COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WESTERN LITERATURE II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TDE 3030 WESTERN LITERATURE II COMPULSORY 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Turkish Language and Literature

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR CAFER ŞEN

Offered to

Turkish Language and Literature

Course Objective

Recognizing Western literature in basics; having knowledge about poetic sub-genres developed in West like epic poem, didactic poem and satire; and other sub-genres like tragedia and comedia. Revaluating reflections of types and genres developed in West in Turkey.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Recognize Western litearture and its representives in basic.
2   Have knowledge about genres like drama, tragedia and comedia that developed in West
3   Have knowledge about Roman litearture, authors and writers of Renaissence, and idea movements like Romanticism and Clasiccism.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of culture and civilization, introduction to Western culture and civilization.
2 Latin poetry and its representives like Wirgilus and Horatius, samples from these poets works.
3 Prose in Roman, Ceaser and Titus.
4 Languages like Italian,Spanish, German and their origins.
5 Evaluation about Renaissance, Humanism and Reform
6 Art and literature properties of Renaissance.
7 Writers and authors of Renaissance
8 Clasicism and properties of Clasical art woks.
9 Age of Enlightenment, Descartes, Voltaire, Spinoza, David Hume.
10 Knowledge of human and nature in Romanticism.
11 Purpose of art and litearture in Romanticism.
12 Evaluation of Romanticism in the point of language and style and selected texts
13 Comparing Clasicism and Romanticism.
14 General evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Orhan Okay, Batılılaşma Devri Türk Edebiyatı.
Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Edebiyata Dair.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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 be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 2 20
Preparation for midterm exam 10 2 20
Preparation for final exam 10 3 30
Midterm 2 1 2
Final 2 1 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 102

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1223
LO.243
LO.3334