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Last Updated: 03/04/2026

Code - Course Title	Course Type	Laboratory + Practice	ECTS
HUK282 - Law and Literature	IV. SEMESTER	2 +0	3.0

Language of Instruction	Türkçe
Course Type	Area Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s)	DR. ÖĞR. ÜYESİ KIVILCIM TURANLI KESKİN
Mode of Delivery	In person
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Prerequisites	There are no prerequisites or co-requisites for this course.
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Aims of the Course

Weeks	Learning Outcomes	Topics	Teaching Methods
Week - 1		How can a connection be established between law and literature, and between literature and law? Can a parallel be drawn between the emergence and maturation of written literature and the emergence of the modern state?
Week - 2		Is it possible to speak of a national literature? If so, can literature be assigned a role in nation-building and fostering a sense of citizenship?
Week - 3		How can the emergence of modern power and new class and social roles be traced in literary works?
Week - 4		What is the relationship between the emergence of modern society, new class relations, and crime fiction?
Week - 5		Is the government free to make laws? How does it ensure compliance with the law? Is an individual obligated to obey an unjust law?
Week - 6		How can the social repercussions of the methods the government employs in defining crimes and punishments be determined? What does literature have to say when society’s inherent sense of justice conflicts with the government’s notion of justice?
Week - 7		To what extent do the offender’s background and the judge’s background and experience influence the application of the law? What is the societal significance of mercy and confession in the application of the law?
Week - 8		Midterm exam
Week - 9		How are authoritarian regimes and their legal systems portrayed in literature? How can traces of human nature be identified in utopias and dystopias? Are ontological claims about human nature acceptable?
Week - 10		Can deviations from the rule of law be justified during periods such as war, a state of emergency, or a coup?
Week - 11		What is the role of literature in coming to terms with the past?
Week - 12		What kind of relationship can be established between gender, law, and literature?
Week - 13		Can a connection be drawn between the reflection of discriminatory practices in literature and legal practices?
Week - 14		From what perspectives can the relationship between lawyers and literature, and between writers and the law, be examined? What is the purpose of the institution of censorship?
Week - 15		Overall evaluation of the course
Week - 16		Final exam

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