Course Name | Fundamental Concepts of Literature |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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ETI 100 | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Required | |||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | face to face | |||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | DiscussionQ&ALecturing / Presentation | |||||
Course Coordinator | - | |||||
Course Lecturer(s) | ||||||
Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | This course aims to introduce students to literature; to familiarize them with basic concepts of literature and a variety of genres in literature; to help them gain skills in reading closely and analyzing and discuss works of literature. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | Students learn to analyze the different forms of literature works. Students will read models of literary analysis in conjunction with the works themselves. Students will explore how history, culture and literature influence one another. |
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| Core Courses | X |
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Transferable Skill Courses |
Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Introduction | |
2 | Introduction to story. Story analysis I | Shirley Jackson, The Lottery, ISBN-10: 1563127873 [Online: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1948/06/26/the-lottery]. |
3 | Introduction to story. Story analysis II | Shirley Jackson, The Lottery, ISBN-10: 1563127873 [Online: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1948/06/26/the-lottery]. |
4 | Introduction to drama, drama analysis I | Arthur Miller, The Crucible, (New York: Penguin Books, 2000), ISBN-ISSN: 9780142437339 |
5 | Introduction to drama, drama analysis II | Arthur Miller, The Crucible, (New York: Penguin Books, 2000), ISBN-ISSN: 9780142437339 |
6 | Introduction to poetry, Poetry analysis I | Sylvia Plath, “Lady Lazarus” in The Collected Poems, ISBN-10: 0061558893 [Online: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49000/lady-lazarus]. |
7 | Introduction to poetry, Poetry analysis II | Sylvia Plath, “Lady Lazarus” in The Collected Poems, ISBN-10: 0061558893 [Online: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49000/lady-lazarus]. |
8 | Midterm | |
9 | Story analysis, student presentations | Selected stories: Nina Baym, The Norton Anthology of American Literature: Volume C American Literature 1865-1914, (New York: W.W. Norton, 2003), ISBN-ISSN: 0-393-97899-0; Nina Baym, The Norton Anthology of American Literature: Volume D American Literature between the Wars 1914-1945, (New York: W.W. Norton, 2003), ISBN-ISSN: 0-393-97900-8; Nina Baym, The Norton Anthology of American Literature: Volume E American Literature since 1945, (New York: W.W. Norton, 2003), ISBN-ISSN: 0-393-97901-6; Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ |
10 | Story analysis, student presentations | Selected stories: Nina Baym, The Norton Anthology of American Literature: Volume C American Literature 1865-1914, (New York: W.W. Norton, 2003), ISBN-ISSN: 0-393-97899-0; Nina Baym, The Norton Anthology of American Literature: Volume D American Literature between the Wars 1914-1945, (New York: W.W. Norton, 2003), ISBN-ISSN: 0-393-97900-8; Nina Baym, The Norton Anthology of American Literature: Volume E American Literature since 1945, (New York: W.W. Norton, 2003), ISBN-ISSN: 0-393-97901-6; Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ |
11 | Story analysis, student presentations | Selected stories: Nina Baym, The Norton Anthology of American Literature: Volume C American Literature 1865-1914, (New York: W.W. Norton, 2003), ISBN-ISSN: 0-393-97899-0; Nina Baym, The Norton Anthology of American Literature: Volume D American Literature between the Wars 1914-1945, (New York: W.W. Norton, 2003), ISBN-ISSN: 0-393-97900-8; Nina Baym, The Norton Anthology of American Literature: Volume E American Literature since 1945, (New York: W.W. Norton, 2003), ISBN-ISSN: 0-393-97901-6; Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ |
12 | Drama analysis, student presentations | Selected dramas: Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ |
13 | Poetry analysis, student presentations I | Selected poems: Nina Baym, The Norton Anthology of American Literature: Volume C American Literature 1865-1914, (New York: W.W. Norton, 2003), ISBN-ISSN: 0-393-97899-0; Nina Baym, The Norton Anthology of American Literature: Volume D American Literature between the Wars 1914-1945, (New York: W.W. Norton, 2003), ISBN-ISSN: 0-393-97900-8; Nina Baym, The Norton Anthology of American Literature: Volume E American Literature since 1945, (New York: W.W. Norton, 2003), ISBN-ISSN: 0-393-97901-6; Poetry Foundation: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/ |
14 | Poetry analysis, student presentations II | Selected poems: Nina Baym, The Norton Anthology of American Literature: Volume C American Literature 1865-1914, (New York: W.W. Norton, 2003), ISBN-ISSN: 0-393-97899-0; Nina Baym, The Norton Anthology of American Literature: Volume D American Literature between the Wars 1914-1945, (New York: W.W. Norton, 2003), ISBN-ISSN: 0-393-97900-8; Nina Baym, The Norton Anthology of American Literature: Volume E American Literature since 1945, (New York: W.W. Norton, 2003), ISBN-ISSN: 0-393-97901-6; Poetry Foundation: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/ |
15 | Semester Review | |
16 | Final Exam |
Course Notes/Textbooks | Shirley Jackson, The Lottery, ISBN-10: 1563127873 [Online: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1948/06/26/the-lottery]. Arthur Miller, The Crucible, (New York: Penguin Books, 2000), ISBN-ISSN: 9780142437339 Sylvia Plath, “Lady Lazarus” in The Collected Poems, ISBN-10: 0061558893 [Online: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49000/lady-lazarus]. Selected stories, dramas, poems: Nina Baym, The Norton Anthology of American Literature: Volume D American Literature between the Wars 1914-1945, (New York: W.W. Norton, 2003), ISBN-ISSN: 0-393-97900-8. Nina Baym, The Norton Anthology of American Literature: Volume E American Literature since 1945, (New York: W.W. Norton, 2003), ISBN-ISSN: 0-393-97901-6. Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ Poetry Foundation: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/ |
Suggested Readings/Materials | Students are expected to do the reading assignments. |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | ||
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | 1 | 10 |
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 15 |
Project | ||
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | 1 | 30 |
Final Exam | 1 | 45 |
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 3 | 60 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 40 |
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | 1 | 10 | |
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 20 | |
Project | |||
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | 1 | 20 | |
Final Exams | 1 | 40 | |
Total | 180 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To be able to use advanced, field-specific conceptual, theoretical, and practical knowledge acquired, | |||||
2 | To be able to analyze and research field-specific concepts and ideas and to interpret data individually or as a team using scientific methods, | X | ||||
3 | To be able to understand and use grammatical and semantic structures of the source and target languages, | X | ||||
4 | To be able to obtain information about social, cultural, and historical approaches within the source and target languages and to use this information for textual analysis and production, | X | ||||
5 | To be able to understand and interpret written and oral texts in the source language and to transfer these texts into the target language using a semantically and functionally appropriate language, | |||||
6 | To be able to produce creative translations and assess the translation products critically by defining the steps, strategies and problems in the translation process in the light of field-specific theoretical knowledge and skills acquired, | |||||
7 | To be able to transfer the theoretical knowledge and research skills within different areas of expertise to translational act, | X | ||||
8 | To be able to use computer-assisted translation tools and machine translation effectively at each step of the translation process, and to follow the theoretical and practical developments in these fields, | |||||
9 | To be able to gain awareness of the translator’s social role, job profile, and professional ethical values and to acquire workload management skills for individual or team work, | |||||
10 | To be able to access necessary sources to improve quality at each step of the translation process and to assess the target text in accordance with the quality objectives by using these sources, | |||||
11 | To be able to establish effective oral and written communication skills both in English and Turkish, to be able to speak a second foreign language at a good level, to be able to use a third foreign language at intermediate level, | |||||
12 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. | X |
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