COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SEMIOTICS APPLICATIONS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TDE 4032 SEMIOTICS APPLICATIONS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Turkish Language and Literature

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR CAFER ŞEN

Offered to

Turkish Language and Literature

Course Objective

To apply semiotic analysis on various texts. To carry out semiotic analyze on different kind of text such as novel, story, play, poem etc.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to describe the key features and key concepts of literary texts
2   Analyze Turkish novel with the help of semiotic approach
3   Analyze Turkish poem with the help of semiotic approach
4   Analyze Turkish play texts with the help of semiotic approach
5   Analyze commercials with the help of semiotic approach

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Features of literary text
2 Narrator and the point of view
3 A semiotic analysis on a selected novel
4 A semiotic analysis on a selected novel(2nd week)
5 Features of Turkish poem language
6 A semiotic analysis on a selected poem
7 Midterm
8 A semiotic analysis on a selected poem(2nd week)
9 A semiotic analysis on a selected poem(2nd week)
10 Features of Turkish theatre
11 A semiotic analysis on a selected play
12 A semiotic analysis on a selected play(2nd week)
13 Students Applications
14 Revision
15 Revision
16 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Ana Kaynaklar:
BARTHES, Roland (1993) Göstergebilimsel Serüven, Çeviren, M. Rifat, S. Rifat, Istanbul: Yapi Kredi Yay. Ltd. Şti.
GUIRAUD, Pierre (1994) Göstergebilim, 2. Baskı, Çeviren: Prof. Dr. Mehmet Yalçın, Ankara: Imge Kitabevi.

Yardımcı Kaynaklar:
KIRAN, Zeynel & Ayşe KIRAN (2001) Dilbilime Giriş, Ankara: Seçkin Yayıncılık.
KIRAN, Zeynel; Ayşe KIRAN (2000) Yazınsal Okuma Süreçleri, Ankara: Seçkin Yayıncılık.
YÜCEL, Tahsin (1993) Anlatı Yerlemleri, 2. Baskı, Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları.
YÜCEL, Tahsin (2009) Eleştiri Kuramları, Istanbul: Türkiye Iş Bankası yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

face to face

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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 5 4 20
Preparation for midterm exam 7 2 14
Preparation for final exam 5 3 15
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.132
LO.224
LO.33
LO.42
LO.534