| Course Type | Elective Course |
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| Course Level | Bachelor's Degree |
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| Year of Study | - |
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| Semester | - |
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| ECTS | 4 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
- |
| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- Show knowledge of key concepts in psychoanalysis as they relate to literature.
- Distinguish between different kinds of psychoanalytic readings of literary works.
- Discuss a literary text in the light of psychoanalytic literary theory.
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| Mode of Delivery | Face to face |
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| Prerequisites | No |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components | |
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| Course Description | This course aims to provide an introduction to the theories of psychoanalysis and their application to literary texts. It explores the impact of Freud?s ideas on 20th century literature and looks at how the concepts such as the unconscious, the Oedipus complex, repression, and narcissism can be used to interpret various works of literature. |
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| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
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1st Week |
Introduction: Psychoanalysis and Literature |
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2nd Week |
Freud, "The Uncanny" |
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3rd Week |
E. T. A. Hoffman, "The Sandman" |
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4th Week |
Edgar Allan Poe, "The Fall of the House of Usher" |
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5th Week |
Edgar Allan Poe, "Ligeia" |
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6th Week |
Edgar Allan Poe, "Berenice" |
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7th Week |
Midterm |
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8th Week |
Doris Lessing, "To Room Nineteen" |
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9th Week |
David Foster Wallace, "The Depressed Person" |
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10th Week |
Alice Munro, "Bardon Bus;" John Steinbeck, "The Chrysanthemums" |
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11th Week |
Daphne du Maurier, "Don't Look Now" and "A Border-Line Case" |
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12th Week |
Conrad Aiken, "Silent Snow, Secret Snow" |
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13th Week |
Joanna Russ, "The Little Dirty Girl" |
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14th Week |
Revision |
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| Recommended or Required Reading | Jean-Michel, Rabate. The Cambridge Introduction to Literature and Psychoanalysis. Cambridge UP, 2014.
Parkin-Gounelas, Ruth. Literature and Psychoanalysis: Intertextual Readings. Routledge, 2001.
Cohen, Josh. How to Read Freud. Norton, 2005. |
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
- Lecture
- Discussion
- Questions/Answers
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
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Quantity |
Percentage (%) |
| Mid-term |
1 |
30 |
| Presentation of Article |
1 |
10 |
| Total(%) |
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40 |
| Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) |
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40 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) |
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60 |
| Total(%) |
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100 |
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| ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload |
| Activities |
Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Midterm exam |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Preparation for Quiz |
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| Individual or group work |
14 |
2 |
28 |
| Preparation for Final exam |
1 |
12 |
12 |
| Course hours |
14 |
3 |
42 |
| Preparation for Midterm exam |
1 |
10 |
10 |
| Laboratory (including preparation) |
|
|
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| Final exam |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Homework |
1 |
12 |
12 |
| Article Presentation |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Article |
1 |
10 |
10 |
| Total Work Load | 119 |
| Total Work Load / 30 (h) | 3.96 |
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 4 |
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| Language of Instruction | English |
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| Work Placement(s) | No |
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