COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PSYCHOANALITIC LITERARY CRITICISM (ENG.)

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KAR 3019 PSYCHOANALITIC LITERARY CRITICISM (ENG.) ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Comparative Literature

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR NEVZAT KAYA

Offered to

Comparative Literature
Comparative Literature (Evening)

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to give the students the ability to evaluate texts critically in terms of psychoanalytic theory after they grasp the relationship among language, psychoanalysis, and literature.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, the student will be able to have idea about the prominent figures in the history of psychoanalysis,
2   grasp the relationship among language, psychoanalysis, and literature,
3   discuss the common and different points among psychoanalysis, psychiatry, and philosophy,
4   follow the psychoanalytic literature,
5   write psychoanalytic research essays.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 History of Psychoanalysis (Selections from Introductory Lectures to Psychoanalysis); Why Psychoanalysis ;Why Freud
2 The concept unconscious of Freud, topographical model and the libido theory: Freud, Some Elementary Lessons in Psychoanalysis (1938), Freud, The Unconscious (1915), Freud, The Libido Theory (1923), Freud, The Relation of the Poet to Daydreaming (1908), Freud, A Connection Between a Symbol and a Symptom (1916), Freud, Dostoyevsky and Parricide (1928)
3 An analysis on contemporary novel in the light of Freud s views: Walker Percy, Love in the Ruins
4 An analysis on contemporary poetry in the light of Freud s views:H.D., Tribute to Freud
5 Object relations school: Greenberg and Mitchell, Object Relations in Psychoanaltic Theory
6 A discussion on Klein, Winnicott, Bion: Mitchell, Freud and Beyond: A History of Modern Psychoanalytic Thought
7 Christopher Bollas: The Shadow of the Object
8 Midterm Examination
9 A Discussion on the concepts of object, temporality and selfhood: Selected parts from Gertrude Stein s The Making of Americans
10 A Discussion on the concepts of object, temporality and selfhood: Philip K. Dick, A Maze of Death
11 Jacques Lacan, Ecrits
12 A poststructuralist, psychoanalytic, feminist investigation into contemporary American poetry: Rachel Blau DuPlessis and Susan Howe
13 Text Analysis
14 General Assessment

Recomended or Required Reading

The primary sources to be used in the course are given below.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures: Basic knowledge about the texts will be given to the students in the lectures.
2. Discussion: The discussions will enable the students to share their views.
3. Visual material: Visual material will help students to get a more concrete idea about the discussed topic.

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Will be announced at the beginning of the semester.

Assessment Criteria

1. The examinations are prepared in a way that they will evaluate the students ability to assess the knowledge they get during the classes with a critical perspective.
2. Students are expected to give answers to open-ended questions so that they can develop their ability to write academically. Fort his reason, the answers should be in the essay form.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. The students are expected to come to class having read the assigned material and to be ready for an academic discussion.
2. The students should attend classes regularly. (70% attendance)

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Will be announced at the beginning of the semester.

Office Hours

Will be announced at the beginning of the semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 76

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.14554
LO.2555
LO.355
LO.455
LO.555

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