COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CULTURAL HISTORY OF PATRIARCHY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ESH 0069 CULTURAL HISTORY OF PATRIARCHY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Faculty Of Letters

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR NEVZAT KAYA

Offered to

American Culture and Literature
Archeology
Museology
.
Translation and Interpreting
.
Turkish Language and Literature
Translation and Interpreting(Turkish-German-English)
Psychology
Archeology
Comparative Literature
Sociology
Sociology
Philosophy
Linguistics
History
Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies (English)
History
Comparative Literature

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to study the system of patriarchal thought within its historical frame on the basis of mythology and cultural anthropology.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To make the distinction that patriarchy is not NATURAL but a CULTURAL construct,
2   To analyze the impact of patriarchy on our cultural memes,
3   To notice that patriarchy has perfect internalisation systems to effect on culture,
4   To analyze how history has been written from a patriarchal point of view,
5   To analyze cultural products from this point of view by using the appropriate methods.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Creations
2 Secondary Creation
3 The Hero as a ruler over nature
4 Paredra ve Paredros
5 Hippolytus and Mythical Gender Roles
6 Hostility between Athena and Aphrodite
7 Text Analysis
8 Midterm Exam
9 Phobia to Matriarchy in Popular Culture: ALIEN
10 Abjection
11 The Grotesque
12 Nostrocentricism
13 Metin Analizi
14 Wrap-Up

Recomended or Required Reading

Adorno/Horkheimer: Dialectics of Enlightenment
Each year a different selection of Greek Tragedies

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, discussions, analysis.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

To be announced at the beginning of the semester.

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-3 will be assessed in the midterm exam.
LO 4-5 will be assessed in the final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% attendance is obligatory.
Students are expected to take part in inclass activities, the midterm and final exam.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nevzat.kaya@deu.edu.tr, 02323079494

Office Hours

To be announced at the beginning of semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 7 7
Preparation for final exam 1 13 13
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 88

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1211112
LO.211222
LO.311311132
LO.4112123
LO.511212

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