COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF ANCIENT WESTERN LITERATURE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 4044 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WESTERN LITERATURE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR MURAT KILIÇ

Offered to

History
History

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to achieve a necessary understanding of Hellenistic history and civilization, the Ancient Greek civilization, and the Ancient Roman civilization.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The scientific literature on the Old West literature
2   The scope of the Old West literature
3   The history of Antique Greek literature
4   The history of Antique Roman literature
5   The contribution of the Antique Greek and Roman literature on the history of European literature

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Greek language Lecture
2 The characteristics of the Greek literature Lecture
3 The Epic Era: The literature before Homeros Lecture
4 The Epic Era: The literature in the times of Homeros, didactic Epos-Hesiodos Lecture and Reading Texts (Homeros)
5 Lyricism: The types of poetries, the first philosophers, Logographes- Herodotos Tour to antique cities
6 The period of Attica: Tragedia, Komedia Lecture
7 The Hellenistic Period The Roman period Lecture
8 Midterm
9 The beginning of the Latin literature Lecture
10 Comedy, the development of prose Lecture
11 Lucretius, Catullus and their colleagues Lecture
12 Cicero, other writers in that period, the Augustus period: Lecture
13 The reforms of Augustus Lecture
14 From the Golden Age to Silver Age Lecture

Recomended or Required Reading

Çelgin, Güler, Eski Yunan Edebiyatı Tarihi, Remzi Kitabevi, Istanbul, 1990
Ertaylan, I.H, Yunan Edebiyatı Tarihi, Maarif Vekaleti Neşriyatından, Istanbul, 1928
Mansel, Arif, Müfid, Ege ve Yunan Tarihi, TTK, Ankara, 1947
Thomson, G., Eski Yunan Toplumu Üstine Incelemler- Tarih Öncesi Ege I, çev: C. Üster, Payel Yayınları,
Şenel, A., Eski Yunan da Eşitlik ve Eşitsizlik Üstüne, Ankara Üniversitesi, Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Yayınları, No: 258, Ankara, 1968
Şener, S.,Dünden Bugüne Tiyatro Düşüncesi, Adam Yayıncılık, Istanbul, 1982
Demiriş, B., Roma yazınında Tarih yazıcılığı, Ege Yayınları, Istnabul, 2006
Erim M., Latin Edebiyatı, Remzi Kitabevi, Istanbul, 1987
Sarıgöllü, A., Roma Edebiyatında Tarih, Ankara DTCF yayınları, 221, Ankara, 1971

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1.Lecture
2. Text reading
3. Tours to antique cities

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1-3: This will be evaluated through the performance in the term examination.
2.LO 1-5: This will be evaluated through the performance in the final examination.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% attendance is obligatory.
2. Participation to the term and final examinations will be considered in the evaluation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 0 0 0
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 10 2 20
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 10 10
Preparation for Final Exam 1 10 10
Preparation for Quiz etc. 0 0 0
Preparing Individual Assignments 0 0 0
Preparing Group Assignments 0 0 0
Preparing Presentations 1 6 6
Other (please indicate) 0 0 0
Final 1 1,5 2
Mid-term 1 1,5 2
Quiz etc. 0 0 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 76

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15
LO.235
LO.35
LO.45
LO.535

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