Course Name | Communication, Literature and Philosophy |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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GEAR 211 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Service Course | |||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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Course Coordinator | - | |||||
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Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | This module aims to introduce students to analytic thinking and philosophizing via short readings and analysis of literary texts, art works, photography and cinema. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | This course focuses on the historical trajectory of western philosophy in parallel to its relations particularly with literature and art, and generally with culture and communications. |
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Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Presentation and an overview of the course, course organization, requirements and methods of evaluation. | |
2 | Essential Questions of Philosophy: Ancient Greece | Clerk, ‘Ancient Philosophy, in Kenny, 1-53 |
3 | Introduction to Philosophy of Modern Times | ‘Descartes to Kant’, in Kenny, 107-193 |
4 | Enlightenment, Modernity and Reason | Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose; ‘Descartes’ in Russell, 511-520, Umberto Eco, ‘The Return of the Middle Ages’ in Eco,Travels in Hyperreality, 59-86 |
5 | Modernity, Science, Progress and Dangers | Mary Shelley, Frankenstein. Descartes in Russell, 511-520 |
6 | Discussion on the Consequences of Modernization | 'Descartes to Kant' in Kenny, 107-193. |
7 | Consciousness, Identity and Freedom: Lord and Bondsman | Orhan Pamuk, The White Castle. ‘Hegel’ in Kenny 201 -206. |
8 | Discussion on Lord/Bondsman and East/West | Hegel’ in Kenny 201 -206. Hall, ‘The West and the Rest’ (Handout) |
9 | Ethics: Modern and Postmodern | Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment. ‘Kantian Morality’, in Kenny, 190-192; ‘Nietzsche’, in Kenny 216-221 |
10 | Modernity and Social Injustice | John Steinbeck, Grapes of Wrath Movie: Germinal ‘ Marx and the Young Hegelians’ & ‘Capitalism and its Discontents’, Kenny, 304-309. Russell, Ch. XXVII. Karl Marx |
11 | Modernity, Power, Bureaucracy and Surveillance | Franz Kafka ‘The Trial’ Movie ‘Kafka’ SEP ‘Weber’; SEP ‘Foucault’ (Handouts) |
12 | Rousseau: “Natural Man” and Degeneration | Joseph Conrad, ‘Heart of Darkness’ Movie ‘Apocalypse Now’ Quinton ‘Rousseau’ in Kenny 329-332 Freud, ‘Civilization and Its Discontents’ (Handout) |
13 | Existentialism | Albert Camus, The Stranger. Existentialism,SEP |
14 | Philosophy and Psyche | Franz Kafka ‘Metamorphosis’ Yusuf Atılgan ‘Anayurt Oteli’ & Movie Modules on Freud (Handout) Kenny, .’Sigmound Freud’, pp. 343-350. |
15 | Review of the Semester | |
16 | Revision |
Course Notes/Textbooks | Robert C. Solomon and Kathleen M. Higgins, The Big Questions: A Short Introduction to Philosophy. Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, Sir Anthony Kenny, An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP) |
Suggested Readings/Materials | Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose Orhan Pamuk, The White Castle Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment Franz Kafka ‘The Trial’ Joseph Conrad, ‘Heart of Darkness’ Franz Kafka ‘Metamorphosis’ Yusuf Atılgan ‘Anayurt Oteli’ Albert Camus, The Stranger John Steinbeck, Grapes of Wrath |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | 1 | 10 |
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | 1 | 30 |
Presentation / Jury | ||
Project | ||
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | 2 | 60 |
Final Exam | ||
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 3 | 70 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 30 |
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 | 15 | 5 | 75 |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | |||
Presentation / Jury | |||
Project | 1 | 20 | |
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Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | 2 | 10 | |
Final Exams | |||
Total | 163 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To be able to use the theoretical and practical knowledge acquired in the areas of Political Science and International Relations. | |||||
2 | To be able to have the basic knowledge of, and make use of other disciplines which contribute to the areas of Political Science and International Relations. | |||||
3 | To be able to distinguish the differences between classical and contemporary theories and to assess their relationship. | |||||
4 | To be able to recognize regional and global issues, and develop solutions based on research. | |||||
5 | To be able to assess the acquired knowledge and skills in the areas of Political Science and International Relations critically. | |||||
6 | To be able to transfer ideas and proposals on issues in the areas of Political Science and International Relations to other people and institutions verbally and in writing. | |||||
7 | To be able to identify the historical continuity and changes observed in the relations between the actors and institutions of national and international politics. | |||||
8 | To be able to examine concepts, theories, and developments with scientific methods in the areas of Political Science and International Relations. | |||||
9 | To be able to take responsibility as an individual and as a team member. | |||||
10 | To be able to act in accordance with the scientific and ethical values in studies related to Political Science and International Relations. | |||||
11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of Political Science and International Relations and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | |||||
12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | |||||
13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout human history to their field of experience. |
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