This course explores the multifaceted theme of cosmopolitanism, including philosophical, sociological and postcolonial approaches, in modern and contemporary literature. It will include a comparative approach with selections from several national literatures. Students are expected to make two presentations during the course, the first of a relevant theoretical work and the second an analysis of a contemporary literary work.
Readings will focus on theoretical and literary texts from ancient, modern and contemporary authors.
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Learning Outcomes | Program Outcomes | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
| 1) To explore approaches from sociology and the other social sciences to literature. | 1-4, 5-10 | 1,2,3 | B, C, D |
| 2) For the students to gain knowledge in the intellectual and cultural background of the social sciences, and to become equipped with the concepts and terminology used in the analysis of literary texts. | 1-4, 5-10 | 1,2,3 | B, C, D |
| 3) To equip the students with the necessary critical faculties, analytical approach, interdisciplinary vision and analytical, interpretative and inference skills for a successful understanding of literature. | 1-4, 5-10 | 1,2,3 | B, C, D |
| 4) To analyse different definitions of sociology and literature. | 1-4, 5-10 | 1,2,3 | B, C, D |
| 5) To discuss and contrast different positions in sociology. | 1-4, 5-10 | 1,2,3 | B, C, D |
Course Flow
| COURSE CONTENT | ||
| Week | Topics | Study Materials |
| 1 | Course introduction | Materials for the course provided by instructor |
| 2 | Cosmopolitanism in the Western philosophical tradition from the Stoics to Kant and beyond |
Nussbaum: 1997, Taylor: 2010, Cavallar: 2012, Kant: 2012
Habermas: 1998 |
| 3 | Sociological approaches to cosmopolitanism: critical cosmopolitanisms |
Delanty, 2006
Beck, 1997 Mignolo, 2000 |
| 4 | Migration, postcolonialism and cosmopolitanism |
Bhabha, 1994
Bhabha, 2000 Kristeva, 1991 Royle, 2003 |
| 5 | Hospitality | Derrida, 1999, 2000a, 2000b, Kant, 2012, Arendt (1962) |
| 6 | Student Presentations (Theoretical Work) | To be chosen from the syllabus |
| 7 | Student Presentations (Theoretical Work) | To be chosen from the syllabus |
| 8 | Student Presentations (Theoretical Work) | To be chosen from the syllabus |
| 9 | Student Presentations (Theoretical Work) | To be chosen from the syllabus |
| 10 | Student Presentations (Theoretical Work) | To be chosen from the syllabus |
| 11 | Student Presentations (Application) | To be chosen from the syllabus |
| 12 | Student Presentations (Application) | To be chosen from the syllabus |
| 13 | Student Presentations (Application) | To be chosen from the syllabus |
| 14 | Student Presentations (Application) | To be chosen from the syllabus |
| 15 | CONCLUSION | |
Recommended Sources
| RECOMMENDED SOURCES | |
| Textbook | |
| Additional Resources |
Appiah, Kwame Anthony (2006) “Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers” (New York: Norton)
Beck, Ulrich (1997) ‘The Cosmopolitan Society and Its Enemies’, Theory, Culture and Society, 19(1-2), p. 17 Bhabha, Homi (1994) The Location of Culture.(London: Routledge) Bhabha, Homi (2000) ‘Unsatisfied: Notes on Vernacular Cosmopolitanism’, in L. Garcia-Moreno and P.C. Pfeiffer (eds) Text and Nation: Cross-Disciplinary Essays on Cultural and National Identities (Columbia: Camden House, 1996Nussbaum, Martha C. (1997). Kant and Stoic Cosmopolitanism, in The Journal of Political Philosophy Volume 5, Nr 1, pp. 1–25 Cavallar, George (2012) Cosmopolitanisms in Kant's philosophy, Ethics & Global Politics, 5:2, 95-118 Delanty, Gerard ‘The Cosmopolitan Imagination: Critical Cosmopolitanism and Social Theory’, The British Journal of Sociology 2006 (1), pp. 25-26 Derrida. Jacques. 1999. ‘Hospitality, justice and responsibility: a dialogue with Jacques Derrida’ in Questioning Ethics: Contemporary Debates in Philosophy, eds. Richard Kearney and Mark Dooley (London, Routledge), pp. 65–83 Derrida, Jacques, 2000a. Of Hospitality. Trans. Anne Dufourmantelle. Stanford: Stanford University Press. Derrida, Jacques. 2000b. ‘Hostipitality’. In Angelaki 5(3), pp. 3-18 Sigmund Freud, ‘The Uncanny’, in J.Strachey et al (eds.), The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud vol. XVII, (London: Hogarth Press and the Institute for Psycho-Analysis, 1955), p. 340 Glick Schiller, Nina and Andrew Irving (eds) “Critical Perspectives, Relationalities and Discontents”. Berghahn: London Kant, Immanuel, Toward Perpetual Peace and Other Writings on Politics, Peace, and History, with essays by J. Waldron, M.W. Doyle, and A. Wood, P. Kleingeld (ed.), D.L. Colclasure (trans.), New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. Julia Kristeva (1991) Strangers to Ourselves, Habermas, Jürgen (1998) “Kant's Idea of Perpetual Peace: At Two Hundred Years' Historical Remove” , in Inclusion of the Other: Studies in Political Theory A. Luburić-Cvijanović and N. Muždeka, ‘Salman Rushdie from Postmodernism and Postcolonialism to Cosmopolitanism: Toward a Global(ized) Literature?’, Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction 2016 (4) Manzanas Calvo, Ana Maria and Jesús Benito Sánchez. 2017. Hospitality in American Literature and Culture: Spaces, Bodies, Borders. London: Routledge Mignolo, Walter (2000)”The Many Faces of Cosmo-polis: Border Thinking and Critical Cosmopolitanism” Royle, Nicholas (2003) The Uncanny. (Manchester: Manchester University Press: Shaw, Kristian (2017), “Cosmopolitanism in Twenty-First Century Fiction” Yeğenoğlu, Meyda (2012) Islam, Migrancy and Hospitality in Europe, (Palgrave-Macmillan: New York), Ziarek, E (1995) ‘The Uncanny Style of Kristeva’s Critique of Nationalism’, Postmodern Culture 1995(2) |
Assessment
| ASSESSMENT | ||
| IN-TERM STUDIES | NUMBER | PERCENTAGE |
| Presentation | 1 | 30 |
| Class Performance | 1 | 30 |
| Final Paper | 1 | 40 |
| Total | 100 | |
| CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL PAPER TO OVERALL GRADE | 40 | |
| CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE | 60 | |
| Total | 100 | |
Course’s Contribution to Program
| COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM | |||||||
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | The ability to apply knowledge of English and world literature and social sciences to topics including culture, society, ethics, politics etc. | X | |||||
| 2 | The ability to review, analyse and apply the relevant literature. | X | |||||
| 3 | The ability to carry out interdisciplinary reading and analysis. | X | |||||
| 4 | The ability to utilise the basic concepts and issues of literary theories in developing life strategies | X | |||||
| 5 | Awareness of professional ethics and responsibility | X | |||||
| 6 | Effective communication skills. | X | |||||
| 7 | A sufficiently broad education to understand the global and social impact of literary movements. | X | |||||
| 8 | An awareness of the importance of lifelong learning and the ability to put it into practice. | X | |||||
| 9 | Knowledge of issues in contemporary literature. | X | |||||
| 10 | The ability to use sources and modern tools in order to carry out research in the areas of literature and aesthetics. | X | |||||
ECTS
| ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION | |||
| Activities | Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Duration (Including the exam week: 15x Total course hours) | 15 | 3 | 45 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 14 | 17 | 252 |
| Presentation | 1 | 18 | 18 |
| Final Paper | 1 | 60 | 60 |
| Total Work Load | 375 | ||
| Total Work Load / 25 (h) | 15.0 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 15 | ||