COURSE UNIT TITLE

: UTOPIA AND DYSTOPIA

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEL 5046 UTOPIA AND DYSTOPIA ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Philosophy

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR METIN BAL

Offered to

Philosophy

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to investigate the works on utopia and dystopia from the point of philosophy.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Comprehend the basic concepts of utopian and dystopian approaches.
2   Comprehend the basic questions of utopian and dystopian approaches.
3   Comprehend the basic problems of utopian and dystopian approaches.
4   Know the difference between utopian/dystopian approaches from other approaches from other approaches in philosophy.
5   Analyze utopian/dystopian approaches by comparing this approach with other philosophical approaches.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Philosophical importance of utopia and the works on utopia Koestler and Darkness at Noon
2 Philosophical importance of dystopia and the works on dystopia Ray Bradbury and Fahreneit 451
3 Plato and Republic H. G. Wells and The Time Machine
4 More and Utopia Jack London and The Iron Heel
5 Bacon and the New Atlantis
6 Campanella and the City of Sun
7 Aldous Huxley and Brave New World
8 Midterm Exam
9 Zamyatin adn We
10 Orwell and 1984

Recomended or Required Reading

Platon (1988) Devlet, çev. Eyüboğlu & M. Ali Cimcoz, Istanbul: Remzi Kitabevi
More, Thomas (2004) Utopia, ceç. Vedat Günyol, Sabahattin Eyüboğlu, Mina Urgan. Istanbul Işbankası Kültür Yayınları.
Bacon, Francis (2008) Yeni Atlantis, çev. Çiğdem Dürüşken, Istanbul: Kabalcı Yayınevi.
Campanella, Thoma (2008) Güneş Ülkesi, çev. Çiğdem Dürüşken, Istanbul: Kabalcı Yayınevi.
Morris, William (1905) News from Nowhere, or An epoch of Rest, Being Some Chapters from A Utopian Romance, London: Longmans Green, and Co.
Huhxley, Aldous (2017) Cesur Yeni Dünya, çev. Ümit Tosun, sunuş: Margaret Artwood, sonsöz: David Bradshaw, Istanbul: Ithaki Yayınları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Question-Answer

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 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

none

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-5: The student's pergormance will be evaluated by the questions that will be asked in midterm and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1- %70 attendance is required.
2- The participation in midterm and final exams will be considered in grading.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

metin.bal@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

to be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Other (watching artwork belong to visual arts) 1 12 12
Midterm 1 1,5 2
Final 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 126

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.3545535
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LO.55345455

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