MATHEMATICS
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
GEP0705	Literature and Society	Fall	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:	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
Course Lecturer(s):	Assoc. Prof. GÖKSEL AYMAZ
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	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;
By the end of this course students are expected to be able to question the relation between literature and society, and they are also expected to identify and discern the role of literature and the way it leads and changes the society by making use of comparative methods

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

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	General overview of the relation between literature and society	Lecturer's Presentation
2)	Social data included in oral literature	Lecturer's Presentation
3)	Examples chosen from Turkish and World oral literature	Muhsine Helimoğlu Yavuz-Masallar ve Eğitimsel İşlevleri,Cumh.Kit.Yay.,İst.2009(4.baskı) Muhsine Helimoğlu Yavuz ,“Göç ve Göçmenlik Edebiyatında Yer Alan Dramatik İnsan Manzaralarından Bir Kesit”, Kültür ve Edebiyatta Göç ve Göçmenlik, KIBATEK Yay., Ank.2009, s.47-51
4)	Social data included in and reflected by written literature and methods to evaluate these data.	Karşılaştırmalı Edebiyat Bilimi, Gürsel Aytaç,Ank.1997 Muhsine Helimoğlu Yavuz ,“Biyografik Romanlardan Hareketle ‘Kişisel Tarih Toplumsal Tarih midir’ Sorunsalı Üzerine Bir İnceleme”, Folklor/Edebiyat, C.18, S.69, 2012-1, s.263-276
5)	General overview of society in classical novels of Turkish and World literature.	Karşılaştırmalı Edebiyat Bilimi, Gürsel Aytaç,Ank.1997
6)	Evaluation of these with comparative methods	Karşılaştırmalı Edebiyat Bilimi, Gürsel Aytaç,Ank.1997
7)	Analysis of one of the Russian classics, Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina”, with regards to social data	Tolstoy, “Anna Karenina“
8)	Midterm
9)	Analysis of one of the French classics, Stendhal’s “Madame Bovary”, with regards to social data	Stendhal,“Madame Bovary”
10)	Analysis of one of the American classics, John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” (Gazap Üzümleri), with regards to social data	John Steinbeck, “Gazap Üzümleri”
11)	Social fabric on which one of the Russian classics, Chekhov’s “The Lady with the Little Dog” (Küçük Köpekli Kadın), is based	Çehov, “Küçük Köpekli Kadın”
12)	Social structure reflected by one of the Turkish novels called “Araba Sevdası” written by Recaizade Mahmut Ekrem	Modern Türk Edebiyatının Ana Çizgileri, Kenan Akyüz, Ank.1976 Recaizade Mahmut Ekrem, “Araba Sevdası”
13)	Social terrain of Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil’s novel “Aşk-ı Memnu”	Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil, “Aşk-ı Memnu”
14)	Social profile reflected by Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu’s novel “Yaban”	Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, “Yaban”

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

References:

-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	16	% 10
Presentation	1	% 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
Presentations / Seminar	1	12	12
Midterms	1	20	20
Final	1	20	20
Total Workload			94

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 have a grasp of basic mathematics, applied mathematics and theories and applications in Mathematics
2)	To be able to understand and assess mathematical proofs and construct appropriate proofs of their own and also define and analyze problems and to find solutions based on scientific methods,
3)	To be able to apply mathematics in real life with interdisciplinary approach and to discover their potentials,
4)	To be able to acquire necessary information and to make modeling in any field that mathematics is used and to improve herself/himself,
5)	To be able to tell theoretical and technical information easily to both experts in detail and non-experts in basic and comprehensible way,
6)	To be familiar with computer programs used in the fields of mathematics and to be able to use at least one of them effectively at the European Computer Driving Licence Advanced Level,
7)	To be able to behave in accordance with social, scientific and ethical values in each step of the projects involved and to be able to introduce and apply projects in terms of civic engagement,
8)	To be able to evaluate all processes effectively and to have enough awareness about quality management by being conscious and having intellectual background in the universal sense,	4
9)	By having a way of abstract thinking, to be able to connect concrete events and to transfer solutions, to be able to design experiments, collect data, and analyze results by scientific methods and to interfere,	4
10)	To be able to continue lifelong learning by renewing the knowledge, the abilities and the competencies which have been developed during the program, and being conscious about lifelong learning,	4
11)	To be able to adapt and transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of mathematics ; such as algebra, analysis, number theory, mathematical logic, geometry and topology to the level of secondary school,
12)	To be able to conduct a research either as an individual or as a team member, and to be effective in each related step of the project, to take role in the decision process, to plan and manage the project by using time effectively.