COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SEMIOTICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 5052 SEMIOTICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

General Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR KAMIL IŞERI

Offered to

General Linguistics

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide the comprehension and analysis of the text by using tools related to the semiotics theory.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Define the basic concepts of semiotics
2   Understand the relationship between sign and meaning
3   Understand and interpret the macrosentential structures
4   Explain the process of comprehension in semiotics
5   Comprehend and analyze different kinds of texts

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The description, objective and scope of Semiology. General introduction.
2 Describing the concepts of Semiotics and Semiology.
3 The subfields of Semiology
4 The concept of sign as a semiotics
5 Semiology and verbal texts
6 Semiology and visual texts
7 Semiology and culture
8 Midterm
9 The verbal and visual analysis tools in the scope of Semiology
10 Semiotics and advertising
11 Semiotics and media
12 Semiotics application studies
13 Semiotics application studies
14 Semiotics application studies
15 General overview

Recomended or Required Reading

Batı, U. (2010). Reklamın Dili. Alfa Yayınları
Barthes, R. (2016). Göstergebilimsel Serüven. Istanbul: YKY Yayınları.
Benveniste, E. (1995). Genel Dilbilim Sorunları (çev. Erdim Öztokat), Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları.
Beyaert-Geslin, A. (2015) Semiotique des Objets. Presses Universitaire de Liege
Beyaert-Geslin, A. (2012) Semiotique du design. Presses Universitaire de France
D'Entrevernes, G. (1988). Analyse Sémiotique des Textes. Lyon: Presses Univesitaires.
Erkman-Akerson, F. (2005) Göstergebilime Giriş. Istanbul: Multilingual
Greimas, A-J. (1966) Sémantique Structurale. Librairie Larousse.
Greimas, A.-J. (1983). Du Sens II: Essais Sémiotiques. Paris: Edition du Seuil.
Kalelioğlu, M. (2020). Yazınsal Göstergebilim. Ankara: Seçkin Yayıncılık.
Kıran, Z. (1996) Dilbilim Akımları. Ankara: Onur Yayınları
Kıran, A. ve Kıran, Z. (2007) Yazınsal Okuma Süreçleri. Ankara: Seçkin Yayıncılık
Klinkenberg, J-M. (1996) Précis de Sémiotique Générale. De Boeck Universite
Rifat, M. (1990) Dilbilim ve Göstergebilimin Çağdaş Kuramları. Istanbul: Düzlem Yayınları
Sarıca, M. ve Sarıca, N. (2021). Göstergebilim, Anlama Yolculuk. Istanbul: Çizgi Kitabevi.
Sayın, Ö. (2014) Göstergebilim ve Sosyoloji. Anı Yayıncılık
Sığırcı, I. (2016) Göstergebilim Uygulamaları. Ankara: Seçkin Yayıncılık
Uzdu Yıldız, F. (Ed.) (2021). Modern Türk Edebiyatı Yazınsal Göstergebilim Çözümlemeleri. Ankara: Günce Yayıncılık
Onat, E. ve Yıldırım, S. (2001). Göstergebilim Tartışmaları. Multilingual
Öztokat, N. (2005) Yazınsal Metin Çözümlemesinde Kuramsal Yaklaşımlar. Istanbul: Multilingual

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Presentation on the subject
2. Narration/debate by examples
3. Question & Answer
4. Learning via discovery
5. Preparing projects

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1-5: Will be evaluated by the articles which are going to be prepared for midterm and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% attendance to the courses is compulsory.
2. Attendance to the midterm, assignment and final exams will be taken into consideration in evaluation
3. Cheating and plagiarism attempts in midterm, assignments and final exams will be graded as "0" (zero)

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Faculty of Letters B Blok 461/1

Office Hours

Monday 09:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 8 4 32
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 4 4
Preparing presentations 1 4 4
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 149

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55

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