BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
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. |
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. |
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. |
History of Turkish literature. Modernization in 19th century Ottoman society and the role of literature in this process. Analytical approach to a literary text. |
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 |
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. |
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 |
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 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Adequate knowledge of subjects specific to mathematics (analysis, linear, algebra, differential equations, statistics), science (physics, chemistry, biology) and related engineering discipline, and the ability to use theoretical and applied knowledge in these fields in complex engineering problems. | |
2) | Identify, formulate, and solve complex Biomedical Engineering problems; select and apply proper modeling and analysis methods for this purpose | |
3) | Design complex Biomedical systems, processes, devices or products under realistic constraints and conditions, in such a way as to meet the desired result; apply modern design methods for this purpose. | |
4) | Devise, select, and use modern techniques and tools needed for solving complex problems in Biomedical Engineering practice; employ information technologies effectively. | |
5) | Design and conduct numerical or physical experiments, collect data, analyze and interpret results for investigating the complex problems specific to Biomedical Engineering. | |
6) | Cooperate efficiently in intra-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary teams; and show self-reliance when working on Biomedical Engineering-related problems. | |
7) | Ability to communicate effectively in Turkish, oral and written, to have gained the level of English language knowledge (European Language Portfolio B1 general level) to follow the innovations in the field of Biomedical Engineering; gain the ability to write and understand written reports effectively, to prepare design and production reports, to make effective presentations, to give and receive clear and understandable instructions. | |
8) | Recognize the need for life-long learning; show ability to access information, to follow developments in science and technology, and to continuously educate oneself. | |
9) | Having knowledge for the importance of acting in accordance with the ethical principles of biomedical engineering and the awareness of professional responsibility and ethical responsibility and the standards used in biomedical engineering applications | |
10) | Learn about business life practices such as project management, risk management, and change management; develop an awareness of entrepreneurship, innovation, and sustainable development. | |
11) | Acquire knowledge about the effects of practices of Biomedical Engineering on health, environment, security in universal and social scope, and the contemporary problems of Biomedical Engineering; is aware of the legal consequences of Mechatronics engineering solutions. |