SOCIOLOGY | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
GEP0701 | Creative Literature | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | GE-Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | This course is designed to explore various techniques and strategies of writing fiction through in dept reading and structural examination of major literary works. The purpose of this course is to focus on creative fiction in mainly novels and short stories but poetry, (auto) biography and to improve the ability of writing through analyzing the examples of literary genres in a detailed way. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; The students who succeeded in this course will get a sense of language and an understanding of how it can be used to create new worlds. The student will have detailed information about various genres (the novel, the short story, the poetry, the biography, etc.). He/She will read and interpret major literary works from both Turkish and world literature. He/She will gain the ability to produce a complete a piece of fiction and the discipline that is required for successful results and. Although writing of any sort is hard, but rewarding work – the student will experience a huge amount of psychological satisfaction from a finished piece. Being creative can also be difficult and challenging at times, but immensely fun that is why it will be a new interest for the student. |
What is Literature? The relationship between literature and the life. Introduction to Literary Genres: The novel, the short story, the poetry, the biography, etc. The Process of Writing: Focusing on the life stories and the adventures of writing of the authors. Analyzing/Criticizing/Interpretation: Reading, discussing and interpreting of selected literary works. Narrative Techniques and Components: Narrator, characters, implied readers, narrative time, narration time, voice, focusing, places, etc. Creative Writing Exercises: Several methods of construction, development of creative work and completion of it. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | General information about the course, the methods to be used. | The course syllabus |
2) | Discussion of literature. What is literature? What is its effects in our daily lives? What it means to be a writer? | Jean Paul Sartre, Edebiyat Nedir? |
3) | The process of writing. Focusing on the life stories and the adventures of writing of the authors. | Visiting several authors’websites and blogs. Orhan Pamuk “Babamın Bavulu” Elif Şafak “Nasıl Yazar Olunur?” The interview of Murathan Mungan Ferit Edgü, “Sanatçının Tarifi” Cemal Süreya’ya Dair: “Nasıl Şair Olunur? Hangi Yaşta Şair Olunur?” Orhan Tuncay, “Bir Fenomen Olarak Kafka” Selahattin Çiftçi, “Dostoyevski’nin Kumarbaz Eserinin Hayat-Eser Açısından İncelenmesi” |
4) | The process of writing. Focusing on the life stories and the adventures of writing of the authors. | Umberto Eco, Genç Bir Romancının İtirafları |
5) | The process of writing. Focusing on the life stories and the adventures of writing of the authors. | Nurdan Gürbilek, Benden Önce Bir Başkası Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Anlatmak İçin Yaşamak |
6) | A conversation with an author (The guest author is to be announced) | To search the guest author and prepare the possible questions. |
7) | Introduction to Literary Genres | Definition and distinctive features of literary genres such as novel, short stories, poetry, (auto) biography, memory, theatre |
8) | The Examples of Short Story | Anton Chekov, “Vanka” Guy de Maupassant, “Küçük Çan” Edgar Allan Poe, “Metaforik Bir Cinayet Öyküsü” |
9) | Textual Analyzing Narrative Techniques and Components | Franz Kafka, Dönüşüm |
10) | The Adaptation and Reinterpretation | From Literature to Cinema: Zorba |
11) | Textual Analyzing Narrative Techniques and Components | Fyodor Mihailoviç Dostoyevski, Yer Altından Notlar |
12) | İlk taslağı oluşturma | Writing of the first draft |
13) | Creative Writing Exercises | Completion of the first draft |
14) | Creative Writing Exercises | Finalization of the first draft |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Pelin Aslan tarafından derlenen GEP 1206 kitabı Jean Paul Sartre, Edebiyat Nedir? İstanbul: Can, 2005. Genç Bir Romancının İtirafları, Umberto eco, Çev. İlknur Özdemir, İstanbul: Kırmızı Kedi, 2011. Nurdan Gürbilek, Benden Önce Bir Başkası, İstanbul: Metis, 2011. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Anlatmak İçin Yaşamak, İstanbul: Can, 2009. Franz Kafka, Dönüşüm, İstanbul: Can, 2011. Fyodor Mihailoviç Dostoyevski, Yer Altından Notlar, İstanbul: Can, 2011. |
References: | Pınar Kür (ed), Short Fiction in English, İstanbul: Bilgi Üniversitesi, 2001. Murat Gülsoy, Büyübozumu: Yaratıcı Yazarlık, İstanbul: Can, 2011. |
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 |
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 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | To learn and compare major sociology perspectives, both classical and contemporary, and apply all of them to analysis of social conditions. | |
2) | To be able to identify the basic methodological approaches in building sociological and anthropological knowledge at local and global levels | |
3) | To be able to use theoretical and applied knowledge acquired in the fields of statistics in social sciences. | |
4) | To have a basic knowledge of other disciplines (including psychology, history, political science, communication studies and literature) that can contribute to sociology and to be able to make use of this knowledge in analyzing sociological processes | |
5) | To have a knowledge and practice of scientific and ethical principles in collecting, interpreting and publishing sociological data also develop ability how to share this data with experts and lay people, using effective communication skills | |
6) | To develop competence in analyzing and publishing sociological knowledge by using computer software for quantitative and qualitative analysis; and develop an attitute for learning new techniques in these fields. | |
7) | To identify and to have a knowledge of the theories related to urban and rural sociology and demography, and political sociology, sociology of gender, sociology of body, visual sociology, sociology of work, sociology of religion, sociology of knowledge and sociology of crime. | |
8) | To have knowledge of how sociology is positioned as a scientific discipline from a philosophical and historical perspective | |
9) | To have the awareness of social issues in Turkish society, to develop critical perspective in analysing these issues and to have a knowledge of the works of Turkish sociologists and to be able to transfer this knowledge | |
10) | To have the awareness of social issues and global societal processes and to apply sociological analysis to development and social responsibility projects | |
11) | To have the ability to define a research question, design a research project and complete a written report for various fields of sociology, either as an individual or as a team member. | |
12) | To be able to transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of sociology to the level of secondary school. |