This course aims to introduce students to various texts problematizing one's relationship to identity, culture and society. At the end of this course, all students are expected to have been familiarized with various aspects of feminist, gender and queer theories and to be able to apply them to various literary and visual texts from different cultures and periods.
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
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Special Requisite(s)
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Instructor(s)
Lecturer Dr. İpek Kotan
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
This course is not offered this semester
Office Hour(s)
This course is not offered this semester
Teaching Methods and Techniques
-Lectures and discussions
Principle Sources
-The Bible: Genesis
Margery Kempe, The Book of Margery Kempe
Queen Elizabeth – Speech to the Troops at Tilbury
Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
Charlote Perkins Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper”
Jeanette Winterson, Oranges are Not the Only Fruit
Maxine Hong Kingston, No Name Woman
Zora Neale Hurston, “How It Feels to Be Colored Me”
Sojourner Truth, “Ain’t I a Woman?”
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Other Sources
-Joe Avnet, Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis (2007)
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Introduction
Lectures and discussions
2. Week
‘From Goddess to God’: The Bible: Genesis. Lilith, Eve and Virgin Mary
Lectures and discussions
3. Week
The Bible: Genesis; Women in Pre-Raphealites
Lectures and discussions
4. Week
Baby X
Rom Harré – Are “Man” and “Woman” Natural Kinds?
Lectures and discussions
5. Week
Margery Kempe, The Book of Margery Kempe
Queen Elizabeth – Speech to the Troops at Tilbury
Lectures and discussions
6. Week
Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
Charlote Perkins Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper”
Lectures and discussions
7. Week
Jeanette Winterson, Oranges are Not the Only Fruit
Lectures and discussions
8. Week
Midterm
9. Week
Jeanette Winterson, Oranges are Not the Only Fruit
Lectures and discussions
10. Week
Maxine Hong Kingston, No Name Woman
Zora Neale Hurston, “How It Feels to Be Colored Me”
Sojourner Truth, “Ain’t I a Woman?”
Lectures and discussions
11. Week
Film: Fried Green Tomatoes
Lectures and discussions
12. Week
Film: Persepolis
Lectures and discussions
13. Week
Short essay (In-class)
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Lectures and discussions
14. Week
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Review
Lectures and discussions
15. Week
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Show knowledge of a substantial range of authors, movements and texts from different periods of literary history.
PO-2
Identify the intellectual, cultural and socio-historical contexts in which literature
is written and read.
PO-3
Employ the necessary skills in the reading, analysis and in appreciation of literature.
PO-4
Recognize, interpret, and comment on rhetorical and figurative language.
PO-5
Identify, distinguish between and assess the distinctive characteristics of texts written in the principle literary genres.
PO-6
Recall and define key terms and concepts relating to language, literature and/or culture.
PO-7
Recognize the role of different social and cultural contexts in affecting meaning.
PO-8
Demonstrate responsiveness to the central role of language in the creation of meaning.
PO-9
Recognize different structures and discourse functions of the English language.
PO-10
Display competence both in written and/or oral expression and in the
communication of ideas in a variety of contexts.
PO-11
Demonstrate critical skills in the close reading, description, interpretation,
and analysis of literary and non-literary texts.
PO-12
Use logical thought, critical reasoning, and rhetorical skills to effectively
construct arguments.
PO-13
Apply guided research skills including the ability to gather, sift, organize and
present information and material.
PO-14
Show competence in planning, preparation and revision of essays,
presentations, and other written and project work.
PO-15
Reflect on ethical and philosophical issues raised in literary, critical, and
cultural texts.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
Show awareness to the issues of gender and identity through narratives from different periods of cultural history.
LO-2
Identify the intellectual, political, cultural and socio-historical contexts from which the texts in question have emerged.
LO-3
Identify, distinguish between and assess the distinctive characteristics of a variety of genres produced by writers and artists.
LO-4
Demonstrate critical skills in the close reading, description, analysis of works by focusing on various interpretative strategies.
LO-5
Show competence in reflecting the knowledge they have attained from the texts they have studied in written essays and exams in an organized and well-argued form.
