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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
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 be able to critically interpret and discuss the theories, the concepts, the traditions, and the developments in the history of thought which are fundamental for the field of new media, journalism and communication.
2)	To be able to attain written, oral and visual knowledge about technical equipment and software used in the process of news and the content production in new media, and to be able to acquire effective abilities to use them on a professional level.
3)	To be able to get information about the institutional agents and generally about the sector operating in the field of new media, journalism and communication, and to be able to critically evaluate them.
4)	To be able to comprehend the reactions of the readers, the listeners, the audiences and the users to the changing roles of media environments, and to be able to provide and circulate an original contents for them and to predict future trends.
5)	To be able to apprehend the basic theories, the concepts and the thoughts related to neighbouring fields of new media and journalism in a critical manner.
6)	To be able to grasp global and technological changes in the field of communication, and the relations due to with their effects on the local agents.
7)	To be able to develop skills on gathering necessary data by using scientific methods, analyzing and circulating them in order to produce content.
8)	To be able to develop acquired knowledge, skills and competence upon social aims by being legally and ethically responsible for a lifetime, and to be able to use them in order to provide social benefit.
9)	To be able to operate collaborative projects with national/international colleagues in the field of new media, journalism and communication.
10)	To be able to improve skills on creating works in various formats and which are qualified to be published on the prestigious national and international channels.