Topics in Culture (ELIT527) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Topics in Culture ELIT527 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
None
Course Language English
Course Type N/A
Course Level Social Sciences Master's Degree
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer, Drill and Practice.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Dersin öğretim elemanı (Academic staff)
Course Assistants
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;
  • To gain knowledge on science fiction and fantasy as a genre
  • To understand the social and political aspects of the genre
  • To be able to bring a critical approach to science fiction and fantasy novels
  • To be able to write and speak on science fiction and fantasy
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
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
Percentage of Final Work 60
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses X
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
1 2 3 4 5
1 To be able to use English language competently concerning four basic skills, namely listening, reading, speaking, and writing. X
2 To have extensive theoretical knowledge about English Culture and literature. X
3 To gain knowledge about literary theories and to be able to apply these theories to various literary texts. X
4 To acquire detailed knowledge about British culture in all its aspects. X
5 To be able to compare and contrast English culture and literature with other literatures through works from different periods and genres. X
6 To be able to compare and contrast British culture with other cultures. X
7 To plan, organize, and conduct the activities related to the field. X
8 To acquire the skills of creative, critical, and analytical thinking. X
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. X
10 To acquire professional ethics and to use them in the process of research and production. X
11 To get prepared for professional life by developing a sense of responsibility through individual tasks and group projects. X
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. X
13 To be able to understand and be a part of world culture. X

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