At the end of this course, the students; 1) will be able to analyze individual poems in the light of modernist literary movements and postmodern literary theory, 2) will be able to discuss the correlation between the theory and practice of writing poetry.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
None
COURSE DEFINITION
This course focuses on the development of modern and post-modern movements in American poetry by paying particular attention to the connections between the theory and practice of the poets themselves.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Introduction to Modernist Poetry
2nd Week
Discussion and Student Presentations on Modernist Poems
3rd Week
Discussion and Student Presentations on Modernist Poems
4th Week
Discussion and Student Presentations on Modernist Poems
5th Week
Discussion and Student Presentations on Modernist Poems
6th Week
Discussion and Student Presentations on Modernist Poems
7th Week
Discussion and Student Presentations on Modernist Poems
8th Week
Introduction to Postmodernist Poetry
9th Week
Discussion and Student Presentations on Postmodernist Poems
10th Week
Discussion and Student Presentations on Postmodernist Poems
11th Week
Discussion and Student Presentations on Postmodernist Poems
12th Week
Discussion and Student Presentations on Postmodernist Poems
13th Week
Discussion and Student Presentations on Postmodernist Poems
14th Week
Discussion and Student Presentations on Postmodernist Poems
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
Allen, Donald, and Warren Tallman, eds. The Poetics of the New American Poetry. New York: Grove, 1973.
Altieri, Charles. Painterly Abstraction in Modernist American Poetry. Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State UP, 1995.
Hoover, Paul, ed. Postmodern American Poetry. New York: Norton, 1994.
Myers, Jack, and David Mojahn, eds. A Profile of Twentieth Century American Poetry. Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois UP, 1991.
Nemerov, Howard, ed. Poets on Poetry. New York: Basic Books, 1966.
Perkins, David. A History of Modern Poetry: From the 1890s to the High Modernist Mode. Cambridge, MA: Belknap-Harvard UP, 1976.
Shucard, Alan, Fred S. Moramarco, and William J. Sullivan. Modern American Poetry: 1865-1950. Boston: Twayne, 1989.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
Lecture,Discussion,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
Quantity
Percentage(%)
Project
2
30
Attendance
1
10
Presentation of Article
2
20
Total(%)
60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)
60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)
40
Total(%)
100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities
Number
Hours
Workload
Midterm exam
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
14
5
70
Preparation for Final exam
1
10
10
Course hours
14
3
42
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
1
3
3
Homework
Project
2
30
60
Article Presentation
2
25
50
Weekly Articles and Resource Research
14
5
70
Total Workload
305
Total Workload / 30
10,16
ECTS Credits of the Course
10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)
No
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)