Information Package / Course Catalogue
Literary Theories
Course Code: TRDE650
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

Give detailed information about literary theories. The historical development of literary theory and examine prominent names of these theories

Course Content

Investigate the theorical infrastructure for literary critics, development process of literary theories, consideration of existing theories

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.gain the abilitiy of analysing a literary text within the framework of sientific criteria as a scientist of literature
2.Recognise the possibility of different methods for analysing a literary text and practise them.
3.To find an appropriate method for narration
4.Learning to analyse narrative in different ways
5.Learning the history of criticism and theory
Recommended or Required Reading
1.R. Wellek, A. Warren, Edebiyat Teorisi(Çev. Ö. Faruk HUYUGÜZEL), Dergâh Yay., İst., 2011.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
The critisism, facing the literary work
Week 2 - Theoretical
The readers centered theories : The theory of emotional impact, the theory of esthetic experiment, the feminist literary theory.
Week 3 - Theoretical
The readers centered theories : The theory of emotional impact, the theory of esthetic experiment, the feminist literary theory.
Week 4 - Theoretical
The readers centered theories : The theory of emotional impact, the theory of esthetic experiment, the feminist literary theory.
Week 5 - Theoretical
The readers centered theories : The theory of emotional impact, the theory of esthetic experiment, the feminist literary theory.
Week 6 - Theoretical
The theory facing to the readers : the impressionist critisism, the readers centered critisism.
Week 7 - Theoretical
The theory facing to the readers : the impressionist critisism, the readers centered critisism.
Week 8 - Theoretical
The theory facing to the readers : the impressionist critisism, the readers centered critisism, (Midterm exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
The theory facing to the readers : the impressionist critisism, the readers centered critisism.
Week 10 - Theoretical
The literature and the reality (ıs there any relationship between the reality and the literature)
Week 11 - Theoretical
The literature and the reality (ıs there any relationship between the reality and the literature)
Week 12 - Theoretical
The definition of literature ant its criteria (Can the concept of literature be defined? / Can the function of literature be defined?)
Week 13 - Theoretical
Esthetic judgements (Objectivist views / subjectivist views)
Week 14 - Theoretical
Esthetic judgements (Objectivist views / subjectivist views)
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Midterm Examination150151
Final Examination130232
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026