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Program of Architecture (English 30%)

MİM449

ARCHITECTURE AND LITERATURE

Course Code
MİM449
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
2 + 0
ECTS
4
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS4
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Understands the relationship between the production of space and literature from a theoretical perspective.
  2. Establishes the literature-architecture relation through literary texts, evaluates structuring the space through literary texts.
  3. Produces alternatives to develop different methods on spatial reading of literary texts.
  4. Makes a parallel reading on Turkey's modern period of literature and architecture and relates these two formations with each other.
  5. Analyze the potential of using the information produced by the disciplines of architecture and literature for each other.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components-
Course DescriptionWithin the scope of the course, considering the different dimensions that the architectural discourse will get with an interdisciplinary approach, the relationship between literature and the production of space is examined within the different aspects. As an exemplary field of study, Turkish modern literature and architecture in the process starting from the end of the 18th century to the middle of the 20th century; are examined within the framework of their relations with each other and a parallel reading and evaluation is made on the selected examples.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction to the Course
2nd Week On Architecture and Literature I: Reading Architecture from Literature, Similarities/Differences on the Production
3rd Week On Architecture and Literature II: Space and Reading/Writing
4th Week On Architecture and Literature III: The Experience of Modernization and the Transformation of Space
5th Week On Turkish Modern Period Literature: Periods and Transformations in Modern Turkish Literature; relations with Space
6th Week On Turkish Modern Architecture I: Tracing the Modern Architecture Period in Turkey, Relationships between space and narrative
7th Week On Turkish Modern Architecture II: Tracing the Modern Architecture Period in Turkey, Relationships between space and narrative
8th Week MIDTERM
9th Week First Submission of the Final Assignment and Evaluation (Student Presentations I)
10th Week First Submission of the Final Assignment and Evaluation (Student Presentations II)
11th Week First Submission of the Final Assignment and Evaluation (Student Presentations III)
12th Week First Submission of the Final Assignment and Evaluation (Student Presentations IV)
13th Week First Submission of the Final Assignment and Evaluation (Student Presentations V)
14th Week First Submission of the Final Assignment and Evaluation (Student Presentations VI)
15th Week General Evaluation: Thinking Architecture Through Text
Recommended or Required ReadingAksoy, Nazan. Kurgulanmış Benlikler: Otobiyografi, Kadın, Cumhuriyet, İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 2009.
Anar, Turgay. Mekandan Taşan Edebiyat: Yeni Türk Edebiyatında Edebiyat Mahfilleri, İstanbul: Kapı Yayınları, 2012.
Aslanoğlu, İnci. Erken Cumhuriyet Dönemi Mimarlığı (1923- 1938), İstanbul: Bilge Kültür Sanat Yayınları, İstanbul, 2010.
Baki, Elif. Ulusun İnşası ve Resmi Edebiyat Kanonu, İstanbul: Libra Kitap, 2010.
Başlı, Şeyda. Osmanlı Romanlarının İmkanları Üzerine: İlk Romanlarda Çok Katmanlı Anlatı Yapısı, İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 2010.
Batur, Afife. A Concise History: Architecture in Turkey during the 20th Century, Chamber of Architects of Turkey, 2005.
Batur, Afife. Tanzimat'tan Cumhuriyet'e Türkiye Ansiklopedisi, 1985, Vol.4.
Baydar, Gülsüm. "Room for a Newlywed Woman: Making Sense of Gender in the Architectural Discourse of Early Republican Turkey", Journal of Architectural Education, Vol. 60, No. 3 (2007), 3-11.
Bozdoğan, Sibel&Esra Akcan. Turkey: Modern Architectures in History. London: Reaktion Books, 2012. Bozdoğan, Sibel. Modernism and Nation Building: Turkish Architectural Culture in the Early Republic, University of Washington Press, 2002.
Cengizkan, Ali. "Gündelik Hayat ile Edebiyat İlişkisi Üzerine Soruşturma," Varlık, 2000, 2830. 3
Emiroğlu, Öztürk. Türkiye'de Edebiyat Toplulukları, Ankara: Akçağ Yayınları, 2008.
Enginün, İnci. Cumhuriyet Dönemi Türk Edebiyatı, İstanbul: Dergah Yayınları, 2010.
Enginün, İnci. Yeni Türk Edebiyatı: Tanzimat'tan Cumhuriyet'e (1839-1923), İstanbul: Dergah Yayınları, 2013.
Fortna, Benjamin, C. (trans. by Mehmet Beşikçi), Geç Osmanlı ve Erken Cumhuriyet Dönemlerinde Okumayı Öğrenmek, İstanbul: Koç Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2013.
Briganti, Chiara and K. Mezei. Domestic Modernism, The Interwar Novel, and E.H. Young, Aldershot, Hants, England: Ashgate, 2006.
M, Grafe, Christopher & Havik, Klaske & Maaskant Madeleine. "Architecture and Literature: Reflections/Imaginations"; and Christophe van Gerrewey, "Total Absence of Illusion, Unlimited Commitment", in Chistopher Grafe, Klaske Havik and Madeleine Maaskant, eds., OASE 70: Architecture and Literature, Rotterdam, 2006, pp. 3-7; 8-19.
Mezei, Kathy and Chiara Briganti. "Reading the House: A Literary Perspective", Signs, Vol. 27, No. 3 (2002), 837-846. Spurr, David. Architecture and Modern Literature, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2012.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Presentation
  • Other
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 25
Presentation of Article 1 10
Presentation of Case Study 1 25
Total(%) 60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 1 6 6
Preparation for Final exam 1 8 8
Course hours 14 2 28
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 8 8
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 1 1
Homework
Presentation (including preperation) 1 25 25
Term Project Research 1 25 25
Article Presentation 1 2 2
Article 1 4 4
Weekly Articles and Resource Research 6 2 12
Total Work Load121
Total Work Load / 30 (h)4.03
ECTS Credit of the Course4
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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