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Dikey Sekmeler
Dersin Öğrenme Çıktıları
Learning Outcomes | Program Outcomes | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
1) To address various issues in contemporary critical theory. | 1-4, 7, 9-10 | 1,3 | B,C |
2) To analyse the concept of postmodernism. | 1-4, 7, 9-10 | 1,3 | B,C |
3) To explore the historical aspects of postcolonialism. | 1-4, 7, 9-10 | 1,3 | B,C |
4) To discuss the development of poststructuralism. | 1-4, 7, 9-10 | 1,3 | B,C |
5) To compare and analyse contemporary novels using critical theory. | 1-4, 7, 9-10 | 1,3 | B,C |
6) To explain the writer’s concern with the individual. | 1-4, 7, 9-10 | 1,3 | B,C |
Dersin Akışı
COURSE CONTENT | ||
Week | Topics | Study Materials |
1 | Introduction | |
2 | Julia Kristeva, “Approaching Abjection” | |
3 | Michel Foucault, “What is an Author?” | |
4 | Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, “Can the Subaltern Speak?” | |
5 |
Jean-François Lyotard, “Answering the Question, What is Postmodernism”
Jean Baudrillard, “Simulations” |
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6 |
Derrida, “Structure, Sign and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences”
Jacques Lacan, “The Mirror Stage” |
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7 | Sandra M. Gilbert, “Plain Jane’s progress” | |
8 | Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, “Three Women’s texts and a Critique of Imperialism” | |
9 | Luce Irigaray, “Women on the Market” | |
10 | Judith Butler, “Performative Acts and Gender Constitution: An Essay in Phenomenology and feminist Theory” | |
11 | Homi Bhabha, “The other Question” | |
12 | Deleuze and Guattari, “What Is a Minor Literature?” | |
13 | Student Presentations | |
14 | Student Presentations | |
15 | Student Presentations |
Kaynaklar
RECOMMENDED SOURCES | |
Textbook | Modern Literary Theory (eds. Philip Rice and Patricia Waugh) |
Additional Resources |
Margaret Atwood (e.g. The Handmaid’s Tale/ Alias Grace/The Robber Bride/The Heart goes Last, etc.)
Louis de Bernieres (Captain Corelli’s Mandolin/Birds without Wings/The Dust that Falls from Dreams) Philippa Gregory (The Other Boleyn Girl, etc.) Hanif Kureishi (The Black Album/The Buddha of Suburbia) Hillary Mantel (Wolf Hall) Ian MacEwan (e.g. Atonement) Toni Morrison (e.g. Beloved) Salman Rushdie (e.g. Midnight’s Children/The Moor’s last Sigh/ The Enchantress of Florence( Shame etc.) Meera Syal (Life isn’t all Ha Ha Hee Hee/Anita and Me) Zadie Smith (White Teeth/NW/Swing time) |
Değerlendirme Sistemi
ASSESSMENT | ||
IN-TERM STUDIES | NUMBER | PERCENTAGE |
Class Performance | 1 | 50 |
Final Paper | 1 | 50 |
Total | 100 | |
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL PAPER TO OVERALL GRADE | 50 | |
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE | 50 | |
Total | 100 |
Dersin Program Çıktılarına Katkısı
COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM | |||||||
No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | |||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
1 | The ability to apply knowledge of an example of world literature and social sciences to topics including culture, society, ethics, politics etc. | X | |||||
2 | The ability to review, analyze and apply the relevant literature. | X | |||||
3 | The ability to carry out interdisciplinary reading and analysis. | X | |||||
4 | The ability to utilize 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 | A knowledge of issues in contemporary literature and of the cultural issues of the period. | 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) | 15 | 6 | 90 |
Presentation | 2 | 15 | 30 |
Final Paper | 1 | 35 | 35 |
Total Work Load | 200 | ||
Total Work Load / 25 (h) | 8.0 | ||
ECTS Credit of the Course | 8 |