanram. Postcolonial Discourse and Changing Cultural Contexts: Theory and Criticism. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1995.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Presentation
Project
Questions/Answers

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Attendance	1	10
Total(%)		50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		50
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	3	3
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	5	70
Preparation for Final exam	1	25	25
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	25	25
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	3	3
Homework
Weekly Articles and Resource Research	14	10	140
Total Work Load			308
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			10.26
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

English

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1
K1	X
K2	X
K3	X
K4	X
K5	X
K6	X
K7
K8	X
K9
K10	X
K11	X
K12
K13