COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Comparative Literature

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HÜLYA KAYA

Offered to

Comparative Literature
Comparative Literature (Evening)

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to study the relation between aesthetical notions of philosophers and their literary theories in examples of Kant, Hegel, Schiller and Heidegger, and to search the relationship of aesthetics and literature.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Hofstadter, Albert; Richard Kuhns, Philosophies of Art and Beauty: Selected Readings in Aesthetics from Plato to Heidegger, University of Chicago Press, USA, 1976.
2. Davies, David, Aesthetics and Literature, Continuum, USA, 19, 2007.
3. Hammermeister, Kai, The German Aesthetic Tradition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002.
4. Simpson, David, The Origins of Modern Critical Thought: German Aesthetic and Literary Criticism from Lessing to Hegel, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1988

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
2. Discussions

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Will be announced at the beginning of the semester.

Assessment Criteria

1. Mid-term exam assestment based on questions regarding the use of knowledge and skills acquired until the term-date.
2. Final exam assestment based on questions regarding the topics studied during the semester.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70 % attendance is compulsory.
2. Participation in mid-term exam and final exam will be taken into consideration in the evaluation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Will be announced at the beginning of the semester.

Office Hours

Will be announced at the beginning of the semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes