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

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