COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PSYCHOMYTHOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PSI 4031 PSYCHOMYTHOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Psychology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÜLAY DIRIK

Offered to

Psychology

Course Objective

Is to study psychological sources and meanings of mythologic and religious dynamics. Thus, to distinguish the significance of psychohistorical elements.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To recognize that mythological/religious rules, orders and purifying mechanisms are related to the super-ego in psychoanalysis.
2   To comprehend the importance of ecstasy as a mechanism and related to societal peace.
3   To distinguish that all religious and mythological systems point to a universal standard when viewed from the psychological perspective.
4   To differ how religious systems contribute to the individuation of societies and people.
5   To recognize that religion rationalizes the id and contributes to the formation of the ego.
6   To read individual and collective metaphoric stories, such as tale, myth and epic, through psychodynamic theories and methods based on the argument that mythology and psychology always treat the same material with different interpretations.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the course
2 Culture and Nature or the battle between the super-ego and the id
3 The Process of acculturation or being an individual: Apollonian dynamics
4 The Ten Commandments, Rules, Rituals, Socialization
5 Prophets and Heroes
6 Back to Nature or Regressive tendencies
7 Principles of the Regressive: Dionysus and Ecstasy
8 Mid-Term
9 Carnaval, Halloween or from Cosmos to Chaos
10 Beauty and Ugliness in Religion, Mythology and Art
11 Ego: The Mediator between the Super-Ego and the Id
12 The Principium Individuationis or the acculturated man
13 Comparison of different Pantheons regarding this topic
14 Wrap-up

Recomended or Required Reading

Joseph Campbell: The Hero with a Thousand Faces, London, 2012.
Camille Paglia: Sexual Personae, New York, 1992.
Erich Neumann: The Great Mother. An Analysis of the Archetype, Princeton, 1972.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
2. Discussions

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

Midterm and Final exams

Assessment Criteria

1. Assessment of mid-term exam will be based on questions regarding theory and practice of classes until the exam date.
2. Assessment of final exam will be based on questions regarding this course s content.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. %70 Attendance is compulsory.
2. Paticipation in the mid-term exam and final exam will be taken into consideration for assessment.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nevzat.kaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 13:30 - 15:00

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 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 124

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.135455
LO.235455
LO.355
LO.455
LO.5555
LO.6

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