COURSE UNIT TITLE

: STUDIES IN WOMEN'S LITERATURE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KDN 5027 STUDIES IN WOMEN'S LITERATURE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Women's Studies

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YEŞIM BAŞARIR

Offered to

Women's Studies

Course Objective

Examine short stories and novels in world literature that portray how woman is perceived in social, historical and intellectual context.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Discuss the literary conventions and archetypal forms that define the position of women in literature,
2   Evaluate women writers and women in written work as partnering arguments of the gender policies and cultural debate,
3   Understand the intellectual and social parameters defining the role of women in cultural memory,
4   Define the critical perspectives that underlie the thematic and symbolic patterns of thought in the text,
5   Make a discourse analysis of women's literary voice in novel, short fiction and poetry

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 American Literature: Kate Chopin (1851-1904) American Literature: Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) Short Story
2 American Literature: Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) English Literature: Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) Short Story
3 Danish Literature: Karen Blixen (1885-1962) New Zealand Literature: Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) Short Story
4 English Literature: Agatha Christie (1890-1976) American Literature: F.Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) Short Story
5 American Literature: Carson McCullers (1917-1967) American Literature: William Faulkner (1892-1962) Short Story
6 English Literature: Roald Dahl (1916-1990) Colombian Literature: Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1927-2014) Short Story
7 American Literature: Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) South African Literature: Nadine Gordimer (1923-2014) Short Story
8 Austrian Literature: Ingeborg Bachmann (1926-1973) American Literature: Joyce Carol Oates (1938) Short Story
9 Austrian Literature: Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) Novel
10 Italian Literature: Oriana Fallaci (1929-2006) Novel
11 American Literature: Joyce Carol Oates (1938) Novel
12 Mexican Literature: Laura Esquivel (1950) Novel
13 Italian Literature: Susanna Tamaro (1957) Novel
14 American Literature: Julie Otsuka (1962) Novel

Recomended or Required Reading

50 Muhteşem Kısa Hikaye, Çev. Süha Demirel, Tefrika Yayınları, 2018
Amerikan Edebiyatından Kısa Öyküler, Çev. Elvan Aytekin, Kopernik Kitap, 2018
Dünya Edebiyatından Öyküler 1, Haz. Ishak Reyna, Inkılap Kitabevi, 2002
Dünya Edebiyatından Öyküler 2, Haz. Ishak Reyna, Inkılap Kitabevi, 2002
Esquivel, Laura. Acı Çikolata. Çev. Havva Mutlu, Can Yayınları, 2016
Fallaci, Oriana. Doğmamış Çocuğa Mektup, Çev. Pınar Kür, Can Yayınları, 2018
Highsmith, Patricia. Bir Kadın Düşmanından Öykücükler. Çev. Nihal Yeğinobalı, Can Yayınları, 1996.
Ingiliz ve Amerikan Edebiyatında Kısa Öykünün Büyük Ustaları, Çev. Celal Üster, Türkiye Iş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, 2017
Oates, Joyce Carol. Kara Su, Çev. Nihal Yeğinobalı, Can Yayınları, 1997.
Otsuka, Julie. Tavan Arasındaki Buda. Çev. Duygu Akın. Domingo, 2012.
Stein, Gertrude. Üç Yaşam, Çev. Gökçe Yavaş, Tudem Yayın Grubu, 2017
Tamaro, Susanna. Luisito: Bir Sevgi Öyküsü, Çev. Eren Cendey. Can Yayınları, 2016
Zweig, Stefan. Korku. Çev. Gülperi Sert. Kırmızı Kedi Yayınları, 2017

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Courses: Of the teaching strategies, courses are the primary components of instruction to lay the theoretical basis of subject and introduce the reading material relevant to the studied topic. Courses display a central role in getting to know the terms and concepts defining the topic.
2. In-class discussions: In-class discussions aim at questioning the applicability of course material to diverse situations, thus increasing the factual tangibility of the information. The last hour of each weekly lecture is reserved for discussions.
3. Visual presentations and films: It includes the in-class projection of visual data such as pictures, illustrations, photographs, and maps as well as films and documentaries complementing the topic.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 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

Exams inquire the correct use of terms and concepts profiling the course material and question the major thinking patterns acquired in the course.

Assessment Criteria

1. Exam questions aim at measuring the student's performance in discussing the social, cultural and ideological issues, and helping him/her develop an analytical and critical viewpoint.
2. Depending on analytical approach, exam questions may require multiple responses.
3. Questions examine the student's ability for combining theory with literary and intellectual history on various topics.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Students are required to attend 70% of the course schedule.
2. Exams are in class and timed. Questions are based on open-book and open-notebook principle.
3. Any form of cheating and plagiarism in the exam will result in a zero grade and in disciplinary action.
4. Midterm exam covers the topics instructed in class from the beginning of semester to the day of the exam. Final exam covers the topics instructed in class after the midterm exam to the end of the semester, with some references to the content of the midterm exam.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yesim.basarir@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

By appointment

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Web Search and Library Research 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Reading 14 3 42
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 152

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.111452211
LO.214254441
LO.314554241
LO.414124341
LO.511144221