COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CULTURAL CRITISM

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ATALAY GÜNDÜZ

Offered to

Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies (English)
English Translation and Interpreting

Course Objective

This course aims to enable students recognize, analyse, compare and contrast different cultures from a number of distinct time periods and social walks of life using cultural theories. Thus students will be better able to study cultural entities from different periods. This course also aims to enable students make culture, history and theory aware.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   students recognize, analyse, compare and contrast different cultures from a number of distinct time periods and social walks of life
2   able to study cultural theory and apply it to different cases
3   students can make cultural, historical and theoretical analysis between different times and discourses.
4   -able to discuss culture

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
2 Introduction to Cultural Criticism
3 Literary Theory and Cultural Criticism
4 Marxism and Cultural Criticism
5 Interpellation, Ideology, Cultural Imperialism, Hegemony, Reproduction, Political Cultures
6 Films, series, ads
7 Balinese Cockfighting
8 Midterm
9 Sports, Hobbies, Pop Culture
10 Semiotics and Cultural Criticism
11 Mythologies, Barthes
12 Psychoanalytic Theory and Cultural Criticism
13 Sociological Theory and Cultural Criticism
14 Presentations
15 Presentations
16 Wrap-up

Recomended or Required Reading

Cultural Ciriticism: A Primer of Key Concepts, Arthur Asa Berger
Referanslar: The New Science, Giambattista Vico; Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory, Peter Barry; Practicing New Historicism, Stephen Greenblatt; The Interpretation of Cultures, Clifford Geertz

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Face to face

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ * 0.30 + ODV * 0.30 + FN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu VZ * 0.30 + ODV * 0.30 + BUT * 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Atalay Gündüz
atalay.gunduz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 16 3 48
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 15 3 45
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 105

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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