ELIT509 APPROACHES TO LITERARY CRITICISM
Course Code: |
8210509 |
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
Department: |
English Literature |
Language of Instruction: |
English |
Level of Study: |
Graduate |
Course Coordinator: |
Assoc.Prof.Dr. ELÝF ÖZTABAK AVCI |
Offered Semester: |
Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
After a brief review of approaches to literature before the twentieth century, this course concentrates upon developments in literary criticism in the twentieth century. The approach used is conceptual rather than historical; the concepts of literature in the major contemporary movements of literary criticism and the assumptions concerning the study of literature underlying these movements are studied in representative texts. Examples of applications of the approaches discussed to literary texts are also included in the course.