GEP1705 Literature and SocietyBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPYGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementBologna CommissionNational Qualifications
SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
GEP1705 Literature and Society Fall
Spring
3 0 3 5
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: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: E-Learning
Course Coordinator : Assist. Prof. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: To increase students' interest in literature by showing that literary works, in addition to the pleasure of reading, will provide them with information about social reality and the human condition.The aim of this course is to question the relation between literature and society, to demonstrate the way society is reflected in literary works made up of different types of literature, to determine the aspects these correspond with the real life and to display the way literature leads and changes the society.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1. You will learn about the modern world and modern literature.
2. You will gain the knowledge that it is possible to be informed about the world you live in and the society you live in through literature.
3. Thanks to the "human condition" contained in literary works, you will gain the ability to look critically at yourself and your social relations.
4. You will understand the importance of gaining knowledge outside your field of expertise and reading outside the curriculum.

Course Content

Studying texts chosen from Turkish and World literature with their relation to the connection between literature and society and displaying real life correspondences of social reflections in these works and displaying the role of literature in social transformation, form the basis of this course.
Teaching methods and techniques used in the course are: lecture, reading, individual work, sample review, discussion, and observation.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction to the course-General overview of the relation between literature and society
2) Knowledge of the social What is it and how is it obtained?
3) Knowledge of the social What is it and how is it obtained? Social data included in and reflected by written literature and methods to evaluate these data.
4) In pre-modern societies mythical narrative forms
5) Shakespeare's tragedies in the transition to modern society
6) Modern narrative form and Shakespeare tragedies
7) The age of Cervantes and the first novel: Don Quixote
8) Midterm Week
9) Modernity on the streets 1: Goethe, Dickens and Balzac
10) Modernity on the streets 2: Gogol, Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy
11) Alternative modernizations: Marquez, Necip Mahfuz and Forugh Farrokhzad
12) Turkish modernization and Turkish literature1: From Ahmed Midhat to Nâzım Hikmet
13) Turkish modernization and Turkish literature2: From Nâzım Hikmet to Orhan Pamuk
14) General Overview

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:
References: William Shakespeare, Macbeth (ç.Sabahattin Eyuboğlu), T. İş Bankası Yayınları
Hamlet (ç.Sabahattin Eyuboğlu), T. İş Bankası Yayınları
- Nâzım Hikmet, Şeyh Bedreddin Destanı, Yapı Kredi Yayınları
Kuvayı Milliye Destanı, Yapı Kredi Yayınları


-Karşılaştırmalı Edebiyat Bilimi, Gürsel Aytaç,Ank.1997
-Modern Türk Edebiyatının Ana Çizgileri, Kenan Akyüz, Ank.1976
-“Biyografik Romanlardan Hareketle ‘Kişisel Tarih Toplumsal Tarih midir’ Sorunsalı Üzerine Bir İnceleme”, Folklor/Edebiyat, C.18, S.69, 2012-1, s.263-276
-“Göç ve Göçmenlik Edebiyatında Yer Alan Dramatik İnsan Manzaralarından Bir Kesit”, Kültür ve Edebiyatta Göç ve Göçmenlik, KIBATEK Yay., Ank.2009, s.47-51

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 14 % 10
Midterms 1 % 30
Final 1 % 60
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 60
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 13 3 39
Study Hours Out of Class 12 6 72
Midterms 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Total Workload 115

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) To use theoretic and methodological approach, evidence-based principles and scientific literature in Speech and Language Therapy field systematically for practice. 4
2) To have theoretic and practical knowledge for individual's, family's and the community's health promotion and protection. 4
3) To use information and health technologies in practice and research in the field of Speech and Language Therapy. 4
4) To communicate effectively with advisee, colleagues for effective professional relationships. 4
5) To be able to monitor occupational information using at least one foreign language, to collaborate and communicate with colleagues at international level. 4
6) To use life-long learning, problem-solving and critical thinking skills. 4
7) To act in accordance with ethical principles and values in professional practice. 3
8) To take part in research, projects and activities within sense of social responsibility and interdisciplinary approach. 3
9) To be able to search for literature in health sciences databases and information sources to access to information and use the information effectively. 3
10) To take responsibility and participate in the processes actively for training of other therapist, education of health professionals and individuals about speech and languege therapy. 3
11) To carry out speech and languge therapy practices considering cultural differences and different health needs of different groups in the community. 3