Information Package / Course Catalogue
Literary Critics
Course Code: TRDE651
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

Examine the definition and the theory of literature; literary critics, the nature and function of literature.

Course Content

Examine literary theories and criticism methods, analysing literary texts

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To recognise the possibility of different methods for analysing a literary text and practise them.
2.Gain the abilitiy of analysing a literary text within the framework of sientific criteria as a scientist of literature.
3.Learning the history of criticism
4.Learning the important critics and their ideas in Turkish Literature
5.To have a knowledge about the different criticism method.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Berna Moran, Edebiyat Kuramları ve Eleştiri, İletişim Yay., ist., 2005.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
To earn a point of view about the “critics of literature” and listing the literary critics theories.
Week 2 - Theoretical
The theory of mirrorring
Week 3 - Theoretical
The theory of mirrorring
Week 4 - Theoretical
The critisism, facing the external world and society
Week 5 - Theoretical
The critisism, facing the external world and society
Week 6 - Theoretical
Expressivity
Week 7 - Theoretical
The critisism facing to the artist
Week 8 - Theoretical
The critisism facing to the artist, (Midterm exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
The critisism facing to the artist
Week 10 - Theoretical
New Critisism
Week 11 - Theoretical
Russian Formalism
Week 12 - Theoretical
Russian Formalism
Week 13 - Theoretical
Russian Formalism
Week 14 - Theoretical
Structuralism
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Midterm Examination130131
Final Examination150252
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
5
OÇ-2
OÇ-3
OÇ-4
OÇ-5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026