Literature and the City (ELIT429) Course Detail

Course Name	Course Code	Season	Lecture Hours	Application Hours	Lab Hours	Credit	ECTS
Literature and the City	ELIT429	Area Elective	3	0	0	3	5

Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A

Course Language	English
Course Type	Elective Courses
Course Level	Social Sciences Master's Degree
Mode of Delivery	Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies	Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Course Assistants
Course Objectives	The aim of this course is to discover the relationship between the concept of the city and literature. To this end, the image of the city will be traced in various works written by English, Irish, French, Turkish, German, American, and Italian men of letters.
Course Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; Become competent in narrowing down the focus to a single topic. Improve their paper-writing skills. Improve their ability to select and use necessary visual aids. To acquire the ability to make relevant comments on a particular literary work. Acquire information about how the city image is reflected in literatures of various cultures
Course Content	A focus on the city in such genres as novel, novella, short story, prose, and poetry.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week	Subjects	Preparation
1	Poetry and the City London: "London" by William Blake "Composed upon Westminister Bridge" by William Wordsworth "The Bridges" by Arthur Rimbaud Screening: a documentary about London	The Norton Anthology of English Literature, vol. II, p. 1802, 1839, The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces, p.1179
2	New York: "To Brooklyn Bridge" by Hart Crane- Chicago: "Chicago" by Carl Sandburg	The Norton Anthology of American Literature
3	Venice: "Death in Venice" (novella) by Thomas Mann- "Aşk Kırgınları" Nedim Gürsel	World Masterpieces, s. 1510-1563
4	Screening: Death in Venice by Luchino Visconti Dublin: screening Dubliners (short story) by James Joyce	Aşk Kırgınları, p.17-37, 131-141
5	Poetry and the City İstanbul: Yahya Kemal Beyatlı "Beloved Istanbul" Orhan Veli Kanık "I am Listening to Istanbul" Screening-a documentary about Istanbul: "Crossing the Bridge-The Sound of Istanbul" by Fatih Akın	Documentary/ Dubliners/ Aziz İstanbul p. 11 İstanbul'u Dinliyorum-Bütün Şiirleri
6	Five Cities by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar (travel writings) İstanbul, Ankara, Bursa	Beş Şehir, p. 1-13, 93-117, 117-209
7	Visuals about Tanpınar's Five Cities	Documentary
8	Istanbul Memories and the City by Orhan Pamuk (novel)	Istanbul Memories and the City
9	Istanbul Memories and the City by Orhan Pamuk (novel)	Istanbul Memories and the City
10	Florence and Fatehpur Sikri The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie (novel)	The Enchantress of Florence
11	Florence and Fatehpur Sikri The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie (novel)	The Enchantress of Florence
12	Venice: Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino (novel)	Invisible Cities
13	Venice: Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino (novel)	Invisible Cities
14	Italo Calvino: Marcovaldo, or The Seasons in the City (novel)	Marcovaldo, or The Seasons in the City
15	France: Nedim Gürsel: Hatırla Barbara (travel writings)	Hatırla Barbara
16	Final exam	Review

Sources

Other Sources	1. Abrams, M. H. ( Gen. Ed. ). The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Sixth Edition, Volume I. London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1993.
	2. Lawall, Sarah. (Gen. Ed.) The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces. Seventh Edition, Volume II. New York: W.W. Norton & Company,1999.
	3. Joyce, James. Dubliners.UK: Wordsworth, 1993.
	4. Calvino, Italo. Invisible Cities. GB: Cox & Wyman, 1997.
	5. Rusdie, Salman. The Enchantress of Florence. New York: Random House, 2009.
	6. Pamuk, Orhan. Istanbul Memories and the Cıty.London: Faber & Faber, 2006.
	10. Beyatlı, Yahya, Kemal. Aziz İstanbul. İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2002.
	11. Calvino, Italo. Marcovaldo ya da Kentte Mevsimler. İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2004.
	12. Ackroyd, Peter. London: the Biography. New York: Anchor Books, 2001.

Evaluation System

Requirements	Number	Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation	1	10
Laboratory	-	-
Application	-	-
Field Work	-	-
Special Course Internship	-	-
Quizzes/Studio Critics	-	-
Homework Assignments	-	-
Presentation	2	40
Project	-	-
Report	-	-
Seminar	-	-
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury	-	-
Final Exam/Final Jury	1	50
Toplam	4	100

Percentage of Semester Work	50
Percentage of Final Work	50
Total	100

Course Category

Core Courses	X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

#	Program Qualifications / Competencies	Level of Contribution
#	Program Qualifications / Competencies	1	2	3	4	5
1	To be able to use English language competently concerning four basic skills, namely listening, reading, speaking, and writing.
2	To have extensive theoretical knowledge about English Culture and literature.
3	To gain knowledge about literary theories and to be able to apply these theories to various literary texts.
4	To acquire detailed knowledge about British culture in all its aspects.
5	To be able to compare and contrast English culture and literature with other literatures through works from different periods and genres.
6	To be able to compare and contrast British culture with other cultures.
7	To plan, organize, and conduct the activities related to the field.
8	To acquire the skills of creative, critical, and analytical thinking.
9	To gain knowledge about how to conduct an academic research and to use the acquired knowledge in accordance with the purpose of the research.
10	To acquire professional ethics and to use them in the process of research and production.
11	To get prepared for professional life by developing a sense of responsibility through individual tasks and group projects.
12	To be able to understand and decipher various discourses involved in literature such as literary, philosophical, psychological, cultural, critical and theoretical discourses in English language.
13	To be able to understand and be a part of world culture.

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours)	16	3	48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class	14	3	42
Presentation/Seminar Prepration	2	10	20
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury	1	25	25
Total Workload			135