| Required Courses | ||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits | ECTS | |
| İDE 100 | Introduction to Literature | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 103 | Advanced English Practices | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 8 |
| This course involves a careful examination and practice of the four major linguistic skills: reading, listening, speaking and writing. Linguistic perfection is a major goal and requirement of the English Language and Literature program. Therefore, IDE 103 Advanced English Practice I aims to improve students’ English skills to prepare them to be ready to comprehend, analyse and effectively write about masterpieces of English Literature and endow them with the necessary skill for their future careers. Students will be expected to be able to produce various types of well-written essays, to make effective oral presentations and to participate in debates about their knowledge and opinions on diverse subjects. The course is the pre-requisite for the IDE 104 Advanced English Practice II. | ||||
| İDE 104 | English Speaking and Communication Skills | Prerequisite: İDE 103 | 3 Credits | ECTS: 8 |
| This course aims at leading students to master their English language skills and to evoke a deeper understanding of the English language through an introduction to descriptive linguistics. Alongside activities and assignments aimed at further advancing students’ use of academic English, such as analysis of diverse texts, essay-writing and presentations, there will be lectures on phonology, syntax and lexicology in order to explain the structure and logic of the language that they are attempting to master and that many of them will be teaching in their future careers. IDE 103 Advanced English Practice I is the pre-requisite for this course. | ||||
| İDE 105 | Short Story | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| 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 in literature studies, this course will serve as a helpful background for students in their education where they will encounter references to the classical mythology. | ||||
| İDE 110 | English Literature: Middle Ages to Renaissance | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course gives students a basic chronological survey of the major literary genres, trends, writers and works of English literature, from the Medieval Period to the Renaissance, acquainting them with the social, political, historical, philosophical, and cultural background of each period. At the end of this course and its continuing courses, İDE201 and İDE202, students will be expected to have gained an in-depth understanding of the historical course and general characteristics of English literature that will help them choose their departmental elective courses in the following semesters. | ||||
| İDE 200A | Critical Thinking and Academic Writing | Prerequisite: - | 2 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course aims to teach students the skills and techniques necessary for writing academic papers. Students will learn how to conduct academic research, how to bring together their own ideas and arguments with secondary sources, and how to quote, paraphrase, summarise and give citations from other works and, most importantly, how to do all of these without committing plagiarism. All of these skills will initially be introduced theoretically to the students, after which they will be expected to apply them by writing an academic paper. Students will see the lecturer of the course frequently throughout their writing process so that they can be guided and advised. By the end of the course, students will be expected to be able to produce coherent, well-organised academic papers, a skill which will be crucial to them throughout their future education. | ||||
| İDE 201 | English Literature: Restoration to Romantic Age | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course gives students a basic chronological survey of the major literary genres, trends, writers and works of English literature, from the Restoration Period to the Romantic Age, acquainting them with the social, political, historical, philosophical, and cultural background of each period. At the end of this course, together with its preceding course İDE110 and its continuing course İDE202, students will be expected to have gained an in-depth understanding of the historical course and general characteristics of English literature that will help them choose their departmental elective courses in the following semesters. | ||||
| İDE 202 | English Literature: Victorian Age to the Present | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course gives students a basic chronological survey of the major literary genres, trends, writers and works of English literature, from the Victorian Age to the present, acquainting them with the social, political, historical, philosophical, and cultural background of each period. At the end of this course and its preceding courses, İDE110 and İDE202, students will be expected to have gained an in-depth understanding of the historical course and general characteristics of English literature that will help them choose their departmental elective courses in the following semesters. | ||||
| İDE 217 | Rise of the Novel | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course aims to teach the basic characteristics of the novel genre that appeared in the eighteenth century. Although there is a very ancient narrative tradition in human history, it is possible to claim that the newly-emerging novel genre has drastically changed the tradition, becoming a voice to the modern individual and dominating the literary world. During this course, the socio-cultural and economic reasons for the rise of the novel will be discussed, the early novels, the stylistic and technical experimentations of different novelists will be exemplified in the popular novels of the age while three representative novels by three eminent 18th century writers will be thoroughly studied. | ||||
| İDE 311 | The Romantic Poetry | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 334 | Shakespeare | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course aims to study the plays and the dramatic/theatrical characteristics of the most well-known English playwright and poet William Shakespeare through various theories and perspectives. | ||||
| İDE 335 | Literary Translation | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| The aim of this course is to study translation methods and theories of literary translation as well as to discover and polish students’ translation skills through hands-on practices and activities of literary translation. | ||||
| İDE 401 | Literary Theory and Criticism I | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 402 | Literary Theory and Criticism II | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| Departmental Elective Courses | ||||
| İDE 106 | British Culture | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course involves an in-depth examination of different aspects of British culture. The aim is to furnish students with an understanding of historical, cultural, economic, political and social phenomena that have shaped the United Kingdom into a nation and have formed the mentality and values of its citizens. In addition, students will get acquainted with the major reasons and consequences of the UK’s lasting predominance on the global arena. | ||||
| İDE 116 | Gothic Literature | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course examines the Gothic mode in terms of its historical development and function, its usage in diverse genres and major writers, themes and styles. A selection of Gothic literature, beginning with early examples and focusing on significant works through different periods will be read and analyzed. | ||||
| İDE 117 | Diction and Speed Reading | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course aims to ensure that students can speak clear and fluent English, observing its rules. Students participate in the activities designed for them to work on their skills of self-expression, correct articulation, and vocal mastery. The course also aims to teach students speed reading techniques and help them read texts written in English faster. | ||||
| İDE 118 | Blogging | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| Today, blogging is an important means of communication. This course aims to help students acquire blogging skills through practices. Importance of personal or professional blogs, what keeping or updating such blogs may contribute to students, goals and functions of blogs will be among the topics of this course. | ||||
| İDE 203 | Science and Technology in Literature | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course aims to analyse and question science and technology over exemplary works from English and American literatures. Science and technology ethics, beneficial or harmful developments in science and industrialization as reflected in literature are among the topics to be covered in this course. Authors like Francis Bacon, Mary Shelley, H.G. Wells, Albert Einstein, Aldous Huxley, Richard Feynman, Philip K. Dick, Octavia Butler and Michael Frayn can be studied and their works with science and technology elements can be discussed. | ||||
| İDE 204 | Literature and Power | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course aims to analyse relations between literature and power, how power is represented in literary works, how literature influences power, how power shapes literature, and how literature maintains or demolishes existing power relations, and how such issues are represented in literary works, through various theoretical perspectives. | ||||
| İDE 205 | Literature and Philosophy | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course aims to study the ties between literature and philosophy. Certain literary works which reflect the interaction between literature and philosophy will be read and analysed. | ||||
| İDE 206 | Literature and Cinema | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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 analyse, compare and contrast the work and the film in relation to each other. | ||||
| İDE 207 | Literature and Music | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 208 | Literature and Psychology | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 209 | Literature and Politics | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 210 | Introduction to Linguistics | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course aims to study the basic terminology of linguistics (morphology, phonology, syntax, etc.) and provide students with in-depth knowledge in this field. | ||||
| İDE 211 | Medieval Literature | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course provides an in-depth analysis of English literature during the Medieval Period. 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 a selection of literary works that have marked the era. Some of the works and writers that will be studied are as follows: “Beowulf”, mystery and miracle plays, morality plays, interludes, romances, ballads, Chaucer, Langland and the Gawain poet. | ||||
| İDE 212 | Renaissance Prose and Poetry | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course provides an in-depth analysis of English prose and poetry during the Renaissance. 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. | ||||
| İDE 213 | Seventeenth Century and Restoration English Literature | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course provides an in-depth analysis of English prose and poetry during the seventeenth century and the Restoration period. 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. | ||||
| İDE 214 | Eighteenth Century English Literature | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course provides an in-depth analysis of English prose and poetry during the eighteenth century. 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. | ||||
| İDE 215 | Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course provides an in-depth analysis of English drama from the Middle Ages to the seventeenth century. Students will learn about the social, political, historical, philosophical and cultural characteristics and dramatic genres and traditions of these periods. They will read and analyse the prominent works of drama, and learn about the major playwrights. | ||||
| İDE 216 | Nineteenth Century British Drama | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course provides an in-depth analysis of the British drama from the Restoration Period to the nineteenth century. Students will learn about the social, political, historical, philosophical and cultural characteristics of this period and analyse the works of major dramatists. | ||||
| İDE 218 | Victorian Novel | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 219 | Shakespeare I | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 220 | Classical Literature | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course aims to acquaint students with the theatre of ancient Greece and Rome. The idea behind the rise and development of theatre, examples from classical playwrights and drama theories will be studied thoroughly. Tragedies by Sophocles, Euripides, Aescyhlus and Seneca, comedies by Aristophanes, Meander, Plautus, Terence and drama theories as detailed by Aristotle in Poetics and Horace in Ars Poetica will be analysed. | ||||
| İDE 221 | Herstory | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| Starting from “herstory” of the women who have been non-existent in the historical recordings of patriarchal societies, the place of “woman” in the Turkish society and in the world will be established so as to be able to analyse and discuss works of literature written by women from their point of view about social, political and religious subjects. | ||||
| İDE 222 | Selections from World Literature I | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 223 | American Poetry | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 224 | American Drama | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 225 | American Novel | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 226 | African-American Literature | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 227 | Literature of the Minority | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 228 | Selections from World Literature II | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| In World Literature II, students will advance their study of key texts in global literatures. The course enhances students’ ability to evaluate and locate works of world literatures within a global literary history which broadens students’ worldview. Through reading diverse oeuvre across different geographical, national, and cultural boarders, students will encounter various religious, political, social, cultural and philosophical concepts as well as investigate the way these concepts relate to form, narrative structure, genre, theme, and motifs uncovered in their reading. | ||||
| İDE 229 | Latin | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course aims to teach students beginner level Latin – a language that has been the source of many western languages. | ||||
| İDE 230 | Reflections of Human and Nature in Literature | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| The aim of this course is to observe reflections of human and nature in literary works since prehistoric ages to the present, and to examine the changing dynamics of these reflections in different periods, geographies, and cultures. The interaction between human nature as shaped by such dynamics will be interpreted through various philosophical, psychological, sociological, etc. perspectives. | ||||
| İDE 231 | Satire | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 232 | Travel Writing | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course aims to analyse the memoires of travellers, or, travel narratives, with respect to various parameters such as the historical context and the social dynamics that produced these works. | ||||
| İDE 233 | Literature in the Digital Age | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 234 | The Literature of Change | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course studies how literature is related with societal, political, economic, and philosophical changes, and tries to find answers to the following questions: how is literature influenced by these changes; how does it influence these changes; how do literary works question such changes? | ||||
| İDE 236 | Literature and Trauma | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course aims to study the relationship between trauma and literature from philosophical, psychoanalytical and political perspectives in order to develop trauma studies in the field of literature. Societal changes, wars, fragmented families, physical and psychical violence and their negative effects on human beings are the main concerns of this course. | ||||
| İDE 310 | Victorian Literature | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course provides an in-depth analysis of the British poetry and prose in the Victorian period. Students will learn about the social, political, historical, philosophical and cultural characteristics of this period and analyse the works of major literary figures. | ||||
| İDE 313 | Twentieth Century Prose and Poetry – 1900-1960 | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course provides an in-depth analysis of English prose and poetry during the twentieth century. 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. | ||||
| İDE 314 | Contemporary Prose and Poetry – from 1960s to the Present | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course provides an in-depth analysis of contemporary English prose and poetry. Students will learn about contemporary social, political, historical, philosophical and cultural events and trends, and contemporary literary genres and traditions. They will read and analyse the prominent works of prose and poetry, and learn about the major writers of these genres. | ||||
| İDE 315 | Twentieth Century Drama – 1900-1960 | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course provides an in-depth analysis of British 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 major playwrights as well as major European theatrical and dramatic aesthetics. | ||||
| İDE 316 | Contemporary British Drama – from 1960s to the Present | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 317 | Modern Novel | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course provides an in-depth analysis of the English novel in the early twentieth century. 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. | ||||
| İDE 319 | Shakespeare II | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 320 | Postmodern Novel | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course aims to examine the postmodern English novel in detail to acquaint the students with the social, political, historical, philosophical and cultural characteristics of the period. Leading authors and novels of the period will be studied within the scope of this course. | ||||
| İDE 321 | Postcolonial Literature | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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 post colonial writers. | ||||
| İDE 322 | Popular Culture | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 323 | Gender Studies | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course is an interdisciplinary course that aims to study works of literature related to the problematization of issues of race, ethnicity, sexuality, and location. | ||||
| İDE 324 | Children’s Literature | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 325 | Detective Fiction | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 326 | Utopias and Dystopias | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 327 | Fantasy | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 328 | Science Fiction | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 329 | Nonsense Literature | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 330 | Copywriting | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course is designed for our students who engage themselves with the study of literature and interested in tracing narrative techniques and elements of creative thinking in and through literary works. The course focuses on questions such as: What is creative thinking and how to improve it? What is copywriting? How to produce an advertisement text appropriate for a specific target audience -- which is a must for our contemporary world of business? | ||||
| İDE 331 | Editing and Publishing | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course aims to provide an alternative perspective for the students of literature, who are used to approaching literary texts from an academic perspective, and familiar with the nature and dynamics of various literary genres, as well as the writing and narrative techniques of various writers. In this course, students will be able to approach literary production from a different perspective, acquainting themselves with and improving their skills in the fields of editing and publishing that aims to bring the text and the reader together. | ||||
| İDE 332 | Media Literacy | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 333 | Screenwriting | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 336 | Irish Literarary Classics | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 411 | Apocalypse in Literature | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course examines the idea of apocalypse – a significant phenomenon in western culture – and its reflections in literature through various literary works. | ||||
| İDE 412 | Literary Interactions | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 8 |
| This course studies the dialogues between the authors that are established through their works as well as the authors’ interaction with other literary works and movements. The effects of these interactions on the works of literature will be analysed in reference to some authors and works communicating with each other. | ||||
| İDE 413 | Cross-Cultural Interactions | Prerequisite: İDE 103 | 3 Credits | ECTS: 8 |
| This course introduces and examines theories, cultural aesthetics, and practices exchanged across multiple cultural and national boundaries. The course will investigate the specter of Euro-American imperialism and colonialism which haunts global intercultural exchange and interaction through the dialectical relationships of non-European and US artists engaging with Euro-American authors, thinkers, and spaces. | ||||
| İDE 414 | Comparative Literature | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 415 | Cultural Studies | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| The aim of this course is to study certain cultural theories that have developed since the 1960s, and to present their reflections on the Turkish and the European cultures. | ||||
| İDE 416 | The Literary I | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course aims to study and discuss the concepts of “I” and “selfhood” that are changing in parallel to historical, sociological and philosophical developments in human civilisation. The construction of selfhood and individuality in literature and the changes in their understanding will be tracked down in reference to different works of literature. | ||||
| İDE 417 | Literature and Identity | Prerequisite: - | 2 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| This course will explore and analyse subjects such as the relationship between literature and identity, the ways in which literature influences identity and gets influenced by identities, and the description and representation of identity in literary works. Various literary works will be read and analysed with reference to the discussion topics in question. | ||||
| İDE 419 | Computer-Assisted Translation | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 420 | Ecocriticism | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 425 | Creative Writing | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 426 | Translation I | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 427 | Translation II | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 428 | Guided Research | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| 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. | ||||
| İDE 429 | Audio-Visual Translation | Prerequisite: - | 3 Credits | ECTS: 6 |
| The aim of this course is to help students gain translation experiences through various translation practices. | ||||
