COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHILOSOPHICAL SUBTEXTS IN LITERATURE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KAR 5049 PHILOSOPHICAL SUBTEXTS IN LITERATURE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Comparative Literature

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HÜLYA KAYA

Offered to

Comparative Literature

Course Objective

This course aims to discover and interpret the philosophical reception in literature.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to discover philosophical subtexts in literary works.
2   to recognize the relation between literature and philosophy.
3   to develop their skills of reading und interpretation.
4   to establish the relation among literature, philosophy and experience.
5   to employ their 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 The relation of text and subtext
3 The relation among literature, philosophy and experience
4 Language, meaning and hermeneutics
5 Text analysis
6 Text analysis
7 Text analysis
8 Text analysis
9 Text analysis
10 Text analysis
11 Text analysis
12 Text analysis
13 Text analysis
14 Wrap-Up

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Baxter, Charles, Art of Subtext, Graywolf Press., Minnesota, 2007
2. Medine, Conni, (ed.) Reading Strategies for Social Science, Shell Education, USA, 2007.
3. John E., Lopes, D. M. (ed.) The Philosophy ohf Literature, Blackwell, USA, 2004.
4. Hans, Feger, Handbuch Literature und Philosophie, Metzler, Stuttgart, 2012.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, in class discussions, assignments.

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 a midterm paper about topics given by the instructor.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

E-mail: 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 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 156

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15
LO.24
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55

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