| AMERICAN CULTURE AND LITERATURE | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
| GEP0803 | Contemporary Philosophy | 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 : | Dr. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ |
| Course Lecturer(s): |
Assoc. Prof. SONGÜL DEMİR Instructor TUĞRUL ÖZKARACALAR |
| Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
| Course Objectives: | The aim of this course is to make an introduction to the principles of modern thought from a historical perspective |
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The students who have succeeded in this course; After successfully completing this course the student will be able •set forth the elements discussed by the philosophers during the last decades •make a study on one of them •Defining contemporary thinking •Determining the various areas of contemporary philosophy •Contemporary philosophers and its thoughts |
| •Neo-Kantianism, philosophy of life, Dilthey, Historism, Hermeneutic Pragmatism, constructivism- |
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction | |
| 2) | What is the contemporary philosophy? | Course Note |
| 3) | What is the hermenuetik? | Course Note |
| 4) | W. Dilthey and Gadamer | Course Note |
| 5) | Marksism and wsetern marxism | Course Note |
| 6) | G.Lukacs, A Gramschi | Course Note |
| 7) | Frankfurt School:Adorno ve Horkheimer | Course Note |
| 8) | Ü habermas and the Theory of Communicative Action | Course Note |
| 9) | Structuralism, sauussre | Course Note |
| 10) | R. Barthes | Course Note |
| 11) | Lacan, althuser | Course Note |
| 12) | Post modernism: lytord | Course Note |
| 13) | Post structuralism,: Faucault | Course Note |
| 14) | J. derrida | Course Note |
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | |
| References: | " Peter Watson, Ideas – A History From Fire to Freud, Phoenix Paperback, 2006.E. Levinas. Sonsuza Tanıklık (Seçme Metinler). Metis Yayınları, Zaman ve Başka-Metis Yayınları. " "J. Derrida. Toplumbilim 10-Derrida Özel sayısı, Cogito özel sayısı. " |
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Attendance | 14 | % 10 |
| Homework Assignments | 2 | % 30 |
| Midterms | 1 | % 20 |
| Final | 1 | % 40 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
| Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 1 | 14 |
| Midterms | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Final | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Total Workload | 91 | ||
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Upon graduation, students will acquire key skills and attributes to conduct research to use research tools, to solve problems, to communicate effectively and to transfer skills to the workplace. | |
| 2) | Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to discuss key issues in fluent English. | |
| 3) | Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to compose written documents in English with a mature prose style. | |
| 4) | Upon graduation, students will have gained broad knowledge of the American and English literary canons. | |
| 5) | Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to analyze, synthesize and criticize sophisticated works of American and English literature. | |
| 6) | Upon graduation, students will have achieved in depth the understanding of contemporary American culture. | |
| 7) | Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to draw links among diverse literary texts and documents and establish critical connections and adopt an interdisciplinary attitude. | 2 |
| 8) | Upon graduation, students will be able to develop new projects individually or in teams. | |
| 9) | Upon graduation, students will be able to apply their knowledge into their lives for interdisciplinary problem-solving and solutions. | 3 |