COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LANGUAGE, SOCIAL GENDER AND FEMINIST THEORY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 6125 LANGUAGE, SOCIAL GENDER AND FEMINIST THEORY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9

Offered By

General Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GÜLSÜM SONGÜL ERCAN

Offered to

General Linguistics

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to have the students discover the relation between language and gender, to questionise sterotypical gender roles which are expressed and sustained by language in the society and to build up a critical view on how gender is morphologically, semantically or pragmatically coded and constructed in language; and also have the students comprehend feminist theory for gender roles and have them gain sufficient insight about this theory to enable them to investigate the topic and discuss the data.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Explain the relationship between language and gender
2   Identify stereotyped gender roles in a written or visual text
3   Explain feminist theory and its key concepts
4   Explain gender roles within the framework of feminist theory
5   Questionise the relationship between language, gender and society within the framework of feminist theory
6   Doing research on the relation between language and gender presented implicitly and/or explicitly in texts within the framework of feminist theory and prepare an article on it.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The relationship between language and gender and early work on the topic
2 The relation of gender with society, culture and its values
3 Categorisation and cognitive models
4 Language use and construction of meaning
5 Feminist approach to the relationship between language and gender (1)
6 Feminist approach to the relationship between language and gender (2)
7 Feminist approach to the relationship between language and gender (3)
8 Midterm exam
9 Gaining insight about the relation between language and gender: changes in language
10 Gaining insight about the relation between language and gender: context
11 Studies on the language and gender within the framework of feminist theory 1
12 Studies on the language and gender within the framework of feminist theory 2
13 Studies on the language and gender within the framework of feminist theory 3
14 Studies on the language and gender within the framework of feminist theory 4
15 Studies on the language and gender within the framework of feminist theory 5
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Aydın, D., & Ercan, S. (2021). Gender-Based Use of Concession: Insights from Turkish Spoken Discourse. Dil Dergisi, 172(2), 133-159.
Bucholtz, M. (2004). Language and Woman s Place: Text and Commentaries. OUP.
Christie, C. (2000). Gender and Language: Towards a Feminist Pragmatics.Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press
Ercan, G. S. (2022). Dil ve toplumsal cinsiyet ilişkisi: geçmişten günümüze farklı yaklaşımlar, International Scientific Conference «Global Challenges Of Innovative Science», ss. 225-230. Leipzig, Germany, March 06, 2022
Ekici, C., & Ercan, G. S. (2019). Gazete Köşe Yazıları Söyleminde Süreç Seçimi: Toplumsal Cinsiyet ve Politik Ideoloji Etkisi. Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 30(1), 123-144.
Holmes, J., Hamilton, H. E. & Meyerhoff, M. (Eds.). (2015). The handbook of language and gender. Wiley Blackwell.
König, G. Ç. (1992). Dil ve Cinsiyet: Kadın ve Erkeklerin Dil Kullanımı. Dilbilim Araştırmaları, s.25-35. Ankara: Hitit Yayıncılık.
Lakoff, R. (1975). Language and Woman s Place. New York: Harper and Row.
Litosseliti, L. (2014). Gender and language theory and practice. Routledge.
Litoselliti, L. & Sunderland, J. (2002). Gender Identity and Discourse Analysis. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Sancar, S. (2009). Türkiyede feminizmin sosyal bilimlere etkisi. (içinde) Istanbul Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Dergisi. (40) ss. 119-132.
Sunderland, J. (2006). Language and Gender.Oxon: Routledge.
Yertutan, S., & Ercan, G. S. (2023). Toplumsal cinsiyet rollerinin Türk yeraltı edebiyatında kabalık bağlamında temsili. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 10(2), 614-626.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Presentation
3. Debate
4. Homework

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 * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-6: The assesment will be held by taking homeworks, project paper, presentations and attendance to the course into consideration.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% attendance to the courses is compulsory.
2. Not attending to a course is not going to be accepted as an excuse to the preperations of presentations, homework and in-class debate
3. Cheating and Plagiarism in midterms, finals and homeworks will be graded as "0" (zero)

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof.Dr. G. Songül Ercan
DEÜ Edebiyat Fak. C Blok Ofis No: 153

Office Hours

Wednesday 10:30-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 6 72
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 9 9
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 3 20 60
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 213

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1555
LO.2555
LO.3555
LO.4555
LO.5555
LO.6555

CONTACT INFORMATION
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