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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
Place of Delivery On Campus
Used Educational Platforms Face-to-face
Prerequisites This course does not have any pre-requisites or co-requisites.
Courses Recomended N/A
Recommended Resources Alver, K. (2019). Edebiyat Sosyolojisi İncelemeleri. İstanbul: İz Yayıncılık.Aydın, E. (2009). Edebiyat-Sosyoloji İlişkisinde Sosyolojik Kaynak ve Ölçütler. Turkish Studies, 4(1-I), 357-370.Aytaç, G. (2003). Genel Edebiyat Bilimi. İstanbul: Say Yayıncılık.Çelik, E. (2013). Edebiyat Eseri Toplumun Aynasıdır Edebiyat Sosyoloji İlişkisi Üzerine. Türk Dili Dil ve Edebiyat Dergisi, 104, s. 59-64.Moran, B. (2019). Türk Romanına Eleştirel Bir Bakış 1: Ahmet Mithat’tan A. H. Tanpınar’a. İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları.Öztürk, E. (2021). Romanın Toplumsal Bilgi Kaynağı Olarak Niteliği Üzerine Bir Sorgulama. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 38(2), 491-507.Sapiro, G. (2019). Edebiyat Sosyolojisi. Ankara: Doğubatı.Soykan, Ö. N. (der.). (2019). Edebiyat Sosyolojisi: Kuram ve Uygulama. İstanbul: Bilge Kültür Sanat.Sosyoloji Seminerleri 1. Edebiyat ve Sosyoloji. İstanbul: Alfa Yayınları.Şeker, A. & Özcan. E. (der.). (2021). Edebiyat Sosyolojisini Güncel Kılmak. İstanbul: Nika Yayınevi.Şen Altın, N. (2017). Edebiyat Sosyolojisinin Sınırları. U.Ü. Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 10(2), 37-57.
Work Placement N/A
Aims of the Course The aim of this course is to examine how changes experienced by Turkish society are reflected in literary texts and how literature is related with various social domains.

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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