COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WESTERN LITERATURE I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TDE 3029 WESTERN LITERATURE I 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 basic Western literature and its figures.
2   Recognize genres developed in West like Drama, Tragedia and Comedia.
3   Learn basic figures of Western literature like Homeros, Dante, Fenelon and be able to comment about their works

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 A general look to ancient Greek litearture.
2 Sophokles King Oidipus and its common points with subconscious theory.
3 Study on Homeros Iliada.
4 Poem genres in Western litearture and its representives
5 Greek litearture in Atina era.
6 Genres that developed in Greek literature like Tragedia and Comedia.
7 midterm
8 Prose in Greek.
9 Genres like history and rhetoric and their representives.
10 Philosophy in Greek.
11 Evaluation about Socrates, Platon and Aristo
12 Greek literature in Alexanderian Era.
13 Analiysis of Dante s Divine Comedia.
14 final

Recomended or Required Reading

Okay, Orhan. Batılılaşma Devri Türk Edebiyatı; Ahmet Cevizci, Ilkçağ Felsefe Tarihi.
Homeros, Ilyada; Dante, Ilahi Komedya; Sophokles, Kral Oidipus.
Additional Resource
Lecture Notes

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

face to face

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.1244
LO.242
LO.3333