Week - 1 |
An Overview of the Relationship Between Literature and Society |
Week - 2 |
Social Role of Literature
Critical Reading:
Çelik, E. (2013). Edebiyat Eseri Toplumun Aynasıdır Edebiyat Sosyoloji İlişkisi Üzerine. Türk Dili Dil ve Edebiyat Dergisi, 104, pp. 59-64.
Aytaç, G. (2003). Edebiyat Biliminde Toplumsal-Tarihsel Bağlar. In Genel Edebiyat Bilimi. Istanbul: Say Yayıncılık, pp. 190-208. |
Week - 3 |
Historical Background of the Sociology of Literature: Herder, Madame de Stale, Taine, Engels, Luckacs, Goldman, Escarpit, Swingwood |
Week - 4 |
Turkish Novel and Westernization
Critical Reading: Moran, B. (2019). Türk Romanı ve Batılılaşma Sorunsalı. In Türk Romanına Eleştirel Bir Bakış I. İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, pp. 9-24. |
Week - 5 |
The Tanzimat and Social Transformation |
Week - 6 |
The Tanzimat and Ahmet Mithat: Sociological and Critical Reading of Felatun Bey and Rakım Efendi (1875) |
Week - 7 |
The Tanzimat and Ahmet Mithat: Sociological and Critical Reading of Felatun Bey and Rakım Efendi (1875) |
Week - 8 |
Role of Translation in Social Change: Translation Bureau (1940) |
Week - 9 |
Social Satire and Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar: Sociological and Critical Reading of The Time Regulation Institute |
Week - 10 |
Social Satire and Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar: Sociological and Critical Reading of The Time Regulation Institute |
Week - 11 |
Social Satire and Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar: Sociological and Critical Reading of The Time Regulation Institute ()1961 |
Week - 12 |
Literature and Social Transformation: Examples from the 21st-Century Turkish Literature |
Week - 13 |
Literature and Social Transformation: Examples from the 21st-Century Turkish Literature |
Week - 14 |
Wrap-up of the Semester: How Do Literature and Society Affect and Transform Each Other? |