Ä°DE781 - VICTORIAN POETRY

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)		 Application
(hours/week)		 Credit ECTS
VICTORIAN POETRY Ä°DE781 Any Semester/Year 4 0 4 10
Prequisites
Course languageEnglish
Course typeElective 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesLecture
Discussion
Other: Oral Presentation, Textual Analysis  
Instructor (s)Department members 
Course objectiveThe aim of this course is to enable the student to recognise the historical, social and cultural background of the 19th century England and to gain the knowledge, skills and competence required to analyse and discuss the poems written by the representative poets and writers of the period within the context of these changes and developments. 
Learning outcomes
  1. 1. analyses and discusses the historical, social and cultural background of the 19th century.
  2. 2. perceives the development of Victorian literature within this context.
  3. 3. analyses and discusses the poetic forms of the Victorian period.
  4. 4. explains and discusses the effects of the socio-cultural developments in literature.
  5. 5. finds and explains the changes as reflected in the poems written by the representative poets of the time.
  6. 6. points out and discusses the differences and simlarities between the poets and their style in the works.
  7. 7. explains and discusses the women poets and their works.
  8. 8. explains and discusses the poems that reflect the colonial period.
Course ContentIn this course, after introducing the cultural, historical and political background of the 19th century, the poetic tradition of the age is discussed. Through a study of some representative poets and their works, how the changes in Victorian poetry are reflected in these poems are analysed and discussed.  
ReferencesIsobel Armstrong. Victorian Poetry: Poetry, Poetics and Politics.
Carol T. Christ et.al.eds. Victorian Literature and the Victorian Visual Imagination.
Antony H. Harrison. Victorian Poets and the Politics of Culture: Discourse and Ideology.
Herbert F. Tucker. A Companion to Victorian Literature and Culture.
Other relevant books and/or articles.
 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1Introduction to the 19th century history, culture and literature
Week 2Analysis of the Victorian poetic conventions
Week 3Analysis of the works by the prominent poets of the period like Tennyson, Browning and Arnold
Week 4Analysis of the works by the prominent poets of the period like Tennyson, Browning and Arnold
Week 5Analysis and discussion of the works
Week 6Victorian thinkers and their works
Week 7Mid-Term Exam
Week 8The Pre-Raphaelites and analysis of their works
Week 9Women poets in the Victorian period and analysis of their selected poems
Week 10Study of some other poets of the period and their works
Week 11Religious poetry during the Victorian period
Week 12Mid-Term Exam
Week 13Analysis of relevant poems reflecting the colonial period
Week 14Overall evaluation.
Week 15Final Exam

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance00
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training00
Assignments210
Presentation210
Project00
Seminar00
Midterms230
Final exam150
Total100
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes650
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes150
Total100

WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION

Activities Number Duration (hour) Total Work Load
Course Duration (x14) 14 4 56
Laboratory 0 0 0
Application000
Specific practical training000
Field activities000
Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect)14456
Presentation / Seminar Preparation21530
Project000
Homework assignment23060
Midterms (Study duration)23060
Final Exam (Study duration) 13838
Total Workload35121300

Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes

D.9. Key Learning OutcomesContrubition level*
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1. Has knowledge of English language and literature at PhD level, and is proficient in English culture.    X
2. Has knowledge of literature, literary genres, concepts, terms at PhD level.   X 
3. Has expertise to define the genres of English literature and its representatives in relation to historical, social, cultural, economic, philosophical and ecological backgrounds through research on PhD level.    X
4. Develops advanced critical, creative and analytical thinking skills.    X
5. Collects knowledge about English language, literature, and culture via information technologies and research methods, in both individual and teamwork, and then share it in professional national and international educational platforms.    X
6. Analyses literary and cultural texts at PhD level, applies related theories in interdisciplinary research, uses original approaches in academic publications.    X
7. Uses necessary knowledge and skills of teaching English literature and culture in national and international environments at PhD level.   X 
8. Does independent and interdisciplinary research using critical, creative and analytical skills, solves problems, relates their outputs in national and international professional and social environments.    X
9. Examines English literature, culture, history, and society through both curriculum-based and extracurricular activities, develops an unbiased and open-minded attitude toward their own culture and other cultures.   X 
10. Develops an unbiased, respectful and open-minded attitude towards different religions, languages, races, sexes and social classes.   X 

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