WORLD LITERATURE

TRK405

Course Code: TRK405
Semester: Seventh Term (Fall)
Theory+Practice: 2 + 0
ECTS: 2

Course Type

Compulsory Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

Seventh Term (Fall)

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Professor Ümmühan Topçu

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Describe some of the prominent works of different societies
Can outline the accumulation of the world of literature.
Can describe the interaction between literatures and the connection between texts.
Can express the differences that make a written text literary and immortalise it.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

World literature from the first examples to the present day, world classics; literary movements; major authors / poets and works of Western literature (Russian, German, French, English, etc.); major authors / poets and works of Eastern literature (Arabic, Persian, Indian, etc.); Analysing a selection of world classics in line with contemporary literary analysis approaches

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction Principles and Concepts
2^nd Week	Italian Literature: Dante, Divine Comedy
3^rd Week	Spanish Literature:Servantes, Don Quixote
4^th Week	German Literature; Goethe, Faust
5^th Week	Russian Literature: Dostoevsky, Notes from the Underground
6^th Week	American Literature; Stainbeck, Pearl
7^th Week	Egyptian Literature, Najib Mahfouz, Miramar
8^th Week	Midterm exam
9^th Week	Literature of the Turkic World: Aitmatov, The White Ship
10^th Week	Contemporary World Literature: Salinger, Catcher in the Rye
11^th Week	Contemporary World Literature: Goldvin, Lord of the Flies
12^th Week	Contemporary World Literature: Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun
13^th Week	Contemporary World Literature:Solstad, Dag,Shyness and Dignty
14^th Week	Discussion of the concept of world literature

Recommended or Required Reading

Özdemir, Emin, Türk ve Dünya Edebiyatı,A.Ü. Siyasal Bilgiler Yay.
Kolcu, Ali İhsan, Batı Edebiyatı, Salkımsöğüt Yay.
Damrosch, David, Dünya Edebiyatı Nasıl Okunmalı,(Çev. Devrim Çetinkasap) İstanbul Bilgi Ün. Yay.
Homeros, İlyada, Can Yay.
Azra Erhat, Mitoloji Sözlüğü, Remzi Kit.
Stefan Zweig, Üç Büyük Usta: Balzac Dickens Dostoyevski, Türkiye İş Bankası Yayınları
Jale Parla, Don Kişot'tan Bugüne Roman, İletişim Yay.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation
Other
Lecture

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	30
Practice	1	35
Total(%)		65
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		65
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		35
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	13	1	13
Preparation for Final exam	1	7	7
Course hours	13	2	26
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	5	5
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	2	2
Homework
Workshop	1	5	5
Total Work Load			60
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			2
ECTS Credit of the Course			2

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4
K1	X	X	X	X
K2
K3
K4
K5				X
K6
K7
K8
K9
K10	X	X	X	X