Information Package / Course Catalogue
Theory of Literature II
Course Code: TDE284
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

To teach a methodological approach to literary texts by giving information about the emergence grounds and functions of literary theory and criticism methods.

Course Content

Knowledge about the history of the emergence of literary criticism methods, their representative, and features. Information on determining which methods of criticism can be used to analyze literary texts.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Ferda ZAMBAK
Learning Outcomes
1.to be able to recognise the science of literature, the main field of literature and realise the function of literature.
2.To learn the concept of “literary theory”, to know the grounds of the emergence of theory and criticism methods, their representatives and their characteristics.
3.To have knowledge about the methods and theories of literary criticism and to evaluate literary texts on the axis of the criteria determined by the method
4.to be able to analyse a literary text within the framework of sientific criteria as a scientist of literature.
5.To know the functions and differences of the methods of criticism and to have knowledge about the debates on literary structure, form, content and discourse.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Berna Moran, Edebiyat Kuramları ve Eleştiri Yöntemleri, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul, 2017.
2.Terry Eagleton, Edebiyat Kuramı, Ayrıntı Yayınları, İstanbul, 2022.
3.Rene Wellek, Austen Warren, Edebiyat Teorisi, Dergâh Yayınları, İstanbul, 2019.
4.Ray Livingston, Geleneksel Edebiyat Teorisi, İnsan Yayınları, İstanbul, 1998.
5.Tzvetan Todorov, Yazın Kuramı Rus Biçimcilerinin Metinleri, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, İstanbul, 2016.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Discussions about the artist’s genius and the process of creating his/her work of art.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Knowledge about the emergence of expressionism and its representatives.
Week 3 - Theoretical
Knowledge about expressionism as creation.
Week 4 - Theoretical
Knowledge about expressionism as transference.
Week 5 - Theoretical
Knowledge about psychoanalysis and criticism, its representatives, origin and development.
Week 6 - Theoretical
Knowledge about the origin, basis of emergence and representatives of the New Criticism method.
Week 7 - Theoretical
Discussions of form and content in the New Criticism method
Week 8 - Theoretical
Knowledge about the feminist criticism method and its representatives
Week 9 - Theoretical
Knowledge about Russian Formalism and its representatives.
Week 10 - Theoretical
Knowledge about Structuralism and its representatives.
Week 11 - Theoretical
Knowledge about Structuralism and its representatives.
Week 12 - Theoretical
Knowledge about Post Structuralism and Derrida.
Week 13 - Theoretical
Knowledge about Post Structuralism and Derrida
Week 14 - Theoretical
Knowledge about Archetypal Criticism and its function
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Reading44120
Midterm Examination120121
Final Examination130131
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026