POSTMODERN LITERATURE PROGRAMME COURSE DESCRIPTION

Code	Name of the Course Unit	Semester	In-Class Hours (T+P)	Credit	ECTS Credit
TDY519	POSTMODERN LITERATURE	1	3	3	6

GENERAL INFORMATION
Language of Instruction :	Turkish
Level of the Course Unit :	MASTER'S DEGREE, TYY: + 7.Level, EQF-LLL: 7.Level, QF-EHEA: Second Cycle
Type of the Course :	Elective
Mode of Delivery of the Course Unit	-
Coordinator of the Course Unit	Prof. HACER GÜLŞEN
Instructor(s) of the Course Unit	Assoc.Prof. ŞEREFNUR ATİK
Course Prerequisite	No

OBJECTIVES AND CONTENTS
Objectives of the Course Unit:	The aim of this course is to enable our students to understand all aspects of postmodern literary theory, as well as to understand when and how the postmodernist process started in Turkish literature and who our postmodernist writers are.
Contents of the Course Unit:	The content of this course consists of reading and analysing the texts of postmodernist writers of Turkish literature and learning the terms related to postmodern literary theory.

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT (On successful completion of this course unit, students/learners will or will be able to)
Knows how the understanding of postmodern art emerged in the world and Turkish culture.
Understands and knows how / how postmodernist elements / elements are seen in architecture, painting, cinema, literature.
Knows the main features of postmodern texts such as metafiction, intertextuality, faint thematic structure, fragmented / discontinuous / disconnected feature, achronological feature, grotesque, stream of consciousness, camera eye, hypertextual design.
Knows the features such as parody, pastiche, allusion, sarcastic transformation, collage, montage in the types of intertextual relations.
As a result of this course, the student knows that the main factor in today's art branches and especially in postmodern art is the transition from Newtonian physics to Einstein physics. Can analyse postmodern texts, can easily identify their features.
Has knowledge about Dostoevsky poetics. Have knowledge about the French New Novel Movement.
Has knowledge about the concepts of Heteroglossia, Carnivalesque, Chronotope, Dialogue. Has knowledge about Michael Bakhtin and the above concepts that he brought to literature, can select and understand these concepts in the works he reads.
Recognise the famous theorists Roland Barthes and Julia Kristeva and know that they developed the theory of intertextuality.

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY
Week	Preparatory	Topics(Subjects)	Method
1	Literature review, lecture	What is the difference between Newtonian physics and Einstein's physics and what is the influence of Einstein's physics on postmodern art? What are the differences between the traditional realist novel and the postmodern narrative?	Literature review, reading, Interactive presentation
2	Literature review, lecture	How postmodern literary art / theory started in world culture and art. The beginning of Dostoevsky Poetics. Franz Kafka "Transformation" in his work.	Literature review, reading, Interactive presentation
3	Literature review, lecture	The effects of Eistein physics, Dostoevsky's poetics, French New Novel Movement, Modernist and Postmodernist narratives. (Transitional period)	Literature review, reading, Interactive presentation
4	Literature review, lecture	What is Dostoevsky and Dialogue? What does it mean to be the "subject" of a narrative? With an example from Dostoevsky's Notes from the Underground.	Lecture, Interactive Presentation
5	Literature review, lecture	Michel Butor.What is chronotope through the narrative "The Change"?What has changed in literature and the novel with the French New Novel Movement?	Lecture, Interactive Presentation
6	Literature review, lecture	How did the postmodernist process begin in Turkish literature? Who are the pioneering postmodernist writers in Turkish literature?	Lecture, Interactive Presentation
7	Literature review, lecture	Are there any postmodernist traces in Oğuz Atay's narrative Waiting for Fear?	Lecture, Interactive Presentation
8	-	MID-TERM EXAM	-
9	Literature review, reading, Interactive presentation	What are the postmodernist features of Latife Tekin's narrative Sevgili Arsız Ölüm? Intertextuality: With the example of analogy.	Lecture, text analysis studies
10	Literature review, reading, Interactive presentation	Is there a chronotope in Latife Tekin's narrative Ormanda Ölüm Yokmuş?	Lecture, text analysis studies
11	Literature review, reading, Interactive presentation	To understand what metafiction is through postmodernist works. To understand and exemplify metafiction through Gogol's The Overcoat.	Lecture, text analysis studies
12	Literature review, reading, Interactive presentation	Are intertextuality and intertextuality the same thing? To comprehend that they are different by going through examples.	Literature review, reading, Interactive presentation
13	Literature review, lecture	Characteristics of parody, pastiche, collage, montage, anecdote, sarcastic transformation, bricholage techniques in terms of their general characteristics	Literature review, reading, Interactive presentation
14	Literature review, lecture	Hypertextual design, grotesque, consciousness, dramatic method, reflective consciousness technique, Henry James and the Art of the Novel.	Literature review, reading, Interactive presentation
15	Literature review, lecture	Hypertextual design, grotesque, consciousness, dramatic method, reflective consciousness technique, Henry James and the Art of the Novel.	Literature review, reading, Interactive presentation
16	-	FINAL EXAM	-
17	-	FINAL EXAM	-

SOURCE MATERIALS & RECOMMENDED READING
Atay, O. (2016), Tutunamayanlar, İstanbul: Boğaziçi Yayınları
Tekin, L. (2002), Muinar, Ankara: İletişim Yayınları
Atik, Ş. (2012), Türk Edebiyatında Postmodernist Süreç ve Latife Tekin
Bakhtin, M. (2004), Dostoyevski Poetikasının Sorunları, Metis Yayınları
Ecevit, Y. (2005), Oğuz Atay’ın Biyografik ve Kurmaca Dünyası, İletişim Yayınları
Aktulum, K. (2000), Metinlerarası İlişkiler, Öteki Yayınevi
Aktulum, K. (2015), Parçalılık, Metinlerarasılık, Öteki Yayınevi
Irzık, S. (2001), Karnavaldan Romana Edebiyat Teorisinden Dil Felsefesine Seçme Yazılar, Ayrıntı Yayınları
Pamuk, O. (2010), Benim Adım Kırmızı, İstanbul: Can Yayınları
Atay, O. ( 2016), Babama Mektup, İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları
Yürek, H. (2012), Mehmet Eroğlu’nun Eserleri Üzerine İncelemeler, İthaki Yayınları
Butor, M. (1991), “Değişme”, Çev.: Akdeniz, M. Can Yayınları, 2. Baskı, İstanbul
Baldıran, G. (2002). “Alain Robbe-Grillet ve Yeni Roman”, Çizgi Kitabevi, 1. Baskı, İstanbul

ASSESSMENT
Assessment & Grading of In-Term Activities	Number of Activities	Degree of Contribution (%)	Description
Mid-Term Exam	1	40
Homework Assessment	1	10
Final Exam	1	50
TOTAL	3	100

Level of Contribution
0	1	2	3	4	5

KNOWLEDGE
Theoretical
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	To be able to develop and deepen their knowledge in the same or a different field at the level of expertise based on undergraduate level qualifications.				3
2	To be able to comprehend the interdisciplinary interaction related to the field.		1
3	To be able to use the theoretical and practical knowledge at the level of expertise acquired in the field.		1

KNOWLEDGE
Factual
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	To be able to interpret the knowledge acquired in the field by integrating information from different disciplines and to be able to create new information			2
2	Act according to social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in all kinds of studies related to the field.		1
3	To be able to independently carry out a study requiring expertise related to the field		1

SKILLS
Cognitive
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	Examine Turkish grammar in historical-comparative terms in terms of sound, form, syntax, semantics and vocabulary by using general linguistics methods and theories.		1
2	Examine the course materials, research methods, information and theories used in Turkish Language and Literature Program.			2
3	Discuss the historical development of Contemporary Turkish Literature and the texts on the historical period and the cultural atmosphere.		1

SKILLS
Practical
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	Can produce solutions by developing new approaches in problematic areas in the field of Turkish Language and Literature. Discusses with academic method at the point of both determination and solution of related problematic areas.			2
2	Discusses the problems in the field of Turkish Language and Literature with foreign colleagues and shares information by using foreign language knowledge and skills.		1
3	In scientific studies related to the field of Turkish Language and Literature access, utilise the source without intermediaries, read the texts from the originals can understand.		1

OCCUPATIONAL
Autonomy & Responsibility
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	Solve problems encountered in the field as individual and as member of a team.					4

OCCUPATIONAL
Learning to Learn
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	Evaluate the knowledge and theories of Contemporary Literature in terms of literature and linguistics within the framework of certain theories.		1
2	Evaluate the extent to which Turkish Language and Literature is influenced by the civilization circles in which it is a part of.					4

OCCUPATIONAL
Communication & Social
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	Evaluates the fields of application of sustainability in the field of Turkish Language and Literature.				3
2	Research and study at the academic level.		1

OCCUPATIONAL
Occupational and/or Vocational
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	To be able to evaluate the history of Turkish literature as a whole and comprehend the continuity between periods		1

WORKLOAD & ECTS CREDITS OF THE COURSE UNIT
Workload for Learning & Teaching Activities
Type of the Learning Activites	Learning Activities (# of week)	Duration (hours, h)	Workload (h)
Lecture & In-Class Activities	14	3	42
Preliminary & Further Study	12	4	48
Land Surveying	0	0	0
Group Work	0	0	0
Laboratory	0	0	0
Reading	12	4	48
Assignment (Homework)	0	0	0
Project Work	0	0	0
Seminar	0	0	0
Internship	0	0	0
Technical Visit	0	0	0
Web Based Learning	0	0	0
Implementation/Application/Practice	0	0	0
Practice at a workplace	0	0	0
Occupational Activity	0	0	0
Social Activity	0	0	0
Thesis Work	0	0	0
Field Study	0	0	0
Report Writing	0	0	0
Final Exam	1	1	1
Preparation for the Final Exam	1	7	7
Mid-Term Exam	1	1	1
Preparation for the Mid-Term Exam	1	5	5
Short Exam	0	0	0
Preparation for the Short Exam	0	0	0
TOTAL	42	0	152