COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMPARATIVE MYTHOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TKT 5044 COMPARATIVE MYTHOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Comparative History

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR NEVZAT KAYA

Offered to

Comparative History

Course Objective

The course objektive is to make students aware of the concept of historicity of mankind, its reception and its meaning as existence from the viewpoint of ethnos/tribe/nation in terms of its development from mythical to historical . The study in this course will be based on cosmogonic, cosmologic myths and epical texts.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Know about the importance of relations between myth/astrology history/astronomy.
2   Know that alination is caused by not sharing historicity.
3   Recognize the links of cosmology and cosmogony to time and place.
4   Recognize falling into time as the construction of culture and its canonization itself.
5   Know about how to use mythological and literary texts in historical research.
6   Can prepare presentations by using comparative methods.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Concepts and literature
2 Roots of astrology
3 Concept of time in Babylonian and Sumerian myths
4 Problematic of Uranos, Kronos and Zeus
5 Myth versus history
6 Example of an analysis: Odysseus as constructor of culture
7 Midterm exam
8 Time and its iconography in different mythologies of the world
9 Myth, history and time
10 Different definitions of time
11 Time in literature and mythology
12 General Evaluations
13 Presentations
14 Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

William Irwin Thompson, Der Fall in die Zeit, Weitbrecht, Stuttgart, 1985
Johann Jakob Bachofen, Das Mutterrecht, Frankfurt, 1990
John Fiske, Mitler ve Mitleri Yapanlar, Izmir, 2011

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
2. Discussion
3. Student s presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + RST* 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-3: Assessment will be based on midterm exam.
LO 1-5: Assessment will be based on final exam.
LO 6: Assessment will be based on term paper.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% attendance is required.
2. Non-attendance will not be evaluated as an excuse for not delivering assignments on due date.
3. Midterm, assignments and final exams will be considered in assessment.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Tel.: 02323018615 nevzat.kaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesdays, at 3 p.m.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 30 30
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 18 18
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 141

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.143455
LO.243455
LO.343455
LO.455
LO.555
LO.655

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