20th Century Poetry (ELIT520) Course Detail

Course Name	Course Code	Season	Lecture Hours	Application Hours	Lab Hours	Credit	ECTS
20th Century Poetry	ELIT520		3	0	0	3	5

Pre-requisite Course(s)
None

Course Language	English
Course Type	N/A
Course Level	Social Sciences Master's Degree
Mode of Delivery	Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies	Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer, Brain Storming.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)	Dersin öğretim elemanı (Academic staff)
Course Assistants
Course Objectives	This course is designed to trace the main trends, movements and developments in modern British poetry within the historical, cultural and literary context by focusing on the selected poems and essays of major poets. The course also explores the impact of foreign influences and movements on British poetry, and studies, in some detail, the significance of the various responses and reactions to these influences.
Course Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; have gained advanced knowledge of the main trends and developments in modern British Poetry have developed their awareness and understanding of the complex relation between modern British Poetry and its contexts have improved their ability to do a detailed and informed analysis of poems
Course Content	Study of the 20th century British poetry.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week	Subjects	Preparation
1	Introduction: Historical, Cultural and Literary Context	"The Twentieth Century and After",The Norton Anthology of English Literature, pp.1827-1847
2	Early Twentieth Century: Thomas Hardy, Edward Thomas,	Poems by Thomas Hardy and Edward Thomas
3	Poetry of the First and the Second World Wars: Wilfred Owen and Keith Douglas	Poems by Wilfred Owen and Keith Douglas
4	Modernism, Modernist Poetry, T.S.Eliot and Ezra Pound	Assigned essays from The Norton Anthology of English Literature and other sources
5	T.S.Eliot's Poetry	Poems by T.S.Eliot
6	W. B. Yeats's Poetry	Poems by W.B.Yeats
7	W. B. Yeats's Poetry	Poems by W.B.Yeats
8	Poetry of the 1930s:W.H.Auden and Louis MacNeice	Poems by Auden and MacNeice
9	Poetry of the 1940s: Dylan Thomas	Poems by Dylan Thomas
10	Movement Poetry: Philip Larkin	Poems by Philip Larkin
11	Women Poets: Stevie Smith, Carol Ann Duffy	Poems by Smith and Duffy
12	Ted Hughes's Poetry	Poems by Ted Hughes
13	Irish Poetry: Seamus Heaney	Poems by Seamus Heaney
14	Post-Colonial Poetry: Kamau Brathwaite, John Agard	Assigned essays; poems by Brathwaite and Agard
15	Wrap-Up	Assigned essays
16	Final Exam

Sources

Course Book	1. The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol. II
Other Sources	2. M.H. Abrams. A Glossary of Literary Terms.
	3. Laurence Perrine. Sound and Sense: An Introduction to Poetry.
	4. John Whitehead. Hardy to Larkin: Seven English Poets.
	5. John Lucas. Modern English Poetry from Hardy to Hughes.
	6. R.P. Draper. An Introduction to Twentieth Century Poetry in English.
	7. John Williams. Twentieth-Century British Poetry. A Critical Introduction.
	8. Neil Corcoran. The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century English Poetry.
	9. Alex Davis and Lee M. Jenkins. The Cambridge Companion to Modernist Poetry.

Evaluation System

Requirements	Number	Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation	1	10
Laboratory	-	-
Application	-	-
Field Work	-	-
Special Course Internship	-	-
Quizzes/Studio Critics	-	-
Homework Assignments	-	-
Presentation	1	40
Project	-	-
Report	-	-
Seminar	-	-
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury	-	-
Final Exam/Final Jury	1	50
Toplam	3	100

Percentage of Semester Work	50
Percentage of Final Work	50
Total	100

Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses	X
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

#	Program Qualifications / Competencies	Level of Contribution
#	Program Qualifications / Competencies	1	2	3	4	5
1	To be able to use English language competently concerning four basic skills, namely listening, reading, speaking, and writing.					X
2	To have extensive theoretical knowledge about English Culture and literature.					X
3	To gain knowledge about literary theories and to be able to apply these theories to various literary texts.					X
4	To acquire detailed knowledge about British culture in all its aspects.					X
5	To be able to compare and contrast English culture and literature with other literatures through works from different periods and genres.					X
6	To be able to compare and contrast British culture with other cultures.					X
7	To plan, organize, and conduct the activities related to the field.			X
8	To acquire the skills of creative, critical, and analytical thinking.					X
9	To gain knowledge about how to conduct an academic research and to use the acquired knowledge in accordance with the purpose of the research.					X
10	To acquire professional ethics and to use them in the process of research and production.					X
11	To get prepared for professional life by developing a sense of responsibility through individual tasks and group projects.					X
12	To be able to understand and decipher various discourses involved in literature such as literary, philosophical, psychological, cultural, critical and theoretical discourses in English language.					X
13	To be able to understand and be a part of world culture.					X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours)	16	3	48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class	15	3	45
Presentation/Seminar Prepration	1	15	15
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury	1	20	20
Total Workload			128