Soran University

Faculty of Arts
English Department

(Literary Criticism)
General Information
Title Type
Code ECTS Credits 6
Level BA Semester 7TH

Department English Faculty Arts

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Module Leader Nyaz Ahmed Faris E-mail
Academic
Assistant Lecturer Qualification MA in English Literature
Title
Tutor E-mail
Peer Reviewer E-mail
Offer in academic year

Module Description

Relation with other Modules

Pre-requisites
course code

Module Description and Learning Outcomes

The course of Schools of Criticism offers units on prominent trends of literary criticism,
theories, texts, and ideological movements. Throughout the academic year, the literary
related movements and thoughts, are taught with relation to literary theory and criticism.
The course provides a basic frame of reference that studies the historical advent of
criticism, including a survey of the leading critics that develop criticism and its theories.
Description
Another phase of the course covers the contemporary development of critical theories
thereby lecturing Formalism, reader-oriented criticism, Feminism, Marxism,
Psychoanalysis, Structuralism and Deconstruction, New Historicism, postcolonialism,
and Ecocriticism

Learning By the end of the course, students will be able to:

Outcomes 1. Identify, analyze, interpret and reflect on literary texts of different literary genres through

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 critical lenses.
2. Think critically about both the intellectual trends and the literary texts altogether.
3. Write insightful, informative, academic essays on literary texts.

Learning and Teaching Strategies

Techniques used to accomplish the course objectives:
1. Lectures are presented interactively; datashow and whiteboard are used,
2. Students are supposed actively attending classes through essay writings, quizzes, group
working, project preparations, and preparing assignments.
3.Through student-centered approaches, students are given the opportunity to share, discuss and
explain their in-depth analyses about theoretical ideologies, and provide their reflections on the
covered topics.

Delivery
Lecture (hr/w) 3/1
Lab. (hr/w) Practical (hr/w) 3/1 Tutorial (hr/w)
*SSWL (hr/sem) 104
*USSWL (hr/sem) 46
Total workload (hr/sem) 150
*SSWL= Structured Student Workload
*USSWL= Unstructured Student Workload

Course Assessment Mapping (Evaluation)

Task Weight (Marks) Relevant Learning Outcome
Two quizzes 10 Each quiz is out of 5
two Diary reflection 16 Each diary is out of 8
One exam 20
One presentation 10
Daily activity 4

Total 100%

Resources
Materials Text How to access? / e-link
1. Literary Criticism: An Introduction to Theory
Required and Practice By Charles Bresler
Texts

2. Essays on Literary Theory and Criticism by

Recommen Abraham Mathew
3. Michael Ryan’s An Introduction to Criticism:
ded Texts Literature, Film, Culture.

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Weekly Syllabus
Weeks Subject(s) Short Description
Introduction: What is
W1 literature?

What is literary criticism:

W2 Discussing Epistemology

The Triangle of Author,

W3 Reader, Text

The New Criticism and

W4
Russian Criticism
Reader-response criticism
W5
Structuralism
W6
W7 Midterm Exam
W8 Poststructuralism and deconstruction
Marxist Criticism
W9
Psychoanalytic Criticism
W10
W11 Feminist Criticism
W12 New Historicism
Postcolonial criticism
W13
W14 Ecocritical criticism

W15 Revision and teach-back activity

W16 Final exam

Course Policy
Students are required to:
- Prepare prior to the classes
- Attend lectures
- Prepare presentations, take the exams and quizzes
- They need to respect different ideas and opinions expressed by others during the class discussions.

Guidelines on grading policy

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 Definition US Grade Grade
ECTS Grade US % IRQ% point
Average
A – Excellent Outstanding performance A 90-100% 90-100% 5.0
Above average with some B
B – Very Good 80-89% 80-89% 4.0
errors
Sound work with notable C+
C - Good 75-79% 70-79% 3.0
errors
Fair but with major C
D – Satisfactory 70-74% 60-69% 2.0
shortcomings
Work meets minimum D
E – Sufficient 60-69% 50-59% 1.0
criteria
More work required but
FX - Fail
credit awarded
0-49 0.0
Considerable amount of
F- Fail
more work required
*Bologna process guideline

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