COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LITERATURE AND ENVIRONMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KAR 5026 LITERATURE AND ENVIRONMENT 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

The objective of this course is to study the components in literary works that are related with environment and to introduce the Literature as Cultural Ecology theory that has a great importance in this context.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To ecocriticise,
2   To analyze the handling of environment or nature in literature,
3   To distinguish the function of environment or nature in literary works,
4   To use the system and concepts introduced by the theory of `Literature as Cultural Ecology ,
5   To apply the theory of 'Literature as Cultural Ecology' to literary works.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Culture Critical Metadiscourse: The nature 'slayer'
2 Imaginative Counter-Discourse: Nature's `revenge'
3 Interdiscoursivity
4 Literature as a Cultural Ecology
5 Text Analysis
6 Text Analysis
7 Midterm Exam
8 Text Analysis
9 Text Analysis
10 Text Analysis
11 Text Analysis
12 Text Analysis
13 Text Analysis
14 Text Analysis
15 Wrap-Up
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Hubert Zapf: Literatur als kulturelle Ökologie. De Gruyter, 2002.
Camille Paglia: Sexual Personae, 1991.

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: nevzat.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 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 1 25 25
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 191

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1444
LO.25
LO.3
LO.44
LO.54

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