Description of Individual Course Units
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Offered By |
American Culture and Literature (English) |
Level of Course Unit |
Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree) |
Course Coordinator |
PROFESSOR DOCTOR NILSEN GÖKÇEN ULUK |
Offered to |
American Culture and Literature (English) |
Course Objective |
The aim of this course is, firstly, to introduce Ecofeminism as a field of study that considers the hierarchical human-nature and male-female relationships in the same context, underlining the parallels between and the simultaneity of their emergence and workings and provides the a methodology by which these two most fundamental hierarchies can be studied within the framework of social justice; secondly to deconstruct and demystify the hierarchical human-nature and male-female relations which present themselves as "natural" and, lastly, based on the associations between women and nature, to demonstrate with examples the construction of all forms of hierarchies, be it class, race or gender, on the basis of these two forms of power relations. After such theoretical foundations, various definitions, branches and fields of Ecofeminism will be introduced along with its relations with other feminisms and ecological thoughts. |
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit |
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Mode of Delivery |
Face -to- Face |
Prerequisites and Co-requisites |
None |
Recomended Optional Programme Components |
None |
Course Contents |
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Recomended or Required Reading |
Sherry B. Ortner, "Is Female to Male as Nature is to Culture " |
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
Lecture |
Assessment Methods |
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Further Notes About Assessment Methods |
None |
Assessment Criteria |
Either the midterm or the final of this course will involve writing a research paper. The minimum criteria in the evaluation of this assignment will be the sensibleness and coherence of the argument, fluency of the development of ideas and thoughts, the quality and range of research, the intellectual level of the analyses and syntheses of the sources, their integration to the main idea, and the success in the accuracy, fluency in the idiomatic usage of language. The latest version of the MLA documentation style shall be employed in the research paper. The Wrks Cited must include at least ten secondary sources. Study aids such as Cliffsnotes, Sparksnotes will not be accepted as part of the Works Cited. |
Language of Instruction |
English |
Course Policies and Rules |
Any attempt at plagiarism at research papers will result in failure in this course and start a legal process against the student. |
Contact Details for the Lecturer(s) |
Address:Faculty of Letters Building Office A 220 |
Office Hours |
By appointment. |
Work Placement(s) |
None |
Workload Calculation |
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Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes |
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