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PUBLIC RELATIONS AND PUBLICITY
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
ACL4007 Comparative Literature Spring 3 0 3 6
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

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 HATİCE ÖVGÜ TÜZÜN
Course Lecturer(s): Dr. Öğr. Üyesi HATİCE ÖVGÜ TÜZÜN
Recommended Optional Program Components: none
Course Objectives: This course is designed to give the students a thorough appreciation of the 19th and 20th century literary movements in Europe, United States and Turkey; concentrating on specific genres as seen fit.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Students will learn
• to evaluate social, psychological and political perspectives in the texts,
• to discuss major authors and themes related to different periods,
• to present their own perspectives and/or to compare and contrast different concepts in well-developed essays.

Course Content

A selection of works of the most well-known authors of the Western world

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction to the course
2) Madame Bovary Reading
3) Madame Bovary Reading
4) Madame Bovary Reading
5) Anna Karenina and MT I Reading
6) Anna Karenina and MT I Reading
7) Anna Karenina Reading
8) Anna Karenina Reading
9) The Awakening Reading
10) The Awakening Reading
11) Aşk-ı Memnu Reading
12) Aşk-ı Memnu Reading
13) Review / Comparison Reading
14) Review / Comparison Reading
15) Final examination
16) Final examination

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary (trans. Gerard Hopkins. Introduction by Terence Cave and Notes by Mark Overstall. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1998).
Lev Tolstoy, Anna Karenina (trans. Constance Garnett. Revised, edited and with an Introduction by Leonard J. Kent and Nina Berberova. Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1978).
Kate Chopin, The Awakening (ed. Margaret Culley. New York: Norton, 1976)
Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil, Aşk-ı Memnu (yay. Haz. Muharrem Kaya. İstanbul: Özgür Yay., 2008)
References: David Damrosch, “Rebirth of a Discipline:The Global Origins of Comparative Studies.” Comparative Critical Studies 3, 1-2 (2006), pp. 99-112.
Passages from Kamil Aydın's Karşılaştırmalı Edebiyat – Günümüz Postmodern Bağlamda Algılanışı (İstanbul: Birey Yay., 2008).

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 16 % 20
Midterms 2 % 40
Final 1 % 40
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 40
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 3 42
Homework Assignments 4 4 16
Midterms 2 10 20
Final 1 12 12
Total Workload 90

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 prepare the students to become communication professionals by focusing on strategic thinking, professional writing, ethical practice and innovative use of traditional and new media
2) To be able to create effective public relations plans using fundamental planning components that include situation analysis, public profile, objectives, strategies and tactics.
3) To be able to apply theoretical concepts related to mass communication, consumer behavior, psychology, persuasion,sociology, marketing, and other related fields to understand how public realtions works.
4) To be able to have the ability to explain and identify problems associated with the relationships between events and facts in the areas of public relations, persuasive communication, communication management, corporate communications.
5) To be able to analyze primary and secondary research data in the fields of perception and reputation management and corporate communication practices.
6) To be able to search, write, and design articles, newsletters, and fliers, brochures, and announcements, in styles and formats appropraite various audiences, mediums and settings.
7) To be able to apply the underlying theories of communication and the necessities of work safety to different types of public relations processes and campaigns.
8) To be able to develop creative and persuasive management skills in terms of reputation, employee relations, leadership and similar corporate practices.
9) To be able to take responsibility in an individual capacity or as a team in generating solutions to given scenarios which can occur in public relations processes.
10) To be able to understand how an organizational culture works and how employees and leaders create messages as a communication tool.
11) To be able to critically discuss and interpret theories, concepts, methods, tools and ideas in the field of public relations.
12) To be able to to use information, communication technologies and computer software with the required level of public relations, marketing communication, persuasive communication, communication management, corporate communications.
13) To be able to explain and describe business marketing activities, economics, business law and global business practices.
14) To be able to recognize national and international, social and cultural dimensions of public relations.