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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 :
Course Lecturer(s):	Assoc. Prof. 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 students to become communication professionals by focusing on strategic thinking, professional writing, ethical practices, and the innovative use of both traditional and new media	2
2)	To be able to explain and define problems related to the relationship between facts and phenomena in areas such as Advertising, Persuasive Communication, and Brand Management
3)	To critically discuss and interpret theories, concepts, methods, tools, and ideas in the field of advertising
4)	To be able to follow and interpret innovations in the field of advertising
5)	To demonstrate a scientific perspective in line with the topics they are curious about in the field.
6)	To address and solve the needs and problems of the field through the developed scientific perspective
7)	To recognize and understand all the dynamics within the field of advertising
8)	To analyze and develop solutions to problems encountered in the practical field of advertising