School of Humanities \ English Language and Literature
Course Credit
ECTS Credit
Course Type
Instructional Language
Programs that can take the course
In this course, the formal and The thematic features will be analyzed through various examples. The course will begin with a definition of satire and continue with a historical survey of its development through the ages. In the second half of the course, several important examples of satire will be analyzed in detail.
Textbook and / or References
This course aims to introduce students to satire as both a genre and a method.
1. Students will have the ability to understand the characteristics of satire genre and method and distinguish it from other genres
2. Students will have knowledge about the development of satire and important works in different periods
3. Students will have the ability to interpret and analyze various satirical works from different perspectives
Week 1: Satire: definition, characteristics, types, tools, tones
Week 2: Satire: Historical development and important examples
Week 3: 18th century: Jonathan Swift
Week 4: Jonathan Swift
Week 5: Romantic Age William Blake
Week 6: William Blake
Week 7: The Victorian Era Oscar Wilde
Week 8: Oscar Wilde
Week 9: 20th century: Thomas Hardy, Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon
Week 10: George Orwell, Virginia Woolf
Week 11: Movies: The Great Dictator, The Truman Show
Week 12: Postcolonial: Seamus Heaney, Wole Soyinka, Linton Kwesi Johnson
Tentative Assesment Methods
• Midterm 30 %
• Final 40 %
• Homework 30 %
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