TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Assistant Professor Defne Tutan
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) will be able to explore issues related to colonial and postcolonial discourses, 2) will be able to analyze cultural and literary representations of postcolonialism in the twentieth century.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	This course aims to analyze discourses of colonialism and postcolonialism through their cultural and literary representations in the 20th century, with particular emphasis on the connotations of postcolonialism (such as orientalism, cultural imperialism, neocolonialism, and globalization).
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction: An Insight into the Colonial Past 2nd Week Introduction: An Insight into the Colonial Past 3rd Week Conceptual Considerations: Colonialism, Imperialism, Postcolonialism, Neocolonialism 4th Week Conceptual Considerations: Colonialism, Imperialism, Postcolonialism, Neocolonialism 5th Week Textual Analysis 6th Week Edward Said and Orientalism 7th Week Textual Analysis 8th Week Revision and Mid-term Examination 9th Week Homi Bhabha and Hybridity 10th Week Textual Analysis 11th Week Gayatri C. Spivak and the Subaltern 12th Week Textual Analysis 13th Week 'Is the United States Postcolonial?' 14th Week Textual Analysis
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Ashcroft, Bill, Gareth Griffiths, and Helen Tiffin, eds. The Post-Colonial Studies Reader. London: Routledge, 2001. Childs, Peter, and Patrick Williams. An Introduction to Post-Colonial Theory. Hertfordshire: Prentice, 1997. King, C. Richard, ed. Postcolonial America. Urbana: U of Illinois P, 2000. Rajan, Gita, and Radhika Mohanram, eds. Postcolonial Discourse and Changing Cultural Contexts: Theory and Criticism. Westport: Greenwood, 1995. Said, Edward W. Culture and Imperialism. London: Vintage, 1993. Said, Edward W. Orientalism. New York: Vintage, 1994. Singh, Amritjit, and Peter Schmidt, eds. Postcolonial Theory and the United States: Race, Ethnicity, and Literature. Jackson: UP of Mississippi, 2000. Williams, Patrick, and Laura Chrisman. Colonial Discourse and Postcolonial Theory: A Reader. Hemel Hempstead: Harvester, 1993. Young, Robert J. C. Postcolonialism: An Historical Introduction. Oxford: Blackwell, 2001.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Project,Presentation,Other
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Assignment 3 15 Project 1 25 Total(%) 70 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 70 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 30 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No