COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BODY, GENDER AND MYTHOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KDN 5016 BODY, GENDER AND MYTHOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Women's Studies

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR NEVZAT KAYA

Offered to

Women's Studies

Course Objective

The course objective is to examine how codifications related to gender and body have retained their validity since the oldest belief systems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   can recognize indirect constructs of superiority of masculinity in religious and mythologic systems;
2   can recognize the passiveness attributed to nature as a feminine phenomenon and the activeness attributed to culture as a masculine phenomenon;
3   can distinguish the gender role patterns in mythical and biblical creations;
4   can assert the body expressions related to gender roles;
5   can recognize the validity of archaic symbol systems.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Roots of everything or the amorphous beginning
2 The patriarchal metamorphosis of myths
3 Logocentric codification and the rationalization of myths
4 The Dialectics of Enlightenment
5 The Body of Sin
6 The Grotesque or composite beings
7 The Mother Archetype
8 Good Mother, Evil Mother
9 From the evil mother to femme fatale
10 Apollon: Matricide, Dionysos: Mother s Boy
11 Between Orestes and Oedipus
12 Gendered Topographies
13 From magic mountains to hell on earths
14 General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Berktay, Fatmagül: Tektanrılı Dinler Karşısında Kadın, Istanbul, 2002.
Lloyd, Genevieve: Erkek Akıl. Batı Felsefesinde Erkek ve Kadın , Istanbul, 1996.
Paglia, Camille: Cinsel Kimlikler, Ankara, 2013.

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 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

Mid-term exam, final exam.

Assessment Criteria

To be annonced.

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)

nevzat.kaya @deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To 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 7 98
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 206

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.1555
LO.2454
LO.3545
LO.4455
LO.54555

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