COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LITERATURE AND POPULAR CULTURE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KAR 5022 LITERATURE AND POPULAR CULTURE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Comparative Literature

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HÜLYA KAYA

Offered to

Comparative Literature

Course Objective

This course aims to undestand the relation between literature and popular culture which is defined as the integral of the elements that are valid for a period, rapidly produced and consumed. Secondary aim on this course is to analyse the literary texts in terms of popular culture.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to distinguish the concept of popular culture.
2   to analyse the relation between literature and popular culture.
3   to analyse the genre and types in popular culture.
4   to use literature literacy in a scope of popular culture.
5   to use theoretical viewpoints in order to analyse and compare the popular culture literary texts.

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 Literature, culture and the cultural history.
3 The concept of popular culture
4 Genres and types in popular culture
5 Properties of popular culture in literature
6 Theoretical background for the analysis and interpretation of popular cultural literary texts
7 Midterm Exam
8 Text analysis and presentation
9 Text analysis and presentation
10 Text analysis and presentation
11 Text analysis and presentation
12 Text analysis and presentation
13 Text analysis and presentation
14 Text analysis and presentation
15 Wrap-Up
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading


Primary Sources:
Theodora W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer: Kulturindustrie, Aufklärung als Massenbetrug in: Dialektik der Aufklärung, Frankfurt am Main 1969
Hans-Otto Hügel: Handbuch Populäre Kultur. Begriffe, Theorien und Diskussionen. Stuttgart, 2003
Hans-Otto Hügel: Lob des Mainstreams. Zu Theorie und Geschichte von Unterhaltung und Populärer Kultur. Köln, 2007
Burke, Peter. Popular culture in early modern Europe. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2009.

Secondary Sources:
Wright, Robin Redmon, and Jennifer A. Sandlin. "Cult TV, hip hop, shape-shifters, and vampire slayers: A review of the literature at the intersection of adult education and popular culture." Adult Education Quarterly 59.2 (2009): 118-141.
Couldry, Nick, and Anna McCarthy. Mediaspace: Place, scale and culture in a media age. Routledge, 2004.

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)

E-mail: hulya.kaya@deu.edu.tr

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 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 1 25 25
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 197

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.14
LO.24
LO.35
LO.45
LO.54