COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WOMEN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKE 4033 WOMEN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

American Culture and Literature

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR FÜSUN ÇOBAN DÖŞKAYA

Offered to

American Culture and Literature

Course Objective

This course aims to give students the ability to acquire and apply knowledge of women s autobiography.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To have knowledge about autobiography and women s autobiography.
2   To have a basic knowledge of some autobiography based concepts.
3   To be capable of interpreting sources on women s autobiography and doing textual analysis.
4   To be capable of using course s terminology.
5   To have a basic knowledge of theoretical approaches used in autobiography studies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of Autobiography: Historical Development, Autobiography. First Examples: Saint Augustine, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Wordsworth, Freud, Goethe. Autobiography and the Body. Introduction
2 Autobiography Studies: Roy Pascal, Paul de Man, Sigmund Freud, Dilthey, Georg Misch, Georges Gusdorf, Karl Weintraub. Class Discussion
3 The effects of Marxism and Structuralism on Autobiography studies. Class Discussion
4 Autobiography Studies after 1970s: The death of the subject and the effects of Michel Foucault and Roland Barthes Class Discussion
5 Autobiography and Ideology: Leigh Gilmore Class Discussion
6 Autobiography Studies After 1990s. Class Discussion
7 History of Women Autobiography: Estelle Jelinek. Class Discussion
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 Women Autobiography examples: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Kate Millett, Gertrude Stein, Doris Lessing Class Discussion
10 Autobiography Researchers: Sidonie Smith, Nancy Chodorow Class Discussion
11 Effects of Feminist theoreticians on Autobiography Studies: Helene Cixous, Julia Kristeva, Luce Irigaray Class Discussion
12 Women s Autobiography in the Ottoman Empire and the early examples in Turkey. Class Discussion
13 Examples from Turkey: Halide Edip Adıvar, Sabiha Sertel, Samiha Ayverdi, Cahit Uçuk, Mina Urgan, Afet Inan Class Discussion
14 General Evaluation Review

Recomended or Required Reading

Jelinek, Estelle. (1980). Women s Autobiography: Essays in Criticism. Bloomington & London: Indiana University Press.
Jelinek, Estelle. (1986). The Tradition of Women s Autobiography: from Antiquity to the Present. Boston: Twayne Publishers.
Aksoy, Nazan. (2009). Kurgulanmış Benlikler. Iletişim.
Smith, Sidonie and Watson, Julia. (1998). Women, Autobiography, Theory: A Reader. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.
Smith, Sidonie and Watson, Julia. (2001). Reading Autobiography: A Guide for Interpreting Life-Narratives. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be based on lectures and class discussions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To abide by ethical criteria in academic work.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

%70 class attendance is required.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

fusun.doskaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 16 16
Preparation for final exam 1 22 22
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 132

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1343555
LO.2355
LO.34345555
LO.4545555
LO.545555

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