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Reading List<br />

Bernard Shaw, John Bull’s Other Island<br />

Lady Gregory, The Rising <strong>of</strong> the Moon<br />

W.B. Yeats, Purgatory<br />

J.M. Synge, Riders to the Sea<br />

Playboy <strong>of</strong> the Western World<br />

Sean O’Casey, Juno and the Paycock<br />

Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot<br />

Course ENL 712<br />

Code<br />

Course Title Modernism and British Poetry<br />

Semester(s) Seventh<br />

<strong>of</strong>fered<br />

Language <strong>of</strong> English<br />

Course<br />

Lecturer(s) Pr<strong>of</strong>. Dr. Nebile Direkçigil<br />

Prerequisit(ies)<br />

None<br />

Co – None<br />

requisit(ies)<br />

Credit 3<br />

Value<br />

<strong>ECTS</strong> Value 6<br />

Duration <strong>of</strong> 14 weeks<br />

Course<br />

Total 160 hours including lectures<br />

Student<br />

StudyTime<br />

Objectives • To engage with selected modernist poems in their own literary and<br />

social/cultural contexts as well as in the light <strong>of</strong> contemporary critical<br />

approaches.<br />

Syllabus<br />

Intended<br />

Learning<br />

Outcomes<br />

Learning/<br />

Teaching<br />

Methods<br />

• The course will explore the poetry <strong>of</strong> Yeats, Lawrence, the World War<br />

One poets, and finally <strong>of</strong> Eliot. It will also consider Hardy as a poet to<br />

exert a vital influence during the new century.<br />

• By the end <strong>of</strong> the course, students will be expected to demonstrate a<br />

critical awareness <strong>of</strong> the poets’ use <strong>of</strong> language and their negotiations<br />

with tradition, language and style as well as their own historical and<br />

cultural contexts.<br />

Lectures<br />

Students are expected to attend each session having read in advance the poems<br />

under discussion and present their critical questions concerning the texts.<br />

Assignments -<br />

Examination Midterm written examination and final written examination<br />

Assessment • Midterm 40 %<br />

• Final 60 %

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