Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
SEÇ21420211310Elective243
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
This course aims to discuss literary texts written by British authors during the period of colonial and imperialist expansion.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Öğr. Gör. Ece ÖZPINAR
Learning Outcomes
1The students who complete this course successfully have a good understanding of the colonial and postcolonial texts.
2They know how race, class, gender, history, and identity are presented and problematised in the literary texts.
3They have an understanding of the relationship between Great Britain (and implicitly the West) and nations that were once colonized.
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
none
Recommended Optional Programme Components
none
Course Contents
The course is text-oriented, but matters of history and context are also considered essential. The course includes a presentation and discussion of literary (postcolonial) theory. Overall, the literary texts under consideration are seen as a cultural meeting-point of male and female characters of different races and classes.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Edward Said, Orientalism
2Edward Said, Orientalism
3Homi K. Bhabha, The Third Space Theory
4Homi K. Bhabha, The Third Space Theory
5Liminality, Mimicry, Hybridity and Ambivalence
6Kipling "The White Man's Burden"
7Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth
8Mid-Term
9Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth
10Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth
11Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth
12Spivak, Can the Subaltern Speak?
13Spivak, Can the Subaltern Speak?
14Review
15Final Exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Handouts will be given by the lecturer.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
none
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Attending Lectures14228
Self Study14342
Individual Study for Mid term Examination818
Individual Study for Final Examination13113
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)93
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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LO1434  5 4   4  5334
LO2  55  43 4 44   5 
LO34 5  44 4443 4  4 
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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