Graduate Education Institute · English Language and Literature · Doctorate
Course Objective
It aims to improve the skills of the students to analyse and to criticize along with an evaluation in reading poetry especially in the English Renaissance Period. This improvement will involve necessarily the acquirement of an extensive background concerning historical and social context of the age. Besides, the poetic trends of the age, the poetic arts of the poetic figures will contribute much to do such evaluations.
Course Content
It covers the poetic traditions, poetic trends and poetic developments of the period; The poets and their poems will dealt with deeply to provide the students with the ability to analyse and comment in the Renaissance Period.
Recommended Resources
Norton Anthology
Selected texts
Course Learning Outcomes
- Students will improve tehir literary analysis skills through studying renassaince potry
Core Area Distribution
Teaching Methods
Assessment & Evaluation
ECTS / Workload
| Activity | Quantity | Duration (h) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (Including Exam Week) | 14 | 42 | 588 |
| Out of Class Study Period | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| Midterm | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Practice | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Course Schedule
| Week | Subject | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The rise of Renaissance | Historical context |
| 2 | Litarary features of the Elizabethan period Elizabeth döneminin edebi özellikleri | development in drama |
| 3 | Edmund Spenser | his education |
| 4 | His poem: Sheheard's Calendar | The origin of the poem |
| 5 | His poem: The Faerie Queene | The composition of the poem |
| 6 | The style and technique of the poem F. Queen | its weaknesses |
| 7 | The place of Spenser in English literature | His novelties |
| 8 | The poet: Sir Philip Sidney | His biography |
| 9 | His poetry | His love poems |
| 10 | His Apologie for Poetrie | purical objection to poetry |
| 11 | J.Donne | his education |
| 12 | His Songs and Sonnets | His satires |
| 13 | Of the Progress of the Soule | His cynical nature |
| 14 | evaluation of his poetry | his religious poetry |
| 15 | Evaluation of metaphysical poetry | the role of religion in the poetical craftmanship |