COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHILOSOPHY AND ORIENTALISM IN LITERATURE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KAR 5006 PHILOSOPHY AND ORIENTALISM IN LITERATURE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Comparative Literature

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR NEVZAT KAYA

Offered to

Comparative Literature

Course Objective

The aim of the lecture is to study main aspects of orientalism and its reflections on literature, and to search the ethical, political and ideological consequences of orientalist perspective.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to understand the main claims of orientalism.
2   to compare the different types of orientalism.
3   to recognize the orientalist perspective in literary texts.
4   to analyze the relation between orientalism and ideology.
5   to employ a critical perspective.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: the presentation of lecture
2 What is orientalism
3 Orientalist Images of the East
4 The relationship of orientalism and ideology
5 The orientalist discourse in the plain of intertextuality
6 Literature in intercultural interaction
7 Is there an alternative to orientalist discourse
8 Text analysis and presentation
9 Text analysis and presentation
10 Text analysis and presentation
11 Text analysis and presentation
12 Text analysis and presentation
13 Text analysis and presentation
14 General Assessment

Recomended or Required Reading

1. 1. Said, Edward W., Orientalism, Vintage Boooks, New York, 1979.
2. Said, Edward W., Şarkiyatçılık, çev. B. Ülner, Metis Yay., Istanbul, 2013.
3. Qian, Zhaming (ed.), Modernism and the Orient, Ezra Pound Center for Literature, Uno Press., New Orleans, 2013.
4.Lemaire, Gerard-Georges, Orientalism: The Orient in Western Art, hf Ullmann Press. Germany, 2013.
5. MacKenzie, John M., Orientalism: History, Theory and the Arts, Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1995.
6. Kula, Onur Bilge, Batı Edebiyatında Oryantalizm I-II, Işbankası Kültür Yay., Istanbul, 2011.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, in class discussions, assignments and presentations.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Will be announced.

Assessment Criteria

Will 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)

hakan.corekcioglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Will 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 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 195

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.14454
LO.245
LO.3455
LO.445555
LO.5

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