LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM

ACL546

Course Code: ACL546
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree With Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Assistant Professor Deniz Kırpıklı

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of major literary theories.
Formulate critical and analytical arguments.

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

This course explores the historical development of literary theory and criticism starting with the classical age to the contemporary times. It introduces students to the various schools of theories, key critical concepts and methodologies through close readings of major theoretical texts with an emphasis on their historical and cultural contexts. By engaging students with critical approaches to literature, this course highlights how our understanding of literature changes through time.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Literary Theory and Criticism in Classical Antiquity: Homeric Rhapsodes, Plato, Aristotle, Hellenistic and Roman Critics
2^nd Week	(Continued)
3^rd Week	Literary Theory and Criticism from the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century
4^th Week	The Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries: Matthew Arnold and T. S. Eliot
5^th Week	Saussure's Linguistic Theory, New Criticism, Formalism, Structuralism, Post-Structuralism, and Post-Structuralist (Deconstructive) Criticism
6^th Week	(Continued)
7^th Week	Psychoanalytic and Archetypal Criticism
8^th Week	Reception Theory and Reader-Response Criticism
9^th Week	Hermeneutic Criticism
10^th Week	Feminist Criticism
11^th Week	Marxist Criticism
12^th Week	Ecocriticism; Cultural Theory and Criticism
13^th Week	Postcolonialism and Postcolonial Criticism
14^th Week	Paper Presentations
15^th Week	Paper Presentations

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2
K1
K2
K3
K4
K5
K6
K7
K8
K9
K10
K11
K12
K13