Curriculum
FIRST SEMESTER |
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Course Code |
Course Title |
Lecture |
Practice |
Credit |
ECTS |
R/E |
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İDE 100 |
Introduction to Literature |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
R |
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İDE 105 |
Short Story |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
R |
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İDE 108 |
Classical Mythology |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
R |
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BİL 121 |
Introduction to Information Technologies |
4 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
R |
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TÜR 101 |
Turkish I |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
R |
|
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Total |
18 |
0 |
14 |
26 |
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SECOND SEMESTER |
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Course Code |
Course Title |
Lecture |
Practice |
Credit |
ECTS |
R/E |
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İDE 110 |
English Literature: Middle Ages to Renaissance |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
R |
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İDE 103 |
Advanced Englısh Practıces |
3 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
R |
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OEG 101 |
Introduction to Cooperative Education |
1 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
R |
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TÜR 102 |
Turkish II |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
R |
|
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(University Elective) |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
E |
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(Department Elective) |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
E |
|
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Total |
15 |
0 |
15 |
34 |
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THIRD SEMESTER |
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Course Code |
Course Title |
Lecture |
Practice |
Credit |
ECTS |
R/E |
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İDE 201 |
English Literature: Restoration to Romantic Age |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
R |
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İDE 217 |
The Rise of the Novel |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
R |
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AİT 201 |
Atatürk’s Principles and History of Turkish Revolution I |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
R |
|
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(Department Elective) |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
E |
|
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(University Elective) |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
E |
|
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Total |
14 |
0 |
14 |
26 |
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FOURTH SEMESTER |
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Course Code |
Course Title |
Lecture |
Practice |
Credit |
ECTS |
R/E |
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İDE 202 |
English Literature: Victorian Age to the Present |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
R |
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İDE 200A |
Critical Thinking and Academic Writing |
2 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
R |
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AİT 202 |
Atatürk’s Principles and History of Turkish Revolution II |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
R |
|
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(Department Elective) |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
E |
|
|
(Faculty Elective) |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
E |
|
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(University Elective) |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
E |
|
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Total |
16 |
0 |
16 |
32 |
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FIFTH SEMESTER |
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Course Code |
Course Title |
Lecture |
Practice |
Credit |
ECTS |
R/E |
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UGİ 315 |
Entrepreneurship and Leadership |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
R |
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İDE 334 |
Shakespeare |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
R |
|
|
(Department Elective) |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
E |
|
|
(Department Elective) |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
E |
|
|
(Faculty Elective) |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
E |
|
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(Second Foreign Language I) |
1 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
E |
|
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Total |
15 |
4 |
17 |
29 |
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SIXTH SEMESTER |
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Course Code |
Course Title |
Lecture |
Practice |
Credit |
ECTS |
R/E |
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İDE 335 |
Literary Translation |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
R |
|
|
(Department Elective) |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
E |
|
|
(Department Elective) |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
E |
|
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(University Elective) |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
E |
|
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(Second Foreign Language II) |
1 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
E |
|
|
Total |
13 |
4 |
15 |
27 |
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SEVENTH SEMESTER |
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Course Code |
Course Title |
Lecture |
Practice |
Credit |
ECTS |
R/E |
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İDE 401 |
Literary Theory and Criticism I |
3 |
0 |
3 |
7 |
R |
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İDE 311 |
Romantic Poetry |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
R |
|
|
(Department Elective) |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
E |
|
|
(Department Elective) |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
E |
|
|
(University Elective) |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
E |
|
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(Second Foreign Language III) |
1 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
E |
|
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Total |
16 |
4 |
18 |
34 |
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EIGHTH SEMESTER |
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Course Code |
Course Title |
Lecture |
Practice |
Credit |
ECTS |
R/E |
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İDE 402 |
Literary Theory and Criticism II |
3 |
0 |
3 |
7 |
R |
|
|
(Department Elective) |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
E |
|
|
(Department Elective) |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
E |
|
|
(Department Elective) |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
E |
|
|
(University Elective) |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
E |
|
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(Second Foreign Language IV) |
1 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
E |
|
|
Total |
16 |
4 |
18 |
34 |
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Principles
- University elective courses refer to the courses that are offered by all departments of the university with the exception of the courses offered by the Department of English Language and Literature.
- Faculty elective courses refer to the courses that are offered by the departments of the Faculty of Letters with the exception of courses offered by Department of English Language and Literature.
- Students of English Language and Literature must take the department required courses İDE 103 Advanced English Practices and İDE 104 English Speaking and Communication Skills instead of the university required English courses ING001 and ING002.
- Students of English Language and Literature are exempt from the university required courses ING003 English Writing Skills and ING004 English Presentation Skills, and cannot take these courses as electives.
- “Department elective courses” must be selected from among the courses below:
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LIST OF DEPARTMENT ELECTIVE COURSES |
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Course Code |
Course Title |
L |
P |
C |
ECTS |
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İDE 106 |
British Cultures |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 116 |
Gothic Literature |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 117 |
Diction and Speed Reading |
2 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 118 |
Blogging |
2 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 203 |
Science and Technology in Literature |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 204 |
Literature and Power |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 205 |
Literature and Philosophy |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 206 |
Literature and Cinema |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 207 |
Literature and Music |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 208 |
Literature and Psychology |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 209 |
Literature and Politics |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 210 |
Introduction to Linguistics |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 211 |
Medieval English Literature |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 212 |
Renaissance Poetry and Prose |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 213 |
17th Century and Restoration Age English Literature Restorasyon Dönemi İng. Edb. |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 214 |
18th Century English Literature |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 215 |
Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 216 |
19th Century English Drama |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 218 |
Victorian Novel |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 219 |
Shakespeare I |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 220 |
Classical Literature |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 221 |
Her Story |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 222 |
Selections from World Literature I |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 223 |
American Poetry |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 224 |
American Drama |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 225 |
American Novel |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 226 |
African-American Literature |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 227 |
Literatures of Minorities |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 228 |
Selections from World Literature II |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 229 |
Latin |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 230 |
Reflections of Human and Nature in Literature |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 231 |
Satire |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 232 |
Travel Writing |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 233 |
Literature in the Digital Age |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 234 |
The Literature of Change |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 235 |
The City in Literature |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 236 |
Literature and Trauma |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 310 |
Victorian Literature |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 313 |
20th Century British Poetry and Prose (1900-1960) |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 314 |
Contemporary British Poetry and Prose (1960-the present) |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 315 |
20th Century Drama (1900-1960) |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 316 |
Contemporary British Drama (1960-the present) |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 317 |
Modern British Novel |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 319 |
Shakespeare II |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 320 |
Postmodern Novel |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 321 |
Postcolonial Literature |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 322 |
Popular Cultures |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 323 |
Gender Studies |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 324 |
Children’s Literature |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 325 |
Detective Fiction |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 326 |
Utopias and Dystopias |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 327 |
Fantasy |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 328 |
Science Fiction |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 329 |
Nonsense Literature |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 330 |
Copywriting |
2 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 331 |
Editing and Publishing |
2 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 332 |
Media Literacy |
2 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 333 |
Screenwriting |
2 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 336 |
İrish Literary Classics |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 411 |
Apocalypse in Literature |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 412 |
Literary Interactions |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 413 |
Cross-cultural Interactions |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 414 |
Comparative Literature |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 415 |
Cultural Studies |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 416 |
The Literary I |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 417 |
Literature and Identity |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 419 |
Computer-Assisted Translation |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 420 |
Ecocriticism |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 425 |
Creative Writing |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 426 |
Translation I |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 427 |
Translation II |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 428 |
Guided Research |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
İDE 429 |
Audio-Visual Translation |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
Selected Course Descriptions
Introduction to Literature
This course aims to introduce the students to the basic terms and concepts related to the literature. These terms and concepts (figures of speech, elements of plot structure, genres and subgenres etc.) are essential to students’ ability to understand and interpret literary works. The terms and concepts will be defined and explained to the students and exemplified through works of literature. By the end of the course, students will be expected to show understanding and recognition of basic literary terms, and to be able to interpret previously unseen literary works through the knowledge and skills they have gained.
Classical Mythology
The aim of this course is to introduce students to the qualities, characters and stories of Classical mythology. In this course, students will learn about the characteristics of important mythological characters and myths relating to these characters. Since classical mythology is a very important resource for literature studies, this course will serve as a helpful background for students.
Literary Theory and Criticism I
This course aims to acquaint students with the major trends of literary theory and criticism. It will begin with an explanation of what literary theory is and continue with its rise and development in the Classical Era. Then the major literary theoreticians and their theories from the Classical Era to the eighteenth century will be studied in depth. These theories will be exemplified through their application to a chosen literary work, so that students gain a better understanding of how these different approaches can be and have been used to interpret and criticise works of literature.
Literary Theory and Criticism II
This course aims to acquaint students with the major trends of literary theory and criticism. The major literary theoreticians and their theories from the nineteenth century to the present will be studied in depth. These theories will be exemplified through their application to a chosen literary work, so that students gain a better understanding of how these different approaches can be and have been used to interpret and criticise works of literature.
Romantic Poetry
This course provides an in-depth analysis of English prose and poetry during the Romantic Age. Since poetry was the genre of expression during the era, the characteristics of revolutionary Romantic poetry will be the main focus. Students will learn about the social, political, historical, philosophical and cultural characteristics and literary genres and traditions of the period. They will read and analyse the prominent works of prose and poetry, and learn about the major writers of these genres.
Twentieth Century Drama
This course provides an in-depth analysis of English drama of the twentieth century. Students will learn about the social, political, historical, philosophical and cultural characteristics and dramatic genres and traditions of this period. They will read and analyse the prominent works of drama, and learn about the major playwrights.
Contemporary Drama
This course provides an in-depth analysis of contemporary English drama. Students will learn about contemporary social, political, historical, philosophical and cultural events and trends, and contemporary dramatic genres and traditions. Sarah Kane, Mark Ravenhill, David Edgar, Anthony Neilson, and all other major playwrights that shape the British theatre today will be in the focus of study of this course.
Shakespeare I
This course provides an in-depth analysis of Shakespeare as dramatist. Students will learn about the characteristics of Shakespeare’s plays and playwriting. They will read and analyse three works by Shakespeare: an early comedy, an early tragedy, and a history play.
Shakespeare II
This course provides an in-depth analysis of Shakespeare as dramatist. Students will learn about the characteristics of Shakespeare’s plays and playwriting. They will read and analyse three works by Shakespeare: a late comedy, a late tragedy, and a romance.
Short Story
This course provides an in-depth analysis of short story as a genre. Students will learn about the characteristics of this genre and will be introduced to its major writers. They will read and analyse a variety of short stories of diverse themes and styles. The course will not be confined to short stories written by English writers, but will aim at studying the prominent writers and works from the whole of world literature
Victorian Novel
This course provides an in-depth analysis of the Victorian novel. Students will learn about the social, political, historical, philosophical and cultural characteristics and novel genres and traditions of this period. They will read and analyse the prominent works of fiction, and learn about the major novelists.
Selections from World Literature
This course aims to acquaint students with a selection of major masterpieces of Western and non-Western literature, so as to broaden their literary horizons and to enhance their appreciation of different cultures, religions and worldviews. The course will enhance students’ ability to evaluate works of English Literature in the perspective of World Literature. Students will read a selection of literary works by diverse writers from diverse countries. Religious political, social, cultural and philosophical matters of different epochs, as well as its narrative structures, genres, themes and leading motives will be investigated in relation to literary history.
American Poetry
In this course students will study the historical development, the important themes, styles and genres and the major poets of American poetry. They will read and analyse many major and representative poems.
American Drama
In this course students will study the historical development, the important themes, styles and genres and the major dramatists of American drama. They will read and analyse major and representative plays.
American Novel
In this course students will study the historical development, the important themes, styles and genres and the major novelists of American fiction. They will read and analyse major and representative novels.
African-American Literature
This course aims at analysing the social, political and historical milieu that African-Americans experienced starting from their native lands, through their passage to America, slavery, struggle for freedom, then civil rights and the hardships that they faced throughout. Works of African-American literature reflecting all of these experiences will be read and analysed in this context.
Literature of the Minority
Analysis of various evaluations and studies on literatures of minorities, and the study of works selected from various literatures of various minorities or those of a specific minority are within the scope of this course.
Postcolonial Literature
This course will introduce students to the post colonialism and various issues connected to it. In light of these issues, students will read and analyse a selection of works by postcolonial writers.
Popular Culture
This course aims to examine popular culture in its various dimensions and manifestations with a special focus on the role of literature in popular culture and vice versa.
Children’s Literature
This course aims at the study and analysis of literature written for children. The works studied can range from classical fairy tales to modern fantasy fiction. Prominent writers of children’s literature will also be mentioned and studied.
Detective Fiction
In this course students will study detective fiction as a genre and read and analyse a variety of detective novels and short stories. The characteristics of detective fiction will be analysed and the works of different writers will be compared and contrasted.
Utopias and Dystopias
This course will focus on the concepts of utopia and dystopia, the characteristics of these genres, and their historical development. A variety of utopias and dystopias from different historical periods will be read and analysed, with special emphasis on their social and political content and context.
Fantasy
In this course students will study the fantasy genre in terms of its historical development and major themes and styles. A variety of fantasy works will be read and analysed.
Science Fiction
This course will focus on the relationship between science and literature and will analyse the characteristics and historical development of the science fiction genre. A variety of works of science fiction will be studied and analysed.
Comparative Literature
In this course students compare a selection of English literary works with a selection of works from other world literatures. It is up to the professor of the course to decide which genre to focus on and which works from which countries to study.
Nonsense Literature
This course explores characteristics of non-sense-making literary works. Literary works that defy linguistic meanings or logical reasoning will be at the core of study in this course.
Literature and Psychology
This course will focus on the relationship between literature and psychology and the mutual effects of these two disciplines on each other. Major psychological theories will be studied and applied to a variety of literary works.
Literature and Politics
The aim of this course is to study the relationship between literature and politics. A variety of literary works from different historical periods will be analysed in terms of how they reflect politics and in terms of the effects of contemporary politics that can be observed in them.
Literature and Cinema
This course aims to study the adaptation of literary works into films. Students will read a variety of novels and short stories that have been filmed and then they will watch their film adaptations. Students will then analyze, compare and contrast the work and the film in relation to each other.
Literature and Music
The aim of this course is to study the relationship between music and literature. This relationship can be observed in a wide range of areas, from operas through musicals, to contemporary songs and their lyrics. A chosen array of works that are both musical and literary will be analysed.
Creative Writing
This course aims at encouraging students to develop their creative writing abilities. Students will be prompted to write poems, short stories, novels and dramas and will be given peer and lecturer feedback on the works that they have produced.
Translation I
This course aims to introduce students to translation. It will focus on basic concepts related to translation, the skills necessary for translation, the different types of translation, and the different approaches and perspectives toward translation. Students will also practice translating short texts to prepare them for their other translation courses.
Translation II
This course will focus on literary translation. Students will learn techniques and strategies related to literary translation. They will then translate a variety of literary texts of different genres, topics and styles. They will begin by translating from the foreign tongue to their mother tongue, and will move on to translating from their mother tongue to the foreign tongue in the second part of the course.
Guided Research
This course aims to improve students’ research skills. Guided by a supervisor from the department, students go through certain stages of scholarly ways of researching and paper-writing. The objective of the course is to excel students’ independent researching skills.
Screenwriting
The aim of the course is to provide the students with introductory information about screen-writing, writing of dialogues, screen-writing for different genres, narrative tradition, tales, legends, myths, anecdotes, the discovery of some of the characteristics of the script through the reading of film scripts /scenarios, the rapid paced work-tempo and the profession of the screen-writer. Illustrations will be made through specific examples and by means of inviting screen-writers to lessons for further lecturing.
Eco-criticism
This course is an introduction to eco-criticism or the so-called “green-literature”. Literary texts, in relation to the subject-matter will be chosen and analysed in detail so as to illustrate environmental concerns and examine the ways literature treats nature. The aim is to make literature environment-conscious.
Media Literacy
After making a definition of media reading and writing, information will be given about the situation in the world in general, and in Turkey in particular whether it is really necessary to study such a subject. Since Media Reading and Writing has become a compulsory course in primary education in Turkey since 2007-2008, information will be provided through examples and discussions about the reasons of studying this course; its pluses, minuses, and the methods used in media reading and writing.
Satire
After providing the students with the necessary social, political and historical developments that brought about a satirical tradition, and gave way to its progress, selections from major writers and their works will be studied. Further illustrations and discussions will be made with references to cartoons, plays, movies, tv and the internet.
Comparative Literature
This course is about how much a particular literature, with its raw-material being language, has borrowed from other literatures. This will be done by examining through comparison of texts, history of Western and Turkish cultures, myths, development of certain genres such as fiction, drama, art in general, treatment of “heroes” in Western and Turkish cultures, theories of criticism and contemporary philosophies. The objective of the course is to provide the students with an extensive introduction to the Turkish and world literatures alongside with Western cultures and literatures.
Cultural Studies
The aim of this course is to analyse, the evolution of major cultural theories since the 1960s and their impact on Turkish and European cultures in practice. This is to be done with references to specific examples as well as with references to the works of preeminent theoricians such as Stuart Hall, Raymond Williams, Antonio Gramsci, Althusser and Fouccault.
Literature in the Digital Age
In order to be able to analyse literary texts written through the use of new social media devices, one should evalute/ look at the period after the 1990s from a different perspective. Because of the ways in which the digital technologies and the contemporary media changes and transforms the way that a writer approaches to matters or the target readers or the sources of conduct, all world literatures as well as the Turkish literature after the 1990s should be re-evaluated and questioned. To do this, new works of literature taking as their medium the latest/ new social media devices with references to the recently formulated theoretical perspectives in literature, will be analysed in detail.
Computer-Assisted Translation
After an introduction given to the major translation programmes with special purposes, class-work will be done based on active translation of texts with special purposes.
Irish Literary Classics
This course focuses on the literary as well as the socio-political aspects of the nineteenth and twentieth-century Irish literature shaped by the anti-colonial motivations for a new Irish identity. In reference to the works by prominent Irish writers including Patrick Pearse, Lady Gregory, W. B. Yeats, J. M. Synge, James Joyce, and many others, different types of nationalism within Irish politics, the suppressed Gaelic heritage of Ireland, the effects of British colonialism and newly-emerging attempts to create a liberal Irish identity will be studied.
