COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LITERATURE, HISTORY AND IDEOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KAR 5020 LITERATURE, HISTORY AND IDEOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Comparative Literature

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR HAKAN ÇÖREKCIOĞLU

Offered to

Comparative Literature

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to study how the historical events and theircontemporary ideologies reflect upon literary works, thus to make comparative literature students to comprehend how these works were fictionalized and shaped within the frame of that period s effective ideologies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To relate ideology and literature with each other.
2   To analyze from which perspective the historical events are made subject to literary works.
3   To examine the function of ideologies on literary works and the function of literary works on ideologies.
4   To use their skills in reading literary works.
5   To use theoretical perspective in order to analayze and compare the fiction-reality relationship.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Definition of Literature, History, Ideology and their Relationship
3 Dominant Ideology in Literary Works
4 Reflections of Ideologies on Literary Works
5 Ideological Effects of Literary Works on Society
6 Critical Function of Literary Works to Ideologies
7 Samples of Literary Works Cited in School Books
8 Literary Work Analysis and Presentation
9 Literary Work Analysis and Presentation
10 Literary Work Analysis and Presentation
11 Literary Work Analysis and Presentation
12 Literary Work Analysis and Presentation
13 Literary Work Analysis and Presentation
14 Wrap-Up

Recomended or Required Reading

Berna Moran, Türk Romanına Eleştirel Bir Bakış, Iletişim yay., Istanbul, 1994.
Emile Zola, Germinal, Çev. V. Yalçıntoklu, Can Yay., Istanbul, 2014.
Paul Ricoeur, Zaman ve Anlatı, çev. Kollektif, YKY, 2012, Istanbul.
Gacriel, Yiannis (Ed.), Myths, Stories and Organizations: Premodern Narratives for our Times, Oxford University Pres., Oxford, 2004.
Taner Timur, Osmanlı-Türk Romanında Tarih, Toplum ve Kimlik, Imge Yay., Ankara, 2002.
Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Yaban, Iletişim Yay., Istanbul, 2004.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, in class discussions, assignments and 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 * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Will be announced.

Assessment Criteria

Will be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% attendance is obligatory.
2. Any kind of plagiarism will be subject to disciplinary action.
3. Preparation to weekly lectures (reading the respective material) and contribution to in class discussion is obligatory.
4. Students prepare presentations about topics given by the instructor.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hakan.corekcioglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Will be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 6 84
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 195

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15
LO.24
LO.33
LO.43
LO.55

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