AMERICAN CULTURE AND LITERATURE | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
FTV3978 | Modernity and Other Ways of Seeing | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
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Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi GÖNÜL EDA ÖZGÜL |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi GÖNÜL EDA ÖZGÜL |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | This course aims to discuss the modern way of seeing with its socio-economical, cultural and artistic dimensions and to point to different ways of seeing. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; 1. Develop a critical perspective regarding the historical development of modern societies; 2. Identify the way of seeing that is both the producer and a product of modernity 3. Identify modernist and postmodernist works and create critical texts ; 4. Develop a sophisticated criticism of cultural products; 5. Explore different forms of narration and understand the way of seeing that they produce; 6. Develop ideas/concepts/artworks in relation to other works of art and culture. |
In this course, modern way of seeing that is a product and a producer of modernity and other ways of seeing will be discussed through art, cinema, music, architecture and literature. Modernity and its reflections in the city and its culture will also be examined. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | ||
1) | Introduction | |
2) | On Seeing | |
3) | Modernity as a Way of Seeing | |
4) | Schorske's Vienna | |
5) | Benjamin's Paris Simmel's Berlin | |
6) | Exhibition Visit and Discussion | |
7) | Online Exhibition Visit | |
8) | Exhibition Project Presentations | |
9) | Modernism and Postmodernism | |
10) | Modernism and Postmodernism | |
11) | Homework Presentations Discussion on Artworks | |
12) | Art and Literature | |
13) | Music | |
14) | Final Project Presentations |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Books: * Schorske, Carl E. (1981). Fin-de-siècle Vienna : politics and culture. New York: Vintage Books [DB 851 .S34 1981] * Benjamin, Walter (1999). Illuminations. London: Pimlico [PN 37 .B4413 1999] |
References: | Books: * Schorske, Carl E. (1981). Fin-de-siècle Vienna : politics and culture. New York: Vintage Books [DB 851 .S34 1981] * Benjamin, Walter (1999). Illuminations. London: Pimlico [PN 37 .B4413 1999] |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 14 | % 10 |
Homework Assignments | 1 | % 10 |
Presentation | 3 | % 20 |
Project | 1 | % 20 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 5 | 70 |
Presentations / Seminar | 3 | 3 | 9 |
Project | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Homework Assignments | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Final | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Total Workload | 131 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Upon graduation, students will acquire key skills and attributes to conduct research to use research tools, to solve problems, to communicate effectively and to transfer skills to the workplace. | |
2) | Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to discuss key issues in fluent English. | |
3) | Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to compose written documents in English with a mature prose style. | 4 |
4) | Upon graduation, students will have gained broad knowledge of the American and English literary canons. | 4 |
5) | Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to analyze, synthesize and criticize sophisticated works of American and English literature. | 4 |
6) | Upon graduation, students will have achieved in depth the understanding of contemporary American culture. | 3 |
7) | Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to draw links among diverse literary texts and documents and establish critical connections and adopt an interdisciplinary attitude. | 3 |
8) | Upon graduation, students will be able to develop new projects individually or in teams. | 3 |
9) | Upon graduation, students will be able to apply their knowledge into their lives for interdisciplinary problem-solving and solutions. | 4 |