PUBLIC RELATIONS AND PUBLICITY | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
GEP0702 | Critical Thinking and Literary Criticism | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester |
Language of instruction: | En |
Type of course: | GE-Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Assoc. Prof. GÖKSEL AYMAZ |
Course Objectives: | This course is a survey of major critical approaches, from Aristotle's Poetics to Romanticism. It aims to familiarize students with some of the main themes and currents of literary theory by dealing with the questions as what is literature, how is it produced, how can it be understood, and what is its purpose? |
The students who have succeeded in this course; • understanding of major critical approaches; • knowledge of selected prominent critics and their works; • some of the skills necessary for critical thinking and literary criticism. • to demonstrate an understanding of the importance of the literature and the role of criticism in deciphering cultural production and social change; • to demonstrate knowledge of the terminology related to literary criticism; • to demonstrate oral presentation skills as they relate to literary and cultural studies; • to demonstrate skills to integrate and compare the knowledge from this course with other culture courses • to recognize the value of multiple perspectives and develop competence in giving and receiving constructive criticism; • to identify and decipher the aesthetic, political, and cultural importance of literature. |
Literary Criticim and Classical Antiquity Medieval Literary Criticism Literary Criticism in the Renaissance Period Literary Criticism in the 17th and 18th centuries End of the Classical Tradition Romanticism(s) |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation | |
1) | Giriş | ||
2) | On critical thinking and literary criticism | ||
3) | Literary Criticism and Classical Antiquity | Plato (excerpts from Republic Book II, III & X; Ion) Aristotle (Poetics) | |
4) | Literary Criticim and Classical Antiquity | Horace (excerpts from Ars Poetica) Longinus (excerpts from “On The Sublime”) | |
5) | Medieval Literary Criticism | St. Augustine (excerpts from On Christian Doctrine) Aquinas, (excerpts from The Nature and Domain of Sacred Doctrine) | |
6) | Medieval Literary Criticism | Dante (excerpts from “Letter to Can Grande Della Scala”) Boccaccio (excerpts from Life of Dante, Genealogy of the Gentile Gods) | |
7) | Literary Criticism in the Renaissance Period | Sir Philip Sidney (excerpts from “An Apology for Poetry”) Francis Bacon (excerpts from The Advancement of Learning) | |
8) | Literary Criticism in the 17th and 18th centuries | John Dryden (excerpts from Essay on Dramatic Poesy) Jonathan Swift (excerpts from The Battle of the Books) | |
9) | Literary Criticism in the 17th and 18th centuries | Alexander Pope (excerpts from An Essay on Criticism) | |
10) | End of the Classical Tradition | Samuel Johnson (excerpts from “Preface to Shakespeare”) | |
11) | Romanticism(s) | Criticism:The Major Texts, “Introduction” (Romanticism and After) | |
12) | Romanticism(s) | Kant (excerpts from Critique of Judgement) Schelling (excerpts On the Relation of the Plastic Arts to Nature) | |
13) | Romanticism(s) | William Wordsworth (excerpts from “Preface to Lyrical Ballads”) Samuel Taylor Coleridge (excerpts from Biographia Literaria) | |
14) | Concluding Remarks & General Review |
Course Notes: | T. S. Dorsch, Classical Literary Criticism, London: Penguin Books, 1969. M. H. Abrams, The Mirror and the Lamp, New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1953. Berna Moran, Edebiyat Kuramları ve Eleştiri, İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 1999. The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism, ed.Vincent B. Leitch, New York: Norton, 2001 |
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Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 14 | % 10 |
Laboratory | % 0 | |
Application | % 0 | |
Field Work | % 0 | |
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) | % 0 | |
Quizzes | % 0 | |
Homework Assignments | % 0 | |
Presentation | % 0 | |
Project | % 0 | |
Seminar | % 0 | |
Midterms | 1 | % 40 |
Preliminary Jury | % 0 | |
Final | 1 | % 50 |
Paper Submission | % 0 | |
Jury | % 0 | |
Bütünleme | % 0 | |
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 |
Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Field Work | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 2 | 28 |
Presentations / Seminar | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Homework Assignments | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Quizzes | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Preliminary Jury | 0 | ||
Midterms | 1 | 10 | 10 |
Paper Submission | 0 | ||
Jury | 0 | ||
Final | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Total Workload | 100 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | 1) To prepare the students to become communication professionals by focusing on strategic thinking, professional writing, ethical practice and innovative use of traditional and new media 2) To be able to have the ability to explain and identify problems associated with the relationships between events and facts in the areas of public relations, persuasive communication, communication management, corporate communications. 3) To be able to understand how an organizational culture works and how employees and leaders create messages as a communication tool. 4) To be able to critically discuss and interpret theories, concepts, methods, tools and ideas in the field of public relations. | |
2) | 1) To be able to create effective public relations plans using fundamental planning components that include situation analysis, public profile, objectives, strategies and tactics. 2) To be able to analyze primary and secondary research data in the fields of perception and reputation management and corporate communication practices. 3) To be able to develop creative and persuasive management skills in terms of reputation, employee relations, leadership and similar corporate practices. 4) To be able to explain and describe business marketing activities, economics, business law and global business practices. | |
3) | 1) To be able to search, write, and design articles, newsletters, and fliers, brochures, and announcements, in styles and formats appropraite various audiences, mediums and settings. 2) To be able to to use information, communication technologies and computer software with the required level of public relations, marketing communication, persuasive communication, communication management, corporate communications. Learning Competence 1) To be able to recognize national and international, social and cultural dimensions of public relations. Field Specific Competence 1) To be able to apply theoretical concepts related to mass communication, consumer behavior, psychology, persuasion,sociology, marketing, and other related fields to understand how public realtions works. 2) To be able to apply the underlying theories of communication and the necessities of work safety to different types of public relations processes and campaigns. Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility 1) To be able to take responsibility in an individual capacity or as a team in generating solutions to given scenarios which can occur in public relations processes. |