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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS KAR 5010 GENDER AND POWER IN WORLD LITERATURE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Comparative Literature

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR NEVZAT KAYA

Offered to

Comparative Literature

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to distinguish gender and power mechanisms that are inherent in literature.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To distinguish the gender roles inherent in literature and the rejective attitude of counter-discourse towards this deadlocked patterns. 2   To recognize the critique of patriarchy inherent in literature. 3   To recognize that the other is being bunched in motifs by gender. 4   To analyze race and class in literature by means of gender and power mechanisms. 5   To recognize the history of sexism in World Literature by text analysis.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Sexism in Literature 2 The Tragedy of Sexism: Aeschylus and the Oresteia 3 The Tragedy of the Counter-Discourse: Euripides and The Bacchae 4 Motherhood in Literature and Medea 5 Cultural History, Enlightenment and The Symbols of Racism. 6 Imaginative Counter-Discourses in Literary History 7 Midterm Exam 8 Gender Mythologies 9 Creation Myths and Gender 10 Mythical Diseases of Women and Their Reflection on Literature 11 Literary History and Epidemic Diseases 12 The Femme Fatale and the death of the father. 13 Monsters, hybrid beings and the carnivalesque 14 Cultural Ecology 15 Wrap-up 16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Berktay, Fatmagül: Tektanrılı Dinler Karşısında Kadın, Istanbul, 2002. Said, Edward: Şarkiyatçılık, Istanbul, 2003

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, in class discussions, assignments and presentations.

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 * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.50 5 RST RESIT 6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Will be announced.

Assessment Criteria

Will be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% attendance is obligatory. 2. Any kind of plagiarism will be subject to disciplinary action. 3. Preparation to weekly lectures (reading the respective material) and contribution to in class discussion is obligatory. 4. Students prepare presentations about topics given by the instructor.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nevzat.kaya@deu.edu.tr 232.311 94 94

Office Hours

Will be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 3 42 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 6 84 Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15 Preparation for final exam 1 20 20 Preparing assignments 1 15 15 Preparing presentations 1 15 15 Final 1 2 2 Midterm 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 195

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 LO.1 5 5 4 5 LO.2 5 5 5 5 LO.3 5 5 5 LO.4 5 5 5 4 5 LO.5 5 5 3 5 4 5 5