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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS KDN 5051 CRITICAL MASCULINITY STUDIES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Women's Studies

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR EMIR ÖZEREN

Offered to

Women's Studies

Course Objective

The course objective is to examine how codifications related to gender and body have retained their validity since the oldest belief systems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   can recognize indirect constructs of superiority of masculinity in religious and mythic systems; 2   can recognize the passiveness attributed to nature as a feminine phenomenon and the activeness attributed to culture as a masculine phenomenon; 3   can distinguish the gender role patterns in mythical and biblical creations; 4   can assert the body expressions related to gender roles; 5   can recognize the validity of archaic symbol systems.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 The origin of everything or the amorphous beginning 2 The patriarchal transformation of myths 3 Logocentric codification and the rationalization of myths 4 The Dialectics of Enlightenment 5 The Body of Sin 6 Grotesque or composite beings 7 Midterm exam 8 The Mother Archetype 9 Good Mother, Evil Mother 10 From the evil mother to the femme fatale 11 Apollon: Matricide, Dionysos: Mother s Boy 12 Between Orestes and Oedipus 13 Gendered Topographies 14 From magic mountains to hell on earths 15 General Evaluation 16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Berktay, Fatmagül: Tektanrılı Dinler Karşısında Kadın, Istanbul, 2002. Lloyd, Genevieve: Erkek Akıl. Batı Felsefesinde Erkek ve Kadın , Istanbul, 1996. Paglia, Camille: Cinsel Kimlikler, Ankara, 2013.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

to be announced

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

to be announced

Assessment Criteria

to be announced

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% attendance is obligatory. 2. Any kind of plagiarism will be subject to disciplinary action. 3. Preparation to weekly lectures (reading the respective material) and contribution to in class discussion is obligatory. 4. Students prepare presentations about topics given by the instructor.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nevzat.kaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

to be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 3 42 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 6 84 Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10 Preparation for final exam 1 10 10 Final 1 3 3 Midterm 1 3 3 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 152

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 LO.1 1 1 3 4 3 3 2 1 LO.2 4 2 2 4 4 3 2 2 LO.3 5 1 5 4 5 5 4 2 LO.4 3 1 1 5 5 5 1 2 LO.5 4 3 5 5 5 5 1 2