GEP0706 Modern Turkish Novel and StoryBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGNGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
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) Setting up various spaces in national and international contexts, carrying out designs, planning and applications that could satisfy various user groups and respond various requirements in the field of Interior Architecture,
2) Analyzing the information gathered from the framework of actual physical, social and economical constraints and user requirements, and synthesizing these with diverse knowledge and considerations in order to create innovative spatial solutions,
3) Generating creative, innovative, aesthetic and unique spatial solutions by using tangible and abstract concepts,
4) Using at least one of the illustration and presentation technologies competently, that the field of interior architecture requires,
5) Reporting, presenting and transferring the design, practice and research studies to the specialists or laymen by using visual, textual or oral communication methods, efficiently and accurately,
6) Embracing and prioritizing man-environment relationships, user health, safety and security, and universal design principles in the field of interior architecture,
7) Design understanding and decision making that respects social and cultural rights of the society, cultural heritage and nature,
8) Being aware of national and international values, following developments and being equipped about ethical and aesthetical subjects in the fields of interior architecture, design and art,
9) Having absolute conscious about legal regulations, standards and principles; and realizing professional ethics, duties and responsibilities in the field of Interior Architecture,