COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LITERATURE AND AESTHETICS (ENG.)

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KAR 4023 LITERATURE AND AESTHETICS (ENG.) COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Comparative Literature

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HÜLYA KAYA

Offered to

Comparative Literature

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to study the relation between aesthetical notions of philosophers and their literary theories in examples of Kant, Hegel, Schiller and Heidegger, and to search the relationship of aesthetics and literature.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, the student will be able; to use literary theories concerning aesthetics.
2   to use his/her knowledge of aesthetical concepts.
3   to relate aesthetics with literature in theory.
4   to comment the literary works from an aesthetical perspective.
5   to compare theories of aesthetics with theories of literature.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction of course content
2 Kantian Aesthetics
3 The relation of the particular and the universal in Kantian aesthetics
4 Kantian aesthetical constructivism
5 Form and content regarding to Hegel
6 Interim Assessment
7 Midterm Exam
8 Hegel's notion of art
9 Authenticiy of literature regarding to Hegel
10 Art as play regarding to Schiller
11 Beauty, grace and honour regarding to Schiller
12 Literatur, author and instruction regarding to Schiller
13 The concept of Beauty regarding to Heidegger
14 Art, technics, truth and literature
15 General assessment
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Hofstadter, Albert; Richard Kuhns, Philosophies of Art and Beauty: Selected Readings in Aesthetics from Plato to Heidegger, University of Chicago Press, USA, 1976.
2. Davies, David, Aesthetics and Literature, Continuum, USA, 19, 2007.
3. Hammermeister, Kai, The German Aesthetic Tradition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002.
4. Simpson, David, The Origins of Modern Critical Thought: German Aesthetic and Literary Criticism from Lessing to Hegel, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1988

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

Will be announced at the beginning of the semester.

Assessment Criteria

1. Mid-term exam assestment based on questions regarding the use of knowledge and skills acquired until the term-date.
2. Final exam assestment based on questions regarding the topics studied during the semester.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70 % attendance is compulsory.
2. Participation in mid-term exam and final exam will be taken into consideration in the evaluation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Will be announced at the beginning of the semester.

Office Hours

Will be announced at the beginning of the semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 115

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1554
LO.2555
LO.3555
LO.4545
LO.55554

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