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Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
GEP0705	Literature and Society	Spring 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:	E-Learning
Course Coordinator :	Assist. Prof. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ
Course Lecturer(s):	Assoc. Prof. GÖKSEL AYMAZ
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. 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)	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)	Shakespeare's tragedies in the transition to modern society
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 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	3
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
3)	To critically discuss and interpret theories, concepts, methods, tools, and ideas in the field of advertising	3
4)	To be able to follow and interpret innovations in the field of advertising	1
5)	To demonstrate a scientific perspective in line with the topics they are curious about in the field.	5
6)	To address and solve the needs and problems of the field through the developed scientific perspective	3
7)	To recognize and understand all the dynamics within the field of advertising	2
8)	To analyze and develop solutions to problems encountered in the practical field of advertising	2