NEW MEDIA
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
GEP0706	Modern Turkish Novel and Story	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 :	Instructor KENAN SAYACI
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	This course has a threefold aim: 1) To make students familiar with Turkish literary canons. 2) To give students a general view about modern Turkish literature, novels in specific. 3) To provide students with an analytical approach to Turkish novels by showing the inner settings of literary texts.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The students who succeeded in this course;

- will have a basic understanding of Turkish literature, its history of modernization and comparative writing strategies.
- will be able to critically and analytically use the knowledge acquired in historization of Turkish novel.
- will acquire reading strategies and analyzing methods in approaching to modern Turkish novels.
- will be able to be able to discuss and write about sociological context of a given novel and related matters.
- will be able to identify fictional caharacters depicted in the novel according to their surroundings.
- will be able to plan and conduct individually an analysis about a given novel and the way the author constructs his/her caharacters in it.

Course Content

History of Turkish literature. Modernization in 19th century Ottoman society and the role of literature in this process. Analytical approach to a literary text.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	History of Turkish literature	Modernization in 19th century Ottoman society and the role of literature in this process.
2)	Approaching to a literary text	Reading strategies, analyzing methods and approaching evil in literary texts.
3)	Modernist novel	Tehlikeli Oyunlar by Oğuz Atay
4)	A Modern Allegory of East-West dichotomy	Saatleri Ayarlama Enstitüsü by A. H. Tanpınar
5)	From modern to modernist narrative	Modernist narrative and its techniques in Turkish literature.
6)	A Modern Allegory of East-West dichotomy	Saatleri Ayarlama Enstitüsü by A. H. Tanpınar
7)	Modernist novel	Tehlikeli Oyunlar by Oğuz Atay
8)	The Path to Nobel: Postmodern Novel in Turkish Literature	Yeni Hayat by Orhan Pamuk
9)	The Path to Nobel: Postmodern Novel in Turkish Literature	Yeni Hayat by Orhan Pamuk
10)	Political Novel in Turkish Literature	Yeni Şehirde Bir Öğle Vakti by Sevgi Soysal
11)	Modern Short Story in Turkish	Semaver and Dülger Balığının Ölümü by Sait Faik
12)	Modern Short Story in Turkish Literature	Değirmen by Sabahattin Ali.
13)	Modern Short Story in Turkish Literature	Cenk Hikayeleri by Murathan Mungan
14)	Modern Short Story in Turkish Literature	Usta Beni Öldürsene by Bilge Karasu
15)	Final Exam
16)	Final Exam

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Saatleri Ayarlama Enstitüsü, İstanbul: YKY, 2002. Orhan Pamuk, Kara Kitap, İstanbul: İletişim, 2004. Oğuz Atay, Tehlikeli Oyunlar, İstanbul: İletişim, 2001.. Sevgi Soysal,Yeni Şehirde Bir Öğle Vakti, İstanbul: İletişim, 2009.
References:	Berna Moran, Türk Romanına Eleştirel Bir Bakış, İstanbul: İletişim, 1997. Rita Felski, Uses of Literature, NY: Wiley-Blackwell, 2008. Orhan Pamuk, Saf ve Düşünceli Romancı, İstanbul: İletişim, 1997. James Wood, Kurmaca Nasıl İşler [How Fiction Works], İstanbul: Ayrıntı Yayınları, 2010.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	16	% 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

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	3	42
Study Hours Out of Class	7	5	35
Homework Assignments	2	3	6
Midterms	1	4	4
Final	1	5	5
Total Workload			92

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.