ECTS - Topics in Culture
Topics in Culture (ELIT527) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Topics in Culture | ELIT527 | General Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | Elective Courses |
| Course Level | Ph.D. |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer, Drill and Practice. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | This course examines science fiction and fantasy as a literary genre through a historical and critical viewpoint. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Concept of culture and related topics. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Overview of the course, Defining the genre | |
| 2 | Historical survey of science fiction and fantasy | Marry Shelley’s Frankenstein |
| 3 | The gothic science fiction: Frankenstein | |
| 4 | The “novum” and The Time Machine | H. G. Wells’s The Time Machine |
| 5 | The Time Machine, cont. | Watch at least one of the film versions of The Time Machine, write a response paper on how your film version breaks away from the original text in order to reflect the concerns of the age it was filmed |
| 6 | Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World | Brave New World |
| 7 | Dystopia and science fiction: George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-four | Nineteen Eighty-four |
| 8 | Nineteen Eighty-four | |
| 9 | Panopticon & Nineteen Eighty-four | |
| 10 | Representations of (post)colonialism in SF: Doris Lessing’s The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 | The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 |
| 11 | Imagining New Worlds: The Making of the Representative for Planet 8, cont. | |
| 12 | Fantasy—Female fantasy—Feminism: Jeannette Winterson’s Boating for Beginners | Jeannette Winterson’s Boating for Beginners |
| 13 | The Past and the Future: Boating for Beginners, cont. Final Papers due | Boating for Beginners |
| 14 | Fiction and science-fiction | Final Papers due |
| 15 | Revision | Revision |
| 16 | Final Exam | Final Exam |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. Marry Shelley’s Frankenstein |
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| 2. . G. Wells’s The Time Machine | |
| 3. Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World | |
| 4. George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-four | |
| 5. , Doris Lessing’s The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 | |
| 6. Jeannette Winterson’s Boating for Beginners |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 40 |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | - | - |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 60 |
| Toplam | 2 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | 40 |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 60 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | X |
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| 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 | ||||
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| 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 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 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 | 15 | 3 | 45 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | |||
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Total Workload | 128 | ||