Ä°KA640 - IRISH POETRY
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRISH POETRY | Ä°KA640 | Any Semester/Year | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7.5 |
| Prequisites | None | |||||
| Course language | English | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Question and Answer Preparing and/or Presenting Reports Other: Textual analysis | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Department Members | |||||
| Course objective | The aim of this course is to enable the student to develop skills and competence to read, analyse and discuss major Irish poets and Irish poetry of the 18th century, the Celtic Revival, the twentieth century and the present in the Irish poetry written in English or translated into English. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | This course offers a study of Irish poetry written in English or translated into English and examines and discusses its development and major poetic traditions through selected poets and poems. | |||||
| References | Fran Brearton.The Great War in Irish poetry : W.B. Yeats to Michael Longley. Frank Sewell. Modern Irish poetry : a New Alhambral. Jonathan Hufstader.Tongue of water, teeth of stones: Northern Irish Poetry and Social Violence. Gregory A. Schirmer. Out of What Began : a History of Irish poetry in English. Alexander G. Gonzalez. Ed. Contemporary Irish Women Poets: Some Male Perspectives. Neil. Corcoran.Poets of modern Ireland : Text, Context, Intertext. Other relevant books and/or articles. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction to the 19th century Irish poetry and its socio-cultural and political contexts. |
| Week 2 | The Celtic Revival and its aims, establishing the Irish tradition |
| Week 3 | Reading William Butler Yeats and his poetry |
| Week 4 | Yeats's early poetry, his language and themes |
| Week 5 | Yeats and Irish nationalism: poems |
| Week 6 | Mid-Term Exam |
| Week 7 | Seamus Heaney:continuing the tradition |
| Week 8 | Seamus Heaney and Irish identity: poems |
| Week 9 | Seamus Heaney's symbolism, Bog poems and Station Island poems |
| Week 10 | Postmodern Irish poetry, Paul Durcan |
| Week 11 | Mid-Term Exam |
| Week 12 | Paul Durcan and contemporary Irish poetry |
| Week 13 | Irish women poets |
| Week 14 | Nuala ni Dhomhnail and Irish identity |
| Week 15 | Final Exam |
| Week 16 | Final Exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 1 | 5 |
| Presentation | 1 | 5 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 2 | 40 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 4 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 14 | 14 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 2 | 24 | 48 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 35 | 35 |
| Total Workload | 33 | 110 | 225 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. 1. Has expert knowledge in English language and literature, and culture. | X | ||||
| 2. Has expert knowledge in British cultural studies. | X | ||||
| 3. Has the necessary theoretical interdisciplinary knowledge to research and interpret texts of various genres in English literature and culture in historical, social, cultural, economic, political, philosophical, and ecological contexts. | X | ||||
| 4. Develops advanced critical, creative and analytical thinking skills. | X | ||||
| 5. Collects knowledge about English language, literature, and culture by utilizing information technologies and research methods, in both individual and collective work, and shares it in professional national and international educational environments. | X | ||||
| 6. Analyses literary and cultural texts using related theories and an interdisciplinary approach. | X | ||||
| 7. Has the necessary knowledge and skills for teaching English language, literature and culture in national and international environments. | X | ||||
| 8. Conducts interdisciplinary research with critical and creative thinking skills, solves problems, and expresses the results in national and international professional and social contexts. | X | ||||
| 9. Examines English literature, culture, history, and society through both curriculum-based and extracurricular activities, develops an unbiased and open-minded attitude towards their own culture and other cultures. | X | ||||
| 10. Adopts an unbiased, respectful and open-minded attitude concerning different religions, languages, races, sexes and social classes. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest