COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EXISTENTIALISM

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ERA 4129 EXISTENTIALISM ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Philosophy

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR METIN BAL

Offered to

Philosophy

Course Objective

To master the views of philosophers and thinkers of existential philosophy.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Master the basic views of existential philosophers.
2   Master the main works of existential philosophers.
3   Discuss and compare the views of existential philosophers.
4   Based on the views of existential philosophers, the person can give various answers to the problems of existence.
5   The person can develop solutions to the existential problems the person encounters in daily life, starting from existential philosophers.
6   One can express existential problems that have not yet been thought about philosophically by observing existential problems.
7   The person can answer new problems related to existence based on the views of previous philosophers.
8   One can bring new solutions to the problems of existence.
9   The person t can suggest different solutions to answers about problems of existence.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is existence
2 Fundamental Problems of Existentialism.
3 The main sources and views of existential philosophy
4 Schopenhauer's understanding of existence
5 Nietzsche's understanding of existence
6 Heidegger's idea of existence
7 Sartre's existentialism
8 Midterm Exam
9 Dostoevsky's contribution to existentialism
10 The existentialism of Albert Camus
11 Existence in Kafka's work The Matamorphosis.
12 Frank Baum and Existence in Global World
13 The Leading Philosophers of Existentialism
14 Existentialist Thought in Literature, Art, and Film
15 Existentialist Themes in Contemporary Thought and Culture
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Kierkegaard, Søren. "Fear and Trembling"
Kierkegaard, Søren. "The Sickness Unto Death"
Camus, Albert. "The Stranger"
Camus, Albert. "The Plague"
Sartre, Jean-Paul. "Nausea"
Sartre, Jean-Paul. "Existentialism is a Humanism"
Nietzsche, Friedrich. "Beyond Good and Evil"
Nietzsche, Friedrich. "The Birth of Tragedy"
Kafka, Franz. "The Trial"
Kafka, Franz. "The Castle"
Dostoevsky, Fyodor. "Crime and Punishment"
Dostoevsky, Fyodor. "The Brothers Karamazov"
de Beauvoir, Simone. "The Second Sex"
de Beauvoir, Simone. "The Ethics of Ambiguity"
Wittgenstein, Ludwig. "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus"
Wittgenstein, Ludwig. "Philosophical Investigations"
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich. "Phenomenology of Spirit"
Husserl, Edmund. "The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology"
Merleau-Ponty, Maurice. "Phenomenology of Perception"
Levinas, Emmanuel. "Totality and Infinity"
Blanchot, Maurice. "The Space of Literature"
Foucault, Michel. "The Birth of the Clinic"
Foucault, Michel. "Discipline and Punish"
Deleuze, Gilles, and Félix Guattari. "Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia"
Butler, Judith. "Gender Trouble"
Irigaray, Luce. "Speculum of the Other Woman"
Derrida, Jacques. "Of Grammatology"
Derrida, Jacques. "Writing and Difference"

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Learning and teaching will be carried out by reading and discussing the basic works of philosophers and thinkers.

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

None

Assessment Criteria

midterm exam and final exam.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

The student should carefully follow the textbooks and the topics covered in the course. Students should come to class prepared.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

metin.bal@deu.edu.tr
balmetin@gmail.com

Office Hours

Monday 11.00 - 12.00
Thursday 11.00 - 12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Reading 1 34 34
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 28 28
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.15444
LO.255
LO.33455
LO.44554
LO.55
LO.65454
LO.755
LO.85
LO.9455355

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