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Last Updated: 30/09/2026

Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
EDB239 - Literature and Society III. SEMESTER 3 +0 4.5
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s) DOÇ. DR. VOLGA YILMAZ GÜMÜŞ
Mode of Delivery Face-to-face
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Prerequisites This course does not have any pre-requisites or co-requisites.
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Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
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?

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