COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NARRATION AND CRITICISM

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KAR 5004 NARRATION AND CRITICISM 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

This course aims to study the narrative turn in humanities and to search the relation among experience, the narrative and critique.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to understand the relation between narration and experience.
2   to analyze the relation between narration and regeneration of culture.
3   to recognize the function of narrative analyses in humanities.
4   to develop their skills of critical reading.
5   to employ the theoretical perspectives to analyze and compare the literary texts.

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 narration The relation of the narrativ and critique
3 The narrative turn in humanities
4 Experience, Memory and regeneration of cultural memory
5 The storytelling and its cultural effects
6 The premodern and modern narratives
7 Midterm Exam
8 The critical function of literary text as a narration
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 Text analysis and presentation
15 Wrap-up
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Paul Ricoeur, Time and Narrative, (3 volume), trans. K. Mclaughtn, D. Pellauer, University of Chicago Press., 1984, London.
2. Chatman, Seymour, Story and Discourse, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 1980.
3.. Herman, David (ed.), Cambridge Companion to Narrative, Cambridge University Press., Cambridge, 2010.
4. White, Hayden, The Fiction of Narrative, The Johns Hopkins University Press., Baltimore, 2010.
5. Fulford, Robert, The Triumph of Narrative, Broadway Books, New York, 1999.
6. Gacriel, Yiannis (Ed.), Myths, Stories and Organizations: Premodern Narratives for our Times, Oxford University Pres., Oxford, 2004.

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


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.1334
LO.234
LO.345
LO.43555
LO.55555

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