COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Translation Studies

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ATALAY GÜNDÜZ

Offered to

Translation Studies

Course Objective

This course aims to introduce students to cultural studies which is a rather interdisciplinary and eclectic field of study which borrows from lends to many different disciplines n the fields of social sciences and humanities. Within this perspective students will be studying, discussing and applying the theories and methodologies of cultural studies to their analysis of translation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

BARRY, P. (2009). Beginning theory: An introduction to literary and cultural theory. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press.
BARTHES, Roland. 1993. A Roland Barthes Reader. Ed. Susan Sontag. Vintage.
Cahoone, L. E. (2003). From modernism to postmodernism: An anthology. Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub.
DERRIDA, Jacques. 1976. Structure, sign and play in the discourse of the human sciences. Twentieth Century Literary Theory. Macmillan.
GRAMSCI, A., In Hoare, Q., & In Nowell-Smith, G. (1971). Selections from the prison notebooks of Antonio Gramsci. New York: International Publishers.
LEITCH, V. B. (2010). The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.
MARX, K., ENGELS, F., MOORE, S., & MCLELLAN, D. (1992). The Communist manifesto. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
STOREY, J. (2006). Cultural theory and popular culture: An introduction. Athens: University of Georgia Press.
WILLIAMS, R. (1976). Keywords: A vocabulary of culture and society. New York: Oxford University Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The courses are theoretical, face-to-face, and interactive in nature.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be anounced

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance is obligatory.
2. Students should get prepared for class in advance.
3. Any act of plagiarism is forbidden.
4. Absence is not an excuse for not submitting assignments.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

atalay.gunduz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be anounced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes