Literary Critique
aozkan@gsu.edu.tr
Content
Objective
To critique narrative characteristics focusing on autobiography and autofiction across genres.
Course Content
To learn narrative genres, characteristics modes and the relationship between author and narrator emphasizing autobiographical and autofictional writing and the application of these to literature works.
Course Learning Outcomes
To answer the question, what is "literary critism" and explain its contribution to art, literature and personnel education
Teaching and Learning Methods
After 7 or 8 weeks of foundation in literary theory, students will be able to apply this knowledge to the work of well loved french authors like Jean-Paul Satre, Georges Perec, Annie Ernaux....
References
Maurice Delcroix, Fernand Hallyn sous la dir. "Introduction aux études littéraires"
Philipe Gasparini, "Est-il je"
Gérard Genette, "Figures l, Figures ll, Figures lll"
Gérard Genette, "Nouveau discours du récit"
Philippe Lejeune, "Le pacte autobiographique"
Philippe Lejuene, "Signes de vie"
Jean-Yves Tadié, "La critique Littéraire au XXe siècle"
Weekly Contents
| Week | Weekly Contents |
|---|---|
| 1 | What is the literary criticism? |
| 2 | The characteristics of poetic theory in iterary criticism |
| 3 | The theorist of poetic theory |
| 4 | Philippe Lejeune and autobiography l |
| 5 | Philippe Lejeune and autobiography ll |
| 6 | Philippe Gasparani and autofiction l |
| 7 | Philippe Gasparani and autofiction ll |
| 8 | The convergences and divergences between these genres |
| 9 | The characteristics of narrative genres |
| 10 | The relationship between author and narrator |
Assessment System
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 1 | 50 |
| Contribution of final exam to overall grade | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 2 | 100 |
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Assignments | 1 | 10 |
| Presentation | 1 | 20 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 20 |
| Project | 0 | 3 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Other Applications | 0 | 0 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 |
| Term Paper/ Project | 1 | 30 |
| Portfolio Study | 0 | 0 |
| Reports | 0 | 0 |
| Learning Diary | 0 | 0 |
| Thesis/ Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 1 | 20 |
| Total | 5 | 103 |
Relation of Proficiency
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Mastering written and spoken French at C1 level. | X | ||||
| 2 | Acquire the theoretical and methodological knowledge in the field of teaching the french as a foreign language. | X | ||||
| 3 | Get the competence of write the teaching methods of french as a foreign language. | X | ||||
| 4 | Being able to translate especially literary texts from the French to Turkish and theTurkish to French. | X | ||||
| 5 | Being able to use the methods of textual and discursive analysis and apply them to various corpus. | X | ||||
| 6 | Make the contrastive studies in the field of Francophones literatures. | X | ||||
| 7 | Make linguistic descriptions from different natural languages. | X | ||||
| 8 | Being able to do the cultural research and cultural studies. | X | ||||
| 9 | Being able to do analyzes of literary semiotics. | X | ||||
| 10 | The skills required in the pressl: translation (theme and version), produce and edit text. | X | ||||
ECTS
| Activities | Number | Period | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Working Hours out of Class | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Assignments | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| Presentation | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Project | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Final Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Total Workload | 141 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 | 5.64 | ||
| Credits ECTS | 6 | ||