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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS KAR 5030 LITERARY GEOGRAPHY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Comparative Literature

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HÜLYA KAYA

Offered to

Comparative Literature

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to analyze the characteristics and functions of the various geographies that are created in literary works in a theoretical framework.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To distinguish the characteristics of literary geography as concept and function, 2   To analyze the content and function of stereotype in literary geography, 3   To distinguish the content and function of alienation in literary geography, 4   To analyze utopias as a literary geography, 5   To analyze distopias as literary geographies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Landscape as Symbolic Topography 2 Idealized Nature: utopian geography or heaven 3 Negated Nature: distopian geography or hell 4 North, South, West and East in Literature 5 Geographical Dreadfullnesses: Oceans, Volcanos, Earthquakes 6 Text Analysis 7 Text Analysis 8 Text Analysis 9 Text Analysis 10 Text Analysis 11 Text Analysis 12 Text Analysis 13 Text Analysis 14 Wrap-Up

Recomended or Required Reading

Alberto Manguel: The Dictionary of Imaginary Places, Toronto, 1980.

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)

E-mail: nevzat.kaya@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 5 70 Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10 Preparation for final exam 1 15 15 Preparing assignments 1 25 25 Preparing presentations 1 25 25 Final 1 2 2 Midterm 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 191

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 LO.1 4 4 4 LO.2 4 LO.3 3 LO.4 4 LO.5 4