Education Information System

Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
Reading Skills 2	İÖZ104	2. Semester	3 + 0	3.0	3.0

Prerequisites

None

Language of Instruction	English
Course Level	Undergraduate
Course Type
Mode of delivery	Face-to-Face
Course Coordinator	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Timuçin Buğra EDMAN
Instructor(s)	Timuçin Buğra EDMAN
Assistants
Goals	This course aims to help students understand the interconnectedness between different literary genres, develop their drama and poetry analysis skills, and evaluate longer texts such as novellas with a critical perspective. Students will develop a more comprehensive literary understanding by exploring intertextual relationships.
Course Content	Stage and performance-oriented analysis of dramatic texts Examination of poetic language and poetic techniques Differences between novella format and short stories/novels Inter-genre interactions and intertextual relations Advanced literary analysis techniques Comparative textual analysis
Learning Outcomes	- Distinguish characteristics of different literary genres and explain their relationships - Evaluate dramatic texts with their performance dimension - Analyze poetic techniques and systems of imagery - Identify and interpret intertextual relationships - Perform comparative textual analysis

Week	Topics	Learning Methods
1. Week	Course introduction, concept of genre fluidity, poetry-drama-novella relationships	Preparation, After Class Study Research Verbal Expression Practice Visual Presentation Course Hours Other Activities
2. Week	"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" | Focus: Modernist poetry, dramatic monologue	Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Research Other Activities Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Practice
3. Week	Tennessee Williams - "The Glass Menagerie" (Selected scenes) | Focus: Stage directions, symbolic props	Practice Visual Presentation Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Research Verbal Expression Other Activities
4. Week	Sylvia Plath - "Lady Lazarus" and "Daddy" | Focus: Confessional poetry, metaphor systems	Other Activities Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Practice Course Hours Research Preparation, After Class Study
5. Week	Samuel Beckett - "Krapp's Last Tape" | Focus: Theatre of the absurd, monodrama	Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Research Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Practice Other Activities
6. Week	"The Road Not Taken" and "Mending Wall" | Focus: Pastoral poetry, narrative verse	Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Practice Preparation, After Class Study Course Hours Other Activities Research
7. Week	Allen Ginsberg - "Howl" | Focus: Beat poetry, social criticism, poetic manifesto	Other Activities Verbal Expression Course Hours Visual Presentation Research Preparation, After Class Study Practice
8. Week	Midterm 1	Practice Course Hours Research Other Activities Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Preparation, After Class Study
9. Week	Joseph Conrad - "Heart of Darkness" (Novella - Part 1) | Focus: Frame narrative, colonial discourse	Visual Presentation Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Research Other Activities Verbal Expression Practice
10. Week	Joseph Conrad - "Heart of Darkness" (Novella - Parts 2-3) | Focus: Symbolic journey, darkness-light imagery	Visual Presentation Practice Preparation, After Class Study Research Other Activities Verbal Expression Course Hours
11. Week	Harold Pinter - "The Dumb Waiter" | Focus: Comedy of menace, subtext	Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Other Activities Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Practice Research
12. Week	Maya Angelou - "Still I Rise" and Langston Hughes - "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" | Focus: Identity poetry	Visual Presentation Practice Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Other Activities Verbal Expression Research
13. Week	George Orwell - "Animal Farm" (Novella - First half) | Focus: Allegorical narrative, political satire	Preparation, After Class Study Research Other Activities Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Practice Course Hours
14. Week	George Orwell - "Animal Farm" (Novella - Second half) | Focus: Dystopia, propaganda language	Practice Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Other Activities Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Research

The Norton Anthology of Poetry (6th Edition)

The Norton Anthology of English Literature (10th Edition)

Program Requirements	Contribution Level	DK1	DK2	DK3	DK4	DK5	Measurement Method
PY1	5	5	5	5	5	5	60
PY2	5	5	5	5	5	5	60
PY3	3	5	2	2	2	5	60
PY4	3	3	4	2	2	5	60
PY5	4	3	5	2	5	5	60
PY6	5	5	5	5	5	5	60
PY7	3	3	2	5	2	5	60
PY8	4	5	2	5	2	5	60
PY9	4	5	2	5	5	5	60

*DK = Course's Contrubution.

	0	1	2	3	4	5
Course's Level of contribution	None	Very Low	Low	Fair	High	Very High
Method of assessment/evaluation		Written exam	Oral Exams	Assignment/Project	Laboratory work	Presentation/Seminar

Event	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Hours	13	3	39
Preparation, After Class Study	2	6	12
Research	2	2	4
Other Activities	3	3	9
Verbal Expression	2	4	8
Midterm 1	1	1	1
Final	1	1	1
Practice End-Of-Term	1	1	1
Classroom Activities	1	1	1
Total Workload			76
ECTS Credit of the Course			25.5 3.0