DENTAL PROSTHETICS TECHNOLOGY (TURKISH)
Associate	TR-NQF-HE: Level 5	QF-EHEA: Short Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 5

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
GEP1703	Contemporary Turkish Literature	Fall Spring	3	0	3	3

This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction:	Turkish
Type of course:	GE-Elective
Course Level:	Associate (Short Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Dr. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	This course aims at improving the students’ sensitivity and taste in the general sense of Turkish literature, especially fantasy in Turkish literature. It is designed to discuss theory of fantasy through texts in literature which requires dealing with other social disciplines such as psychoanalyses, cinema, history, philosophy etc. The main part of the course emphasizes Ottoman/Turkish modernization which determines the tendency of writing style in Turkish literature. This emphasis through literary works gives the opportunity to argue the modernization process and sociopolitical events of the late 19th century up to 2000's.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The students who succeeded in this course will learn the tools, methods and insights necessary for them to approach and read texts critically. The student will develop the ability of interpretive and critical reading. As a result of focusing on “fantastic novel genre” throughout the course he/she will have the ability for distinguishing literary genres and discussing the determination of genre process. Focusing on the history of Turkish fantastic novels requires to interrogate Ottoman/Turkish modernization, that’s why she/he will get general information sociopolitical circumstances of Turkey from late 19th century up to 2000's and find the opportunity to questionize literary and social dynamics. Reading fantastic novels also is an interesting experience which gives a chance to the student go beyond the ordinary, material, rationally predictable world and make he/she more creative.

Course Content

The Theory of Fantastic Literature: Distinguishing fantastic genre from other close genres, the distinctive features of fantastic, its function.
Fantastic Novel in Turkish Literature: The general overview of Turkish literature. Searching the social and literary atmosphere which generates the novel, locating fantastic novel in this atmosphere. The role of fantastic novel as a tool and its function in
Analyzing/Criticizing/Interpretation: Reading, discussing and interpreting of selected fantastic novels from Turkish literature.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	General information about the course	Course syllabus
2)	Introduction to Fantastic Literary Theory	Pierre Jourde,ve Paolo Tortorese. "Fantastik: Mantık İçin Bir Skandal”. Çev. Esra Özdoğan, Kitap-lık. S. 66 (Kasım 2003): 79-81. Nihayet Arslan, “Fantastik Nedir? “Yeni Bir Tür: 19.yüzyılda Fantastik:”, Nazlı Eray: Bir Okuma Denemesi, Ankara: Phonex, 2008: 5-20.
3)	Fantastic Literary Theory	Tzvetan Todorov, Fantastik: Edebi Türe Yapısal Bir Yaklaşım. Çev. Nedret Tanyolaç Öztokat, İstanbul: Metis, 2004: 30-46, 47-63. Jean-Luc. Steinmetz, “İzlekler,”Fantastik Edebiyat. Çev. Hasan Fehmi Nemli, İstanbul: Dost, 2006: 30-45.
4)	Novel in Turkish Literature	Güzin Dino, Türk Romanının Doğuşu. İstanbul: Cem Yayınları, 1978: 13-15. Robert P. Finn, Türk Romanı (İlk Dönem 1872-1900), Çev. Tomris Uyar, İstanbul: Bilgi Yayınevi, 1984: 9-16. Zeynep Uysal-Elkatip, “‘Modernleşen’ Türk Edebiyatına Bir Bakış.” Toplum ve Bilim. S. 81 (Yaz 1999): 127-137.
5)	Discussing of Novel	Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar, Ölüler Yaşıyor mu?
6)	Discussing of Novel and Film (From Literature to Cinema: Drakula İstanbul’da)	Ali Rıza Seyfi, Drakula İstanbul’da
7)	Discussing of Novel	Kerime Nadir, Dehşet Gecesi Kaya Özkaracalar, “Türkiye’de Gotik”, Gotik. İstanbul: L&M Yayınları, 2005: 62-78.
8)	Discussing of Novel	Süleyman Seyfi Öğün,“Türk Muhafazakârlığının Kültür Kökleri ve Peyami Safa’nın Yanılgısı”. Toplum ve Bilim. S. 74 (Güz 1997): 102-152 David Adams Leeming, Flights: Readings in Magic, Mysticism, Fantasy and Myth. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1974: 3-10. Peyami Safa, Matmazel Noraliya’nın Koltuğu
9)	Fantasy in Today (From Literature to Cinema: Alice in Wonderland)	Eric R. Rabkin, Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales and Stories. Toronto ve Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1979: 3-26.
10)	Textual Analyzing	Rosemary Jackson, Fantasy: The Literature of Subversion. London: Routledge, 2003: 1-10, 61-91, 171-180. Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, “Abdullah Efendi’nin Rüyaları”
11)	Textual Analyzing and Discussing of Film (From Literature to Cinema: Şahmaran)	Sigmund Freud, Sanat ve Edebiyat. Çev. Emre Kapkın, Ayşe Tekşen Kapkın, İstanbul: Payel Yayınevi, 1999: 325-359. Murathan Mungan, “Şahmeran’ın Bacakları”
12)	Discussing of Novel	W. R. Irwin, The Game of Impossible: A Rhetoric of Fantasy. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1976: 3-10, 89-100, 183-197. Nazlı Eray, Aşkı Giyinen Adam
13)	Discussing of Novel and Film (From Literature to Cinema: The Lord of the Rings )	Bülent Somay, “Freudo Baggins’in Motor Yolculuğu: Bir Psikanaliz Olarak Fantazi Edebiyatı”, Tarihin Bilinçdışı, İstanbul, Metis, 2003: 98-119.
14)	Discussing of Novel	Brian Atterbery, The Fantasy Tradition in American Literature. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1980: 1-15. David Adams Leeming, Flights: Readings in Magic, Mysticism, Fantasy and Myth. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1974: 178-196, 258-261. Barış Müstecaplıoğlu, Korkak ve Canavar

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Pelin Aslan tarafından derlenen GEP 1210 kitabı
Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar, Ölüler Yaşıyor mu? İstanbul: Atlas Kitabevi, 1975.
Ali Rıza Seyfi, Drakula İstanbul’da, İstanbul: Kamer, 1997.
Kerime Nadir, Dehşet Gecesi, İstanbul: Sulhi Garan Matbaası, 1958.
Peyami Safa, Matmazel Noraliya’nın Koltuğu.
İstanbul: Ötüken Yayınevi, 1974.
Nazlı Eray, Aşkı Giyinen Adam, İstanbul: Doğan Kitap, 2001.
Barış Müstecaplıoğlu, Korkak ve Canavar, İstanbul: Metis, 2001.

References:

David Sander, Fantastic Literature: A Critical Reader. London: Westport ve Connecticut, 2004.
Rosemary Jackson, Fantasy: The Literature of Subversion. London: Routledge, 2003.
Eric R. Rabkin, The Fantastic in Literature. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1977.
Tzvetan Todorov, Fantastik: Edebi Türe Yapısal Bir Yaklaşım. Çev. Nedret Tanyolaç Öztokat, İstanbul: Metis, 2004.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	14	% 10
Homework Assignments	2	% 10
Midterms	1	% 30
Final	1	% 50
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 50
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	3	42
Study Hours Out of Class	13	2	26
Homework Assignments	2	3	6
Midterms	1	10	10
Final	1	15	15
Total Workload			99

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	The basic structure of the human body, including head and neck region primarily forming organs and structures of systems to learn.	2
2)	Laboratory equipment and materials used in dental prostheses have knowledge about.	2
3)	The work carried out in the laboratories of dental prostheses and practical application can theoretically know.	1
4)	Basic computer knowledge as well as to the profession learns to use the software and hardware.	4
5)	Know the correct terminology for communication dentistry.	2
6)	The structure of the masticatory system used in prosthetic and orthodontic treatment can produce fixed and removable prostheses and appliances.	3
7)	Related to the use of dental laboratory equipment, maintenance and simple repairs when necessary.	1
8)	Knows and applies the necessary hygiene rules to protect herself/himself and other employees from cross infection in the laboratory.	1
9)	With dentists and other dental prosthetist can communicate effectively.	1
11)	Ethical principles and professional values embraced and apply them capable, professional liability, with the profession about the developments to follow and life-long learning and self-development as it champions, teamwork, within the team and provide services that communicate with people open to the dental prosthetist to be.	1
12)	Dental prosthesis technology, and with it all kinds of dental development and innovation in attempts to follow and implement them, self-confidence, national and international level to be respected dental prosthetist.	1
13)	Ethical principles and professional values embraced and apply them capable, professional liability, with the profession about the developments to follow and life-long learning and self-development as it champions, teamwork, within the team and provide services that communicate with people open to the dental prosthetist to be.	1
14)	Dental prosthesis with theoretical and practical knowledge about technology as dental prosthetist its own or in a team can produce all kinds of prosthetic apparatus.	1
15)	This service can open laboratory to produce its own as a profession in the public or private organization is able to perform.
16)	In line with developments in dentistry, science and technology, taking advantage of all sorts of doctors wants prosthetic and orthodontic apparatus can produce on its own.
17)	These appliances can repair the disorder. While these practices pay attention to universal values, ethical principles and responsibilities depend on the owner works as a dental prosthetist.