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 Ph.D.
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 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
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