COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MODERNITY AND IMAGINATIVE TOPOGRAPHIES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KAR 5045 MODERNITY AND IMAGINATIVE TOPOGRAPHIES 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 study utopianism as a modern tendency, and to explore the relation between the development processes of modernity and the process of utopia as a literary genre.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to understand the main aspects of utopianism
2   to analyze the relationships of utopia and ideology
3   to recognize the differences among utopia, dystopia and critical utopia
4   to develop their skills of critical reading
5   to employ a theoretical perspective for intertextual comparison

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Birth of Modernity and Utopia
2 The main manifestation of modernity and utopia
3 Utopia and Politics
4 Utopia and Ideology
5 The strategy of alienation in utopian writing
6 Dystopia and the critique of modernity
7 The Critical Utopia and self criticism
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. Çörekcioğlu, Hakan, Modernite ve Ütopya, Zepros Yay., Istanbul, 2013.
2. David J. C. Utopia and Ideal Society, Cambridge University Press., London, 1981.
3. Maylon, Tom, Demand the Impossible: Science Fiction and Utopian Imagination,
Cambridge University Press, London, 1986.
4. Sargent, L. Tower, Utopianism, Oxford University Press, Nerw York, 2010.
5. Ricoeur, Paul, Lectures on Ideology and Utopia, Columbia University Pres, USA, 1986

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


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 a topic 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.144
LO.25
LO.35
LO.44
LO.55

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